[5] A year later Max Lueddemann purchased the paper,[6] and he sold it to Howard W. Turner in 1909.
[7] William E. Johnson became the owner in 1924,[8] but died a year later of pneumonia.
[10] Hall briefly operated the paper for about two years until selling out in 1948 to Bill Robinson and Elmo Smith,[11] who went on to found Eagle Newspapers.
[12] A few months later Oscar W. Lange Jr. bought in as a third owner.
[14][15] Robert B. Pamplin Jr. sold his newspaper company in June 2024 to Carpenter Media Group.