Yakima County, Washington Newspapers
Below is a sortable list of historical Yakima County, Washington Newspapers, compiled November, 2013. It provides: 1) links to online copies before 1950's; and libraries where hard copies can be found
The newspapers are listed by the area they served, so some may have been published in other counties or even out of state.
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Newspapers have increasingly come online starting in the late 1980's. See OnlineNewspapers.com, RefDesk.com, or do a Google search for Online Newspapers. |
Sortable Table
- Key: Chronicling America (CA) · Washington Secretary of State (SOS) · University of Washington Digital Collections (UWA)
Note: Chronicling America lists newspapers by areas served rather than where published. As a result, some are not in this county or even out of state.
| Tip: Sorting by year, then by town puts earliest years first. Sort "Remarks" for language newspapers. |
| Town | Title of Newspaper | Years Published |
Libraries with copies | Online | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toppenish | Yakima Nation review | 1970-???? | CA | ||
| Toppenish | Yakima Nation review [microform] | 1970-current | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The ranch [microform] | 1894-189? | CA | ||
| North Yakima | Ranche and range [microform] | 1897-1902 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima herald [electronic resource] | 1889-1914 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima herald [microform] | 1889-1914 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima Valley sun [microform] | 1954-19?? | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima morning herald | 1905-1968 | CA | ||
| Selah | Selah Valley optimist | 1938-1985 | CA | ||
| Selah | The optimist | 1985-1989 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Sun press | 1982-1985 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Tri-county clarion | 1969-???? | CA | ||
| Selah | The Selah optimist | 1989-current | CA | ||
| Zillah | The Zillah mirror | 1922-1942 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima republican | 187?-18?? | CA | ||
| Yakima | The Yakima argus | 1895-1896 | CA | ||
| Toppenish | Toppenish times | 1955-19?? | CA | ||
| Naches | The sun | 1954-1958 | CA | ||
| Sunnyside | Migrant education news | 197?-current | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima independent | 1893-1939 | CA | ||
| Sunnyside | The Sunnyside times | 1915-1942 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Washington leader | 1920-19?? | CA | ||
| Naches | Inter-valley press | 1939-1942 | CA | ||
| Wapato | The Fil-am moderator | 1954-195? | CA | ||
| Naches | The Yakima Valley news | 1958-19?? | CA | ||
| Naches | The upper valley review | 1950-1953 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima eagle | 1966-1966 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Eagle | 1967-1971 | CA | ||
| Grandview | Grandview herald | 1909-current | CA | ||
| Granger | The Granger enterprise | 19??-???? | CA | ||
| Naches | The Naches review | 1917-19?? | CA | ||
| Selah | Yakima Valley optimist | 19??-1938 | CA | ||
| Sunnyside | Daily sun-news | 1986-current | CA | ||
| Sunnyside | The Sunnyside sun | 1901-1986 | CA | ||
| Sunnyside | Sunnyside daily news | 1962-1986 | CA | ||
| Mabton | The Mabton press | 19??-current | CA | ||
| Toppenish | The review | 1981-current | CA | ||
| Toppenish | Toppenish review | 1905-1981 | CA | ||
| Toppenish | The Toppenish tribune | 1910-1934 | CA | ||
| Zillah | Yakima Valley mirror | 1950-19?? | CA | ||
| Zillah | Zillah free press | 1910-1921 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Weekly epigram | 1897-1898 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima epigram | 1898-1898 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima Democrat | 1899-1919 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | Yakima Washingtonian | 1901-1903 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima herald-republic | 1968-current | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima daily republic | 1903-1968 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Daily Yakima republic | 1903-1903 | CA | ||
| Yakima City | Yakima record | 1879-1884 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima republic | 1879-1919 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima signal | 1883-1888 | CA | ||
| Yakima | Yakima Valley sun | 1954-1982 | CA | ||
| Wapato | Wapato independent | 1905-current | CA | ||
| North Yakima | Ranche and range | 1897-1902 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The Yakima herald | 1889-1914 | CA | ||
| North Yakima | The ranch | 1894-189? | CA |
Sources Used
This list was first generated (October 2013) from:
- Chronicling America's "US Newspaper Directory, 1690–present", accessed October 2013.
- Washington Secretary of State, accessed October 2013.
- University of Washington