[4][5] According to the newspaper's staff, the paper preceded the incorporation of Woodburn by about nine months and initially read more like a gossip sheet than a news source.
[5] McMahan went on to become a member of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1923 Legislature, and a Marion County Circuit Judge from 1924 to 1943.
[7] Alden sold out to Mabel Grass in August 1944,[8] and who then acquired full ownership in October 1946.
[10][11] About forty years later the company sold the paper along with five others in January 2013 to Pamplin Media Group.
[12][13] Robert B. Pamplin Jr. sold the company in June 2024 to Carpenter Media Group.