The Cottage Grove Sentinel is a weekly newspaper

Weekly newspaper

A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...

 serving the city of Cottage Grove, Oregon

Cottage Grove, Oregon

Cottage Grove is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It received its name from its first postmaster, G. C. Pierce, in September 1861. Pierce's home at the time was in an oak grove. The population was 9,686 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, United States. It was established in 1889 and is owned by News Media Corporation

News Media Corporation

The News Media Corporation is a newspaper corporation that was founded in 1975 by John C. Tompkins. They operate with 76 different newspaper titles in 9 states over the United States...

. News Media bought the Sentinel from Lee Enterprises

Lee Enterprises

Lee Enterprises is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 54 daily newspapers in 23 states, and more than 300 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by A.W. Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa....

in 2006. Lee had owned the paper since 1997. The Sentinel is published on Wednesdays and has a circulation of 3,331.

Early history

The Sentinel bought the competing Cottage Grove Leader in 1918. The Leader had previously combined with the Bohemia Nugget, which ran from 1889 to 1907.

External links

• Cottage Grove Sentinel (official website)