Curry County Reporter

Curry County Reporter
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Matt and Kim Hall
FounderE. M. Bogardus
Founded1916
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersPO Box 5,
Port Orford, OR 97465
Circulation2,180
Sister newspapersMyrtle Point Herald
Port Orford News
OCLC number34877605
Websitecurrycountyreporter.com

The Curry County Reporter is a weekly newspaper in Gold Beach, Oregon.[1] It was established in 1916, and has a circulation of 2,180.[2]

History

In March 1916, the Gold Beach Reporter was first published. It was founded by Judge Jeremiah Jerry Huntley, Collier H. Buffington and E. M. Bogardus. Bogardus was the editor and business manager.[3][4] That July, the Reporter bought and absorbed a rival paper called the Gold Beach Globe.[5]

In September 1917, Bogardus bought the Reporter.[6][7] a month later he sold the paper to A. E. Guyton and John A. Juza.[8][9] In April 1922, Juza assumed complete ownership of the paper after buying nearly all company stock.[10] That November, Juza purchased the Del Norte Triplicate.[11] A month later he moved to Crescent City, California, to manage the new paper and Roy M. Avery was put in charge of the Reporter.[12] It appears around this time the Gold Beach paper was acquired by Roderick L. Macleary,[13] son of merchant Donald Macleay and president of the Macleary Estate Co., in Wedderburn.[14]

In August 1923, W. E. Hassler was hired as editor and publisher.[15][16] That December, the paper was renamed to the Curry County Reporter.[17] In February 1925, the business bought the Port Orford Tribune.[18][19] That August, the Tribune was merged it into the Reporter, leaving it as the only paper in Curry County.[20] In November 1926, Hassler was succeeded as editor by A.E. Adams after he was hired as advertising manager at the Coos Bay Times.[21] A year later Hassler founded the Powers Courier.[22] In October 1927, Adams resigned and was replaced by Robert L. Withrow.[23] In June 1932, plant foreman K.E. McMullen succeeded Withrow as editor.[24]

In October 1932, Reuben C. Young bought the Reporter from the Macleay Estate Co.[25] In 1941, he sold it to S.L. Burton.[26] Burton previously owned the Milwaukie Review and published the Reporter until his death in 1952.[27] His widow Jennie Burton and son Wesley Burton then published the paper.[28] In 1952, they sold the paper to Mrs. Wickes Shaw and George Megrath.[29] Megrath soon moved to Petersburg, Alaska, to edit The Press.[30]

In 1956, Shaw sold the paper to Robert and Betty Van Leer.[31] In 1970, Mr. Van Leer was elected president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and was awarded the Amos E. Voorhies Award from the ONPA in 1992.[32] The couple published the paper for 41 years until passing it on to their daughter Molly Walker and her husband Jim Walker in 1997.[33][34] Robert Van Leer was inducted into the Oregon Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2008.[35] Joel Summer and Rebecca Macko bought the paper from the Walkers and published it for seven years. In 2012, they sold the Reporter to Matt and Kim Hall, owners of the Port Orford News.[36]

References

  1. ^ "Curry County Reporter (Gold Beach, Curry County, Or.) 1923-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  2. ^ "Curry County Reporter". Oregon Newspaper Publisher's Association. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Bogardus Is Editor". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. March 8, 1916. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Notice". Roseburg Review. March 27, 1916. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Gold Beach Globe Sold". The Observer. La Grande, Oregon. July 20, 1916. p. 4.
  6. ^ "State Industrial Items Of Interest". Heppner Gazette-Times. September 6, 1917. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Notice". Ashland Tidings. September 10, 1917. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Buy Gold Beach Paper | A.E. Guyton and John Juza Secure Curry County Publication". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. November 13, 1917. p. 6.
  9. ^ The Oregon Exchange. Vol. 1. F.A. Grammell. 1917. p. 20 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "John Juza Buys Gold Beach Paper". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. April 8, 1922. p. 8.
  11. ^ "John Juza Purchases Crescent City Paper". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. November 10, 1922. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Changing Location | John Juza Preparing to Leave Gold Beach for Cresent City". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. December 2, 1922. p. 6.
  13. ^ Lockley, Fred (July 21, 1927). "Impressions and Observations of The Journal Man". The Oregon Daily Journal. Portland, Oregon. p. 10.
  14. ^ "Death Calls R.L. Macleay | Deceased Business Leader: Family Prominent Here". The Oregon Daily Journal. Portland, Oregon. January 27, 1939. p. 1.
  15. ^ The Oregon Exchange. Vol. 5–6. F.A. Grammell. 1922. p. 38 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ "Meets Wife Here". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. September 1, 1923. p. 5.
  17. ^ "Change Paper Name". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. December 4, 1923. p. 5.
  18. ^ "Oregon Briefs". The Eugene Guard. February 11, 1925. p. 4.
  19. ^ "Notice". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. February 6, 1925. p. 4.
  20. ^ "Port Orford Tribune Publication Suspended". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. August 13, 1925. p. 8.
  21. ^ "Gold Beach Man Now with Times". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. November 22, 1926. p. 1.
  22. ^ "Powers Courier Started". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. November 23, 1927. p. 11.
  23. ^ "Adams Leaves Gold Beach". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. October 19, 1927. p. 3.
  24. ^ "R. Withrow Sells Gold Beach Paper". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. June 22, 1932. p. 4.
  25. ^ "Gold Beach Paper Has New Owner". The Oregon Daily Journal. Portland, Oregon. October 30, 1932. p. 18.
  26. ^ "Curry County Paper Is Sold to Burton". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. June 2, 1941. p. 7.
  27. ^ "Services Held for Gold Beach Editor". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. January 18, 1952. p. 4.
  28. ^ "Obituary | Jennie Burton". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. March 3, 1956. p. 2.
  29. ^ "Curry County Reporter Sold". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. October 28, 1952. p. 8.
  30. ^ "Former Alaskans Buy Newspaper". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. June 18, 1954. p. 5.
  31. ^ "Paper Changes Hands". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. December 31, 1956. p. 7.
  32. ^ MacKenzie, Bill (July 25, 1992). "Gold Beach publisher honored". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. p. 47.
  33. ^ "Obituary | Betty Van Leer". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. January 29, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  34. ^ "Obituary | Bob Van Leer". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. March 11, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  35. ^ "Longtime publisher oversaw Gold Beach paper for 41 years". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. March 10, 2009. p. 15.
  36. ^ "Halls buy Curry County Reporter". Curry Coastal Pilot. September 19, 2012. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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