Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Newport News.

Our newspaper information for Newport News 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 20 papers that were published in the immediate area of Newport News. In addition, the list contains another 6 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Newport News. In total, we've identified 26 papers within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Newport News.

Newspapers Published In Newport News ...

We know of 20 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Newport News:

Chesapeake Bay Defender (from 1941)
- Years of publication: 1941 to 1942
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chesapeake Bay Defender
- Holdings for: LCCN SN94059404
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20731561
Chris's Crier (from 1961)
- Years of publication: 1961 to 1963
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Chris's Crier
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060684
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 151149270
Daily Press (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97066022
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37397042
Daily Press (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97066023
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37397036
Daily Press (from 1988)
- Years of publication: 1988 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Daily Press
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97066024
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37397027
Daily Press (from 1896)
- Years of publication: 1896 to current
- Issues available online: 2162
- Scanned issues: January 11, 1898 to December 22, 1910
- Catalog of available issues online
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card: Daily Press
- Holdings: LCCN SN83045830
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 7529015
- ISSN Number: 2163-7156
Evening Telegram (from 1897)
- Years of publication: 1897 to 1902
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Evening Telegram
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99066739
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 41970799
Newport News Star (from 192?)
- Years of publication: 192? to 1940
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Newport News Star
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079077
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32253046
Peninsula News (from 1941)
- Years of publication: 1941 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Peninsula News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95079242
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32994330
The Captain's Log (from 1963)
- Years of publication: 1963 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Captain's Log
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2002058089
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 49384845
The Evening Times-Herald (from 1902)
- Years of publication: 1902 to 1905
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Evening Times-Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN96096559
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34493966
The Evening Times (from 1900)
- Years of publication: 1900 to 1901
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Evening Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN99066731
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40808730
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- The Morning Herald (from 1900)
  - Years of publication: 1900 to 1901
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Morning Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067648
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34140941
- The Newport News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Newport News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85034381
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12752970
- The Shipbuilder (from 1942)
  - Years of publication: 1942 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Shipbuilder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067670
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34140981
- The Star (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95079078
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 32253086
- The Times-Herald (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to 1991
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN91066051
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 23209207
- The Times-Herald (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 1902
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times-Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN99066704
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40815994
- The Virginian (from 1955)
  - Years of publication: 1955 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Virginian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94060080
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 8139299
- The Wedge (from 188?)
  - The first year of publication was in 188?, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Wedge
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96095041
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34977703

Newspapers Neighboring Newport News ...

The following newspapers were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<1> of Newport News.

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

Published In Hampton [Hampton City] ...
- Catharsis (from 199?)
  - Years of publication: 199? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Catharsis
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2001062590
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45725642
- Daily Monitor (from 1901)
  - Years of publication: 1901 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Daily Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98068233
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 40251050
- Hampton Monitor (from 1876)
  - Years of publication: 1876 to 1890
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hampton Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067604
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34052578
- Hampton News And Advertiser (from 1854)
  - Years of publication: 1854 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hampton News And Advertiser
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067605
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 33251887
- The Hampton Monitor (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hampton Monitor
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN96096544
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34342118
- The Monitor-Advance (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to 1891
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Monitor-Advance
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95067639
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34051076

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Newport News: www.ci.newport-news.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

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- Newport News) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newport News. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0883, Longitude: -76.4835