Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Bright 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 Bright. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Bright. Our list contains 9 papers that were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> of Bright.

Newspapers Neighboring Bright ...

The following newspapers were published within 13 miles [20.9 km] of Bright.

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

Published In Clendenin [Kanawha County] ...
- West Virginia Herald (from 1907)
  - Years of publication: 1907 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the West Virginia Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059806
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12898213
Published In Clay [Clay County] ...
- Clay County Free Press (from 1905)
  - Years of publication: 1905 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Clay County Free Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059604
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768375
- The Clay Messenger (from 1883)
  - Years of publication: 1883 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Clay Messenger
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059605
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768379
- The Elk Examiner (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 1984
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Elk Examiner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN85059606
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 12768392
Published In Spencer ...
- Roane County Record (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1913
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Roane County Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092296
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201594
- Roane County Reporter (from 1915)
  - Years of publication: 1915 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Roane County Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092297
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201575
- The Interior (from 1879)
  - Years of publication: 1879 to 1880
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Interior
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86072117
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 14756976
- The Times-Record (from 1913)
  - Years of publication: 1913 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Times-Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092299
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201617
- The Weekly Bulletin (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Bulletin
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN86092298
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 13201568

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bright) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bright. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6259, Longitude: -81.2346 In this case, the coordinates for Bright have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).