Stanwood Camano News
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Stanwood Camano News
| image = Stanwood Camano News offices (22829197824).jpg
| caption = The offices of Stanwood-Camano News in 2015.
| type = Weekly newspaper
| owners = Adams Publishing Group
| founder = H. A. Clemens
| publisher = Skagit Valley Publishing Co.
| foundation = {{start date and age|1903}}
| headquarters = 7208 267th Street NW
Stanwood, Washington, U.S.
| circulation = 2,261
| circulation_date = 2020
| sister newspapers = Skagit Valley Herald
| ISSN = 1041-4304
| website = {{URL|goskagit.com/scnews}}
}}
The Stanwood Camano News is a weekly newspaper serving Stanwood and Camano Island in the U.S. state of Washington. It had a circulation of 2,261 in 2020.{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2020 |title=Regional Maps and Circulation |url=https://adamspg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/APG-Regional-Maps-with-Circulation_Washington.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406051828/https://adamspg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/APG-Regional-Maps-with-Circulation_Washington.pdf |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=April 5, 2023 |website=Adams Publishing Group}}
History
H. A. Clemens founded the Stanwood Tidings in 1903 and operated the paper until retiring in 1920. He sold it to Frederick Ornes,{{Cite news |date=August 6, 1920 |title=Notice |work=The Leavenworth Echo |page=4}} who previously owned the Mount Vernon Argus. Ornes changed the paper's name to the Stanwood News soon after the sale.{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1920 |title=Skagit County News {{!}} Ornes Buys Tidings |work=The Bellingham Herald |page=11}}{{Cite news |date=August 6, 1920 |title=Short Shots |work=The Labor Journal |page=4}} A year later Ornes sold the News to Lorin D. Angevine.{{Cite news |date=October 31, 1921 |title=Former Star Man to Edit Stanwood Paper |work=The Seattle Star |page=2}}{{Cite news |date=October 24, 1921 |title=Angevine a Publisher; Buys Stanwood Weekly |work=The Spokane Press |page=5}}
K. Kirby published the Fir-Conway Times for a single issue before ceasing. On his way out of town, Angevine chased him down and offered to buy the paper for two shirts and a hat. Angevine grew circulation to 150 and the Times became profitable.{{Cite news |last=Marshall |first=Jim |date=April 18, 1924 |title=Lorin Angevine Buys Paper For 2 Shirts, 1 Hat |work=The Spokane Press |page=7}} In April 1925, Angevine became part owner of the Mount Vernon Argus while Argus owner Ray Thorpe became part owner of the Stanwood News.{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1925 |title=Angevine Buys Part Of Mt. Vernon Argus |work=The Everett Herald |page=18}} Angevine sold his share in the Stanwood News in May to J. L. Asbury,{{Cite news |date=May 13, 1925 |title=Angevine Sells Stanwood News |work=Seattle Union Record |page=1}} who in turn sold it to Clyde F. Brown in 1926.{{Cite news |date=June 14, 1926 |title=C. F. Brown Owner Of Stanwood News |work=Seattle Union Record |page=15}}{{Cite news |date=June 25, 1960 |title=Former Twin City News Editor Dies in Camas |work=The Everett Herald |page=13}}
Brown changed the paper's name to Twin City News in 1930{{Cite web |last=Caldwell |first=Evan |date=June 22, 2021 |title=Editorial: It's official! Stanwood Camano News has moved |url=https://www.goskagit.com/scnews/news/editorial-its-official-stanwood-camano-news-has-moved/article_d5a5f83e-d1a4-5837-b23e-0641c6532b4d.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623010137/https://www.goskagit.com/scnews/news/editorial-its-official-stanwood-camano-news-has-moved/article_d5a5f83e-d1a4-5837-b23e-0641c6532b4d.html |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=April 8, 2023 |website=Skagit Valley Herald |language=en}} and sold it to Harry Dence and Raymond Horn in 1938.{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Don |date=May 14, 1971 |title=Profile of a Pioneer: Longtime Stanwood Area Newsman |work=The Everett Herald |page=44}} The two men sold it to John Weber and Wally Funk in 1958, who owned the Anacortes American. Cliff Danielson, editor of the Oak Harbor News, was hired on as editor of the Twin City News.{{Cite news |date=May 22, 1958 |title=Twin City News Changes Owners |work=The Everett Herald |page=47}} The new owners soon had the paper's office renovated.{{Cite news |date=November 19, 1958 |title=Twin City News Office Putting on New Front |work=The Everett Herald |page=24}} A year later the paper was sold again to Simeon R. Wilson, owner of the Marysville Globe; Danielson also reacquired his ownership stake.{{Cite news |date=August 14, 1959 |title=Marysville Globe Publishers By Twin City News |work=The Everett Herald |page=19 |agency=Associated Press}} The paper's name was changed back to the Stanwood News. In 1980, the name was changed to Stanwood Camano News; two years later, the owner of the paper purchased the nearby Camano Island Sun.
Dave Pinkham became the owner and publisher in 1985. He had previously worked as a reporter and then editor at the Whidbey News-Times. In 2009, Pinkham retired and the paper entered into a partnership with the Skagit Valley Herald to manage the Stanwood paper. The Stanwood Camano News maintained its office in Stanwood, but the printing of the paper was moved off site in June 2009 to the Skagit Valley Herald{{'}}s facility in Mount Vernon.{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Mary |date=2023-03-14 |title=Exploring History: Newspapers a key element in Stanwood for decades |url=https://www.goskagit.com/townnews/publishing/exploring-history-newspapers-a-key-element-in-stanwood-for-decades/article_f5f9b5d0-9d25-11ed-ab72-b34b79cb9902.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314221614/https://www.goskagit.com/townnews/publishing/exploring-history-newspapers-a-key-element-in-stanwood-for-decades/article_f5f9b5d0-9d25-11ed-ab72-b34b79cb9902.html |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Stanwood Camano News |language=en}} In 2015, Pinkham sold the Stanwood Camano News to Pioneer News Group, publishers of the Mount Vernon-based Skagit Valley Herald.{{Cite news |date=January 10, 2015 |title=Pioneer buys Stanwood Camano News |language=en-US |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/pioneer-buys-stanwood-camano-news/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707202124/https://www.heraldnet.com/business/pioneer-buys-stanwood-camano-news/ |archive-date=July 7, 2018}} Two years later, all of Pioneer News Group's newspapers were sold to Adams Publishing Group.{{Cite press release |last=Hammer |first=Barb |date=October 5, 2017 |title=Pioneer News Group selling media division to Adams Publishing Group |url=http://adamspg.com/pioneer-news-group-selling-media-division-to-adams-publishing-group/ |publisher=Adams Publishing Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105053713/http://adamspg.com/pioneer-news-group-selling-media-division-to-adams-publishing-group/ |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |access-date=April 8, 2023}} In 2021, the newspaper moved to a new office in Stanwood.