Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

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

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alto. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Alto. Our list contains 83 papers that were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Alto.

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 Alto.

Newspapers Neighboring Alto ...

The following newspapers were published within 27 miles [43.5 km] of Alto.

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

Published In Dayton ...
- Columbia Chronicle (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1908
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbia Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093093
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17017476
- Columbia County Dispatch (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1926
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbia County Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2007252504
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 143650446
- Columbia County Dispatch (from 1903)
  - Years of publication: 1903 to 1926
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbia County Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085744
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18188335
- Columbia Daily Chronicle (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbia Daily Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093089
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17017440
- Columbia Twice-A-Week Chronicle (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbia Twice-A-Week Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2006252928
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42337850
- Columbia Twice-A-Week Chronicle (from 1908)
  - Years of publication: 1908 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Columbia Twice-A-Week Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093092
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17023452
- Dayton Chronicle (from 1957)
  - Years of publication: 1957 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dayton Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2007252419
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 123956537
- Dayton Chronicle (from 1957)
  - Years of publication: 1957 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dayton Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093090
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17017446
- Dayton Courier (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dayton Courier
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093087
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17017434
- Dayton Weekly Courier-Press
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dayton Weekly Courier-Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093088
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17017437
- Dayton Weekly News (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dayton Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2006252926
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 74906299
- Dayton Weekly News (from 1878)
  - Years of publication: 1878 to 1882
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Dayton Weekly News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093104
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17019838
- The Chronicle Dispatch (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093091
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17023450
- The Chronicle-dispatch a Consolidation Of The Columbia Chronicle And The Columbia County Dispatch (from 1926)
  - Years of publication: 1926 to 1957
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Chronicle-dispatch a Consolidation Of The Columbia Chronicle And The Columbia County Dispatch
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2007252418
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 42338661
- The Dayton News (from 1874)
  - Years of publication: 1874 to 1878
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dayton News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093103
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17019806
- The Inlander (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to 1893
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Inlander
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093116
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17152259
Published In Waitsburg [Walla Walla County] ...
- The Daily Times (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085394
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17377446
- The Times (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085402
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17390356
Published In Starbuck ...
- Starbuck Standard (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Starbuck Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2007252523
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 144612520
- Starbuck Standard (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1919
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Starbuck Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093114
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17023465
- The Starbuck Star (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Starbuck Star
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093115
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17023469
Published In Prescott [Walla Walla County] ...
- The Spectator (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 1911
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN90099718
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 21026814
- The Walla Walla Valley Spectator (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 192?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Walla Walla Valley Spectator
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085393
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17377443
Published In Dixie [Walla Walla County] ...
- The Dixie Progress (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dixie Progress
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085750
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18188984
Published In Walla Walla [Walla Walla County] ...
- We know of 68 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Walla Walla. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Walla Walla
- We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Alto. This extended list includes all the papers from Walla Walla. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Alto
Published In Pomeroy [Garfield County] ...
- East Washingtonian (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the East Washingtonian
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2011252752
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9788581
- East Washingtonian (from 1884)
  - Years of publication: 1884 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the East Washingtonian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093171
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17164754
- Garfield County Democrat (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Garfield County Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093172
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17164764
- Garfield County News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Garfield County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093219
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17196881
- Garfield County Standard (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Garfield County Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2007252509
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 144512078
- Garfield County Standard (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Garfield County Standard
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093174
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17164790
- Pomeroy Republican (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pomeroy Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2011252751
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 9788494
- Pomeroy Republican (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1884
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pomeroy Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093170
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17164746
Published In College Place [Walla Walla County] ...
- The College Placer (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The College Placer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085392
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17377441
- The News Observer (from 1979)
  - Years of publication: 1979 to 1980
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The News Observer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085748
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18188900
- Whitman Herald (from 1958)
  - Years of publication: 1958 to 1959
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Whitman Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085749
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18188941
Published In Kahlotus [Franklin County] ...
- Franklin County Enterprise (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Franklin County Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093159
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17157850
Published In Washtucna [Adams County] ...
- Washtucna Enterprise (from 1902)
  - Years of publication: 1902 to 1925
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Washtucna Enterprise
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88085704
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 18184168
- Washtucna Recorder (from 1927)
  - Years of publication: 1927 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Washtucna Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093026
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16993192
- Washtucna World (from 1962)
  - Years of publication: 1962 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Washtucna World
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87093027
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 16993204

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chronicling America

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Alto. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiaco.com/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>

Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3863, Longitude: -118.1116 In this case, the coordinates for Alto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).