Idaho newspaper closes after 127 years

Posted by Alexandra Zeumer on October 23, 2008 at 9:03 PM

An Idaho, U.S.-based newspaper company announced Tuesday it has bought and closed down its rival, 127-year-old weekly Wood River Journal, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Express Publishing, Inc. runs the Idaho Mountain Express newspaper in Ketchum, Idaho, a rival of the Wood River Journal, based in Hailey, Idaho. The Journal published its last edition Wednesday.

WRJ LLC, the Wood River Journal’s publishing company, was recently owned by the Idaho Falls-based Post Co., which bought the business in April from Lee Enterprises. The Post Co. publishes the Post Register and several other small newspapers in that area, the AP reported in an article posted by 2News.TV.