Lynden Tribune

The Lynden Tribune was first published on July 9, 1908.{{Cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=July 20, 2017 |title=Sol Lewis publishes his first edition of the Lynden Tribune on October 22, 1914. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20407 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=HistoryLink}} Charles D. Jones was editor and H. E. Stuart was business manager. The duo had purchased the equipment and subscription list of the Lynden Sun-Pilot,{{Cite web |title=The Lynden Tribune |url=https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=LYNDTRIB |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Washington Digital Newspapers |publisher=Washington State Library}} which had formed in 1905 after C. A. Sluss purchased the Lynden Sun and Pacific Pilot and consolidated them together.{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1905 |title=Lynden Papers Sell Out And Are Combined {{!}} C. A. Sluss, Recently From Nebraska, Buys the Sun and Pilot For Cash. |work=The Bellingham Herald |pages=5}}{{Cite news |date=August 19, 1905 |title=Lynden Has One Paper Now. |work=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer |pages=6}} In their first editorial addressed "To The People of Lynden," the two wrote:{{Cite news |date=July 9, 1908 |title=To The People of Lynden |work=The Lynden Tribune |pages=2}}

{{Quote|text="The TRIBUNE comes into your midst without an apology. It has no friends and hopes to make few enemies. Perhaps you'll think it rather a bold and wayward child at first but, as you become better acquainted, we believe it will find a warm place in your heart."|author=Charles D. Jones and H. E. Stuart|title=To The People of Lynden|source=The Lynden Tribune (July 9, 1908)}}

In early 1909, the Tribune had been purchased by Dan Cloud, former editor of the Tacoma Daily News.{{Cite news |date=January 22, 1909 |title=Notice |work=The Washington Standard |pages=1 |publication-place=Olympia, Washington}} Cloud fell ill and Herman Rosenzweig then became the proprietor on October 19, 1911. A few years later Sol H. Lewis purchased the paper in 1914. He had graduated from University of Washington studying journalism and borrowed $7,500 as a down payment from family. He first edition as owner was published on October 22, 1914. For decades he wrote a column called "The Lynden Gimlet" and operated the paper until his death in 1953.{{Cite news |date=June 12, 1953 |title=Sol Lewis, Lynden Tribune Publisher, Dies Here Friday |work=The Bellingham Herald |pages=1}} At that time the paper was inherited by his sons William R. "Bill" and Julian M. Lewis. Michael Lewis became a co-owner in 1984 when his uncle Bill Lewis retired.{{Cite news |date=October 1, 1984 |title=Lewis retires from Lyndon Tribune |work=The Bellingham Herald |pages=21}} He obtained full ownership after his father Julian Lewis retired in 1992.

In 2025, the Ferndale Record was merged into the Tribune and the masthead was changed to the Lynden Tribune & Ferndale Record.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-02-12 |title=EDITORIAL: Two newspapers now as one |url=https://www.lyndentribune.com/community/editorial-two-newspapers-now-as-one/article_c936041a-e8b2-11ef-a691-47c9d6c16a2a.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Lynden Tribune |language=en}} That same year the paper's owner shuttered its press. The printing of the paper was transferred to a facility run by the Skagit Valley Herald.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Amy |date=2025-02-07 |title=‘End of an era' as Lynden Tribune press shuts down |url=https://salish-current.org/2025/02/07/end-of-an-era-as-lynden-tribune-press-shuts-down/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Salish Current |language=en-US}}

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