The Lake Chelan Mirror is a weekly newspaper published Wednesdays in Chelan, Washington, United States. It covers Lake Chelan, Manson, Chelan, Entiat and the surrounding area, with a circulation of 2,900.[1]
In 2023, the publication was included in the deal made by NCW Media, Inc. to sell its local newspapers to a company owned by Terry Ward and Amy Yaley. Other publications were the Leavenworth Echo, the Cashmere Valley Record, the Quad City Herald, and the Wenatchee Business Journal.[2]
In August 2023, the newspaper was acquired by Ward Media LLC.[3]
History
- 1891 De Witt C Britt[4]
- Chelan mining district
- started as a liberal republican paper then joined forces with the free silver party which was common among papers in western mining districts
- 1892 moved plant to Chelan and continued publication under the name the Chelan Leader
- Early issues were difficult to get off the ground, published first issue a month late, missed a few issues.[5]
- 1908 open letter in Wenatchee Daily World accuses editor of misrepresentation[6][7]
- 1909 editor is sick[8]
- C. E. Goodsell - editor and owner[10] (around 1920)
- Lake Chelan News subscriptions, advertising, news, continues in the Leader
- 1937 W.B. Gavin buys Lake Chelan Mirror with the help of his boss from The Cashmere Valley Record[11]
- 1973 son Rick Gavin becomes publisher
- 2000 Rick Gavin and wife Kristine Gavin sell newspaper to Prairie Media, now NCW Media[12] (Washington Newspaper March 2012)
- Obituary of longtime owner Babe Gavin, 1999[13]
- Sold by Gavin family in 2009.[14]
- 2016 Lake Chelan Mirror celebrates 125th anniversary in August[15]
- August 11, 2023, Ward Media, LLC., owned by Terry Ward and Amy Yaley, purchases the Lake Chelan Mirror from NCW Media Inc. Terry Ward becomes publisher.[16]