List of newspapers in Arkansas

This is a list of newspapers in Arkansas, USA.

Daily newspapers and online publications (currently published)

Title	Locale	Year est.	Frequency	Owner	Notes
Batesville Daily Guard	Batesville		Daily	Paxton Media Group
The Saline Courier	Benton	1876	Daily	Horizon Publications	Notes
The Camden News	Camden		Daily	WEHCO Media
Log Cabin Democrat	Conway		Daily	Paxton Media Group
El Dorado News-Times	El Dorado		Daily	WEHCO Media
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette	Fayetteville		Daily	WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media
Southwest Times Record	Fort Smith		Daily	GateHouse Media[1]
The Harrison Daily Times	Harrison	1876	Daily	Carpenter Media Group
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record	Hot Springs		Daily	WEHCO Media
The Jonesboro Sun	Jonesboro		Daily	Paxton Media Group
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette	Little Rock[2]		Daily	WEHCO Media
The Baxter Bulletin	Mountain Home	1901[3]	Daily	Gannett Company[4]
Paragould Daily Press	Paragould		Daily	Paxton Media Group
Pine Bluff Commercial	Pine Bluff		Daily	WEHCO Media
The Courier	Russellville		Daily	Paxton Media Group
The Daily Citizen	Searcy		Daily	Paxton Media Group
Stuttgart Daily Leader	Stuttgart		Daily	GateHouse Media[1]
Texarkana Gazette	Texarkana		Daily	WEHCO Media

Weekly newspapers (currently published)

Title	Locale	Year est.	Frequency	Publisher/parent company	Notes
Little River Post	Ashdown	2020	Weekly	Journal Agency, LLC	https://www.littleriverpost.com
Atkins Chronicle	Atkins		Weekly
The Johnson County Graphic	Clarksville	1877	Weekly		https://www.thegraphic.org
Van Buren County Democrat	Clinton		Weekly	Paxton Media Group
The Ashley News Observer	Crossett		Weekly
Yell County Record	Danville		Weekly
Dardanelle Post-Dispatch	Dardanelle		Weekly
DeWitt Era Enterprise	DeWitt	1929	Weekly	DeWitt Publishing Company Inc
Washington County Enterprise-Leader	Farmington		Weekly	