Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of West Helena.

Our newspaper information for West Helena is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 8 papers that were published in the immediate area of West Helena. In addition, the list contains another 53 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded West Helena. In total, we've identified 61 papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of West Helena.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Helena.

Newspapers Published In West Helena ...

We know of 8 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of West Helena:

Evening Times (from 1957)
- Years of publication: 1957 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Evening Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN88063014
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17375077
Many Voices (from 1971)
- Years of publication: 1971 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Many Voices
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93050567
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28824585
Phillips County Democrat (from 1917)
- Years of publication: 1917 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Phillips County Democrat
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92050105
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26018073
The Daily Sun (from 1956)
- Years of publication: 1956 to 1957
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Daily Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89051360
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20314325
The Twin City Tribune (from 1969)
- Years of publication: 1969 to 1983
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Twin City Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN91050014
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23298819
Twin City News (from 1961)
- Years of publication: 1961 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Twin City News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92050103
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26018067
West Memphis Daily Sun (from 1955)
- Years of publication: 1955 to 1956
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Memphis Daily Sun
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89051359
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20314335
West Memphis News (from 1936)
- Years of publication: 1936 to 1955
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the West Memphis News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN90050062
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21093024

Newspapers Neighboring West Helena ...

The following newspapers were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of West Helena.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from West Helena.

Published In Helena ...
- We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Helena. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Helena
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> of West Helena. This extended list includes all the papers from Helena. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for West Helena
Published In Austin [Tunica County] ...
- The Austin Republican (from 1872)
  - Years of publication: 1872 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Austin Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034291
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12630474
- The Cotton Plant (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Cotton Plant
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034292
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12630484
Published In Friars Point [Coahoma County] ...
- Friar's Point Coahomian (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1931
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Friar's Point Coahomian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065102
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15104271
- Friar's Point Weekly Delta (from 1869)
  - Years of publication: 1869 to 187?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Friar's Point Weekly Delta
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034372
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2261353
- Friars Point Gazette (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1887
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Friars Point Gazette
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067202
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18279591
- The Coahomian (from 1865)
  - Years of publication: 1865 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Coahomian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065101
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15104228
- The Friar's Point Delta (from 1869)
  - Published during 1869
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Friar's Point Delta
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065017
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18340905
- The New Coahomian (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1889
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Coahomian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89065018
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18338093
Published In Marianna [Lee County] ...
- Marianna Index (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Marianna Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN84022979
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10681729
- The Courier-Index (from 1917)
  - Years of publication: 1917 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Courier-Index
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89051338
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20371110
- The Daily Courier (from 189?)
  - The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89051336
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20371107
- The Lee County Courier (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1917
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lee County Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89051337
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20371100
Published In Tunica [Tunica County] ...
- Delta Democrat (from 1895)
  - Years of publication: 1895 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Delta Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065627
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16401815
- The Tunica Independent (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1897
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tunica Independent
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN83016936
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 10226935
- The Tunica Times-Democrat (from 1923)
  - Years of publication: 1923 to 1993
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tunica Times-Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87065628
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16505345
- The Tunica Times (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 1923
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Tunica Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88067013
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17192177
- Tunica Times (from 1993)
  - Years of publication: 1993 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Tunica Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2003215047
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 53194714

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Helena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Helena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5501, Longitude: -90.6413