Bingham News Chronicle
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Adams MultiMedia |
| Founder | W.A. McVicar |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 305 S. Arthur Pocatello, ID 83204 |
| City | Blackfoot, Idaho |
| Website | bcchron |
The Bingham News Chronicle is a weekly newspaper published in Blackfoot, Idaho. It is owned by Adams MultiMedia.
History
In 1917, W.A. McVicar founded the Evening Bulletin in Blackfoot, Idaho.[1] In 1926, McVicar sold the paper to John L. Brady, former editor of the Idaho State Journal.[2] Three years later the Evening Bulletin merged with the Blackfoot Republican to form the Daily Bulletin.[3] The Republican was founded by Byrd Trego.[4]
In 1933, Brady died from a heart attack.[5] His widow Mrs. Lee Crittenden Brady and Trego operated the Daily Bulletin until selling it to Edwin H. Paysen and John L. Rider in 1939.[6] W.R. Twining, publisher of the Crockett Signal of California, bought the paper in 1942.[7] He then closed the Signal.[8]
In 1947, Harold H. Smith, former owner of the Northside News at Jerome, Idaho, bought the Daily Bulletin from Twining.[9] In 1957, Smith sold the paper to Drury R. Brown, business manager at The Hutchinson News.[10] In 1960, the paper switched from an evening to a morning publication.[11] Around that time the paper's name was changed to the Blackfoot News.[12] In 1981, the paper was renamed to The Morning News. At that time its circulation was 6,700.[12]
Brown died on April 1, 1986.[13] Three months later his widow Catherine Brown sold The Morning News to Gloucester Suburban Newspapers Inc., of New Jersey. The company was co-owned by Peter Bernhard and William Dean Singleton,[14] and was affiliated with MediaNews Group. In September 1987, American Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Hollinger Inc., bought the paper.[15] At some point The Morning News was acquired by Horizon Publications, Inc.[16]
In 2018, KIFI-TV reported the paper was plagued with production issues and that nearly a dozen employees were fired or quit.[17] In 2019, Adams Publishing Group launched the Bingham County Chronicle, a five-day paper which competed with The Morning News.[18] In 2020, Adams acquired the Blackfoot Morning News and merged it with the Chronicle to form the Bingham News Chronicle.[19][20] The paper went on hiatus in 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed print publication as a weekly paper in 2025.[21]
References
- ^ "In Infant Born". The Idaho Republican. Blackfoot, Idaho. June 29, 1917. p. 8.
- ^ "Brady Buys Paper". The Kellogg Evening News. July 21, 1926. p. 4.
- ^ "Idaho Industrial Weekly Review | Blackfoot". The Kellogg Evening News. October 31, 1927. p. 4.
- ^ "Bottolfsen to Edit Blackfoot Newspaper". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. November 8, 1933. p. 1.
- ^ "Idaho Editor Dead, Aged 64". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. Associated Press. March 27, 1933. p. 2.
- ^ "Buys Daily". The Daily Herald. Provo, Utah. December 6, 1939. p. 4.
- ^ "Blackfoot Paper Sold". The Post-Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. Associated Press. June 2, 1942. p. 7.
- ^ "Coast Paper Career Ends". The Post-Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. Associated Press. June 28, 1942. p. 7.
- ^ "Former Publisher At Jerome Buys Blackfoot Bulletin". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. United Press. May 8, 1947. p. 15.
- ^ "Former Kansan Buys Idaho Paper". The Salina Journal. Associated Press. June 5, 1957. p. 3.
- ^ "Blackfoot Bulletin Becomes Morning Paper". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. January 29, 1960. p. 11.
- ^ a b "Paper to change name". South Idaho Press. Burley, Idaho. Associated Press. April 24, 1981. p. 3.
- ^ "Blackfoot publisher, 42, dies". The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. Associated Press. April 2, 1986. p. 3.
- ^ "New Jersey firm buys Idaho paper". The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. Associated Press. July 2, 1986. p. 14.
- ^ "Canadian buys Blackfoot daily, 7 other papers". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. September 11, 1987. p. 6.
- ^ "Black to 'retire' as empire put up for sale". Red Deer Advocate. The Canadian Press. November 18, 2003. p. 17.
- ^ "What is going on at the Blackfoot Morning News?". KIFI-TV. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ "Adams Publishing Group to launch new Idaho newspaper". Great Falls Tribune. Great Falls, Montana. Associated Press. February 11, 2019. pp. A6.
- ^ "APG takes over Morning News operations". Post Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ "Welcome to the Bingham News Chronicle". Post Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ "Bingham News Chronicle set to return bringing back Blackfoot newspaper tradition". Standard Journal. Rexburg, Idaho. 2025-10-16. Retrieved 2025-12-19.