List of newspapers in Arkansas
This is a list of newspapers in Arkansas , USA .
Daily newspapers and online publications (currently published)
Weekly newspapers (currently published)
University newspapers
Defunct
Title
Locale
Year est.
Ceased
Notes
Arkansas Advocate
Little Rock
1830
1837
[ 5]
Arkansas Banner
Little Rock
1843
1845
Owned by the Democratic Party of Arkansas in 1945[ 5]
Arkansas County Gazette
DeWitt
1884
1886
[ 6]
Arkansas Democrat
DeWitt
1879
1882
[ 7]
Arkansas Farmer
Little Rock
1844
1845
[ 5]
Arkansas Forum
Siloam Springs
1921
c. 1921
[ 8]
Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas Post, Little Rock
1819[ 9]
1991
[ 10]
Arkansas Herald
Siloam Springs
1882
1889
[ 11]
Arkansas Intelligencer
Van Buren
1842
1845
[ 12]
Arkansas Journal
Helena
1843
1845
[ 13]
Arkansas Ladies Journal
Little Rock
1884
1886
founded by Mary W. Loughborough [ 14]
Arkansas Post
DeWitt
1882
1882
[ 7]
Arkansas Reporter
DeWitt
1885
1885?
[ 6]
Arkansas State Democrat
Helena
1839
1841
Successor to the Helena Spy [ 13]
Arkansas Star
Little Rock
1839
1841
[ 15]
Arkansas Temperance Journal
Little Rock
1844
1845
[ 15]
Arkansas Times and Advocate
Little Rock
1837
1844?
Combination of the Arkansas Weekly Times and Arkansas Advocate [ 15]
Arkansas Traveler
Bentonville
1868
1869
[ 16]
Arkansas Union
Siloam Springs
1890
1890
[ 11]
Arkansas Weekly Times
Little Rock
1835
1837
Known as the Little Rock Times , 1835-1836[ 17]
Ashley County Eagle
Hamburg
1889
1920
Successor to the El Dorado Eagle , merged with the Ashley County Leader [ 18]
Ashley County Leader
Hamburg
1920
1969
Successor to the Hamburg Budget ,[ 18] merged with The Crossett News Observer
Batesville News
Batesville
1838
1843
Suspended in 1843, later revived as the North Arkansas [ 19]
Benton County Gazette
Gravette
1908
[ 20]
Benton County Journal
Bentonville
1886
1886
[ 21]
Benton County Gazette
Gravette
1911
c. 1922
[ 20]
Benton County Record
Bentonville
1916
[ 22]
Benton County Sun
Bentonville
1890
1921
Merged into the Benton County Record [ 23]
Bentonville Advance
Bentonville
1873
1883
Merged into The Bentonian [ 16]
Bentonville Beacon
Bentonville
1866
1866
[ 16]
Bentonville Cornerstone
Bentonville
1827
1827
[ 16]
Bentonville Democrat
Bentonville
1859
1859
Successor to the Northwest Appeal [ 24]
Bentonville Democrat
Bentonville
1869
1869
Successor to the Arkansas Traveler [ 16]
Bentonville Democrat
Bentonville
1886
[ 25]
Bentonville News
Bentonville
1905
1905
Merged into the Benton County Sun [ 26]
Brinkley Argus [ 27]
Brinkley [ 27]
2007[ 27]
Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun [ 27]
Bull Shoals Gazette
Cotter
1946
c. 1946
[ 28]
Cabot Star-Herald
Cabot
Carlisle Independent
Carlisle
Central Delta Argus-Sun [ 27]
Brinkley
2007
2016
Combination of Brinkley Argus and Monroe County Sun
Commercial Advertiser
Napoleon
1843
1844
[ 17]
Constitution Journal
Helena
1836
1838
Successor to the Helena Herald [ 13]
Cotter Courier
Cotter
1903
c. 1918
[ 29]
The Cotter Record
Cotter
1911
1937
[ 28]
Cross County Democrat
Wynne
1895
c. 1910
Merged into The Blade-Democrat [ 30]
Cross County Democrat
Wynne
1912
1924
Successor to The Blade-Democrat [ 31]
Cross County News
Wynne
1899
c. 1899
[ 31]
Cross County Times
Parkin
1933
1987
Successor to the Parkin Times before becoming the Cross County Times [ 32]
Democrat
DeWitt
1871
1871
[ 7]
DeWitt Chronicle
DeWitt
1861
1862
[ 33]
DeWitt Democrat
DeWitt
1898
1898
[ 6]
DeWitt Enterprise
DeWitt
1871
1874
[ 7]
DeWitt Enterprise
DeWitt
1916[ 6]
1929
Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise
DeWitt Free Lance
DeWitt
1888
1888
[ 6]
DeWitt New Era
DeWitt
1884[ 6]
1929
Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise
DeWitt Republican
DeWitt
1880s
1880s
[ 6]
Fayetteville Witness
Fayetteville
1840
1842
[ 34]
Goldman Times
Goldman
1884
1885
[ 35]
Gravette Democrat
Gravette
[ 20]
Gravette Herald
Gravette
[ 20]
Gravette News
Gravette
[ 20]
Gravette News Herald
Gravette
Combination of the Gravette Herald and the Gravette News [ 36]
Hamburg Budget
Hamburg
1912
1920
Renamed Ashley County Leader [ 37]
Hamburg Monitor
Hamburg
1874
c. 1876
Founded as Hamburg Enterprise , renamed November 1874[ 38]
Hamburg News
Hamburg
1884
1889
Successor to The Ashley County Times , merged into the Ashley County Eagle [ 38]
Hamburg Reporter
Hamburg
1859
c. 1865
[ 38]
Helena Herald
Helena
1833
1835
[ 13]
Helena Spy
Helena
1838
1838
Successor to the Constitution Journal [ 5]
Hope Star
Hope
1883
2018
[ 39]
Independent Democrat
Little Rock
1843
1843
[ 17]
Indicator
DeWitt
1875
1875?
