The Oak Ridger is an American daily newspaper published Mondays through Fridays in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The Oak Ridger was established in 1949 by Alfred and Julia Hill.

[1] The paper was owned for many years by the Hill family.

The Hill family sold the paper to Stauffer Communications in 1987.

In 2007, Morris sold The Oak Ridger to GateHouse along with 13 other American newspapers.