Deer Park Tribune

The Deer Park Tribune is the newspaper of record for the city of Deer Park in the U.S. state of Washington, founded in 1906.^[2][3] It previously known as the Deer Park Union^[4] and Tri-County Tribune.^[5]

The Deer Park Union was founded in 1906 by F. T. Sheppard. Some time later he sold it to W. D. Philips, who then took in A. M. Wood as a partner.^[6] Philips retired and sold his shares to Wood in 1908.^[7] Wood soon leased the Union to Allen Haynes, who put Dwight G. Stratton in charge. In 1910, Wood,^[6] who later served as Deer Park mayor,^[8] sold the paper to A. T. Brownlow.^[6] J. Harry Johnson edited the paper from 1911 until his health failed in 1917.^[9] Carl S. Evans bought the paper in 1917. The paper was then purchased by W. W. Gilles in 1919, G. H. Rice in 1923 and Karel Wegkamp in 1938.^[8]

George Miles leased the paper in 1942 and then purchased it in December 1943.^[10] Charles J. Neugebauer leased the paper in 1952.^[11] In February 1953, Neugebauer, publisher of the Spokane County News, bought the Deer Park Union from Mrs. Cora Rice and merged the two papers together. The combined Union-News was to be renamed in March by readers through a contest.^[11][12] The News had been published since 1919^[13] and Neugebauer bought it in September 1949.^[14] Neugebauer sold the recently formed Tri-County Tribune in November 1953 to William E. Cox,^[8] who ran the paper for almost two decades until selling out to in 1971 to Larry G. Bell.^[15]

In October 1984, Peter Chapin purchased the paper.^[16] He sold it in 1989 to Patrick J. Graham, owner of the Statesman-Examiner. At the time the Tribune was distributed for free to 7,000 households.^[17] In 1992, Graham sold the Statesman-Examiner and Deer Park Tribune to American Publishing Company.^[18] Both papers were acquired in 2000 from the company, renamed Hollinger Inc., by Horizon Publications.^[19] In 2024, the Statesman Index, Deer Park Tribune and The Sun were sold to Gabriel Cruden.^[20]