[ 7]
I.O.O.F. Beacon Light and Masonic Guide
Gravette
1914
Renamed Sovereign Odd Fellow before ending.[ 20]
Life Line
Wynne
c. 1900
c. 1900
Black newspaper[ 31]
Marvell Messenger
Marvell
1965
1980
Monroe County Sun [ 27]
Clarendon
2007[ 27]
Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun
Monte Ne Herald
Monte Ne
1903
1905
[ 20]
The Morning News [ 40]
2009[ 40]
Merged with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette' s northwest operation[ 40]
Mountain View Herald
Mountain View
1932
1953
Merged with the Stone County Leader
Napoleon Journal
Napoleon
1839
1840
Known as the Napoleon Messenger for two months in 1840 before cessation[ 12]
Nevada County Picayune
Prescott
2018
[ 39]
Norfork Enterprise
Norfork
[ 29]
North Arkansas
Batesville
1843
1845
[ 34]
North Arkansas Herald
Harrison
c. 1915
[ 41]
North Arkansas Herald
Mountain Home
1890
c. 1891
[ 3]
North Arkansas View
Mountain Home
1984
1994
[ 42]
Northwest Appeal
Bentonville
1857
1858
[ 43]
Ouachita Herald
Camden
1845
1845
[ 34]
The Palladium
Monte Ne
1921
Quarterly special interest publication about bimetallism [ 44]
Parkin Free Press
Parkin
1933
1934
Renamed Parkin Times for one month[ 32]
Parkin Sentinel
Parkin
1911
c. 1911
People's Friend
Rogers
c. 1910
1916
Socialist[ 11]
Phillips County Progress
Helena
1984
2004
Political Intelligencer
Little Rock
1834
1835
[ 17]
The Pulaskian
Pulaski Heights
1915
1929
Quid Nunc
Mountain Home
1877
1880
[ 3]
Rogers Democrat
Rogers
1881
Founded as the Rogers New Era [ 45]
Rogers Daily Post
Rogers
1910
[ 46]
Rogers Enterprise
Rogers
1897
1897
[ 46]
Rogers Journal
Rogers
c. 1900
1914
Known as the Rogers Advocate and Rogers Republican [ 46]
Rogers Leader
Rogers
1896
1897
[ 46]
Rogers Republican
Rogers
1883
1909
Merged into the Rogers Journal [ 46]
Sentinel
DeWitt
1858
1859
Moved to Lake Village[ 33]
Sentinel
DeWitt
1869
1871
[ 33]
Sentry, De Witt
DeWitt
1884
1884
[ 7]
Siloam Springs Advertiser
Siloam Springs
1918
c. 1918
[ 8]
Siloam Springs Daily Register
Siloam Springs
1911
[ 8]
Siloam Springs Free Press
Siloam Springs
1912
[ 8]
Siloam Springs Globe
Siloam Springs
1881
1881
[ 11]
Siloam Springs Herald-Democrat
Siloam Springs
1889
Combination of the Arkansas Herald and Siloam Springs Globe [ 11]
Siloam Springs Hummer
Siloam Springs
1902
1902
[ 8]
Siloam Springs Locomotive Herald
Siloam Springs
1880
1902
[ 47]
Siloam Springs Sun
Siloam Springs
1880
1881
Briefly named Siloam Springs Dispatch before ending[ 11]
Southern Shield
Helena
1840
1845
[ 13]
Spirit of the Age
Little Rock
1845
1845
[ 17]
Standard and Commercial Adviser
Napoleon
1841
1841
[ 12]
Stuttgart Chronicle
Stuttgart
1880s
1906
Renamed The Arkansawyer [ 48]
Stuttgart Free Press
Stuttgart
1889
c. 1921
[ 49]
Stuttgart Germania
Stuttgart
1895
Published in German[ 50]
Stuttgart Republican
Stuttgart
1915
1915
[ 48] Restored 1920 and merged into The Arkansawyer [ 51]
Stuttgart Star
Stuttgart
1890
1892
Known as the Republican Star in 1892 before cessation[ 52]
Tax-Payers Bulletin
Siloam Springs
1921
Successor to the Arkansas Forum [ 8]
Telegraph
Washington
1840
1845
Known as the Arkansas Telegraph at founding[ 12]
The Arkansas Gleanor
DeWitt
1882
1883
[ 7]
The Arkansas News
Mountain Home
1897
[ 3]
The Arkansas Traveler
Wittsburg
c. 1853
c. 1854
[ 30]
The Arkansawyer
Stuttgart
1906
1915
Successor to Stuttgart Chronicle [ 48]
The Arkansawyer
Stuttgart
1920
Combination of The Stuttgart Booster and Stuttgart Republican [ 51]
The Ashley County Times
Hamburg
1865
1873
[ 38]
The Ashley County Times
Hamburg
1876
1884
Renamed Hamburg News [ 38]
The Baxter County Citizen
Mountain Home
1880
1938
[ 3]
The Bentonian
Bentonville
1873
1873
[ 16]
The Bentonian
Bentonville
1883
Successor to The New Bentonville [ 25]
The Blade-Democrat
Wynne
1910
1912
Combination of Cross County Democrat and The Blade Exchange [ 31]
The Blade Exchange
Wynne
1900
c. 1910
Merged into The Blade-Democrat [ 31]
The Chronicle
Wittsburg
1875
1877
[ 30]
The Citizen-News
Mountain Home
The Clarion
Hamburg
1901
c. 1901
[ 38]
The Courier
Hamburg
1901
c. 1902
[ 38]
The Crossett Home-News
Crossett
1949
1950
Merged into The Crossett News Observer
The Crossett News-Observer
Crossett
1950
1980
Renamed The Ashley News Observer
The Crossett Observer
Crossett
1906
c. 1940
Owned by the Crossett Lumber Co. [ 53]
The Daily News
Mountain Home
1994
1999
Succeeded the North Arkansas View [ 54]
The Daily Siftings Herald
Arkadelphia
2018
[ 39]
The Elector
DeWitt
1866
1866
[ 33]
The Epworth News
Wynne
1896
c. 1896
[ 31]
The Harrison Daily Eclipse
Harrison
1901
1901
[ 41]
The Gillett Reporter
Gillett
1914[ 35]
1926
The Grand Prairie News
Stuttgart
1916
[ 48]
The Journal
Bentonville
1880
[ 25]
The New Bentonville
Bentonville
1881
[ 25]
The North Arkansas Herald
Mountain Home
1890
Monthly[ 3]
The Ozark Clarion
Three Brothers
1912
c. 1912
[ 29]
The Parkdale News
Parkdale
1900
c. 1900
[ 53]
The Pilot
Wynne
1897
1899
Black newspaper [ 30]
The Prairie Farmer
Goldman
1884
1884
[ 35]
The Record
Gillett
1927
1936
The Review
Stuttgart
1912
1912
[ 48]
The Rogers Champion
Rogers
1881
1881
[ 55]
The Screech Owl
Cotter
1921
1921
The Southern Rising Wave of Temperance
Bentonville
1884
[ 21]
The Spectator
Ozark
1911
2024
[ 56]
The Stuttgart Booster
Stuttgart
1915
1920
Merged into The Arkansawyer [ 51]
The Wheel Reporter
Stuttgart
1886
1886
[ 52]
The White River Headlight
Cotter
1921
1922
Successor to Cotter Courier [ 29]
The Wilmot Weekly
Wilmot
1912
c. 1914
Resumed in 1920[ 53]
The Wynne Ripsaw
Wynne
1888
1891
Briefly renamed Wynne Gazette before ending[ 31]
Twin City Tribune
1984
Western Frontier Whig
Van Buren
1844
1845
[ 12]
Wittsburg Gazette
Wittsburg
1871
1874
[ 30]
Wittsburg Phoenix
Wittsburg
1875
1876
[ 30]
Wittsburg Standard
Wittsburg
1875
1877
[ 30]
Wynne Star
Wynne
c. 1924
1949
Successor to the Cross County Democrat , also known as the Wynne Daily Star-Progress and the Wynne Evening Star [ 32]
See also
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