The paper began as the Western Clackamas Review, was later known as the Oswego Review from 1929 through 1961,[2] and then adopted its present name when the city of Oswego annexed Lake Grove and the lake.

[7] In 1941, Edward A. Donnelly purchased the Oswego Review from Harmon Marshall and Claude A.

[9] In 1978, Blizzard sold the Lake Oswego Review to Eagle Newspapers.

[10][11] In 1987, Eagle merged the newspaper into a new business venture called Community Newspapers, Inc.[12] The business was sold to Steve Clark in 1996[13] and later acquired by Pamplin Media Group in August 2000.

[4] Robert B. Pamplin Jr. sold his newspaper company in June 2024 to Carpenter Media Group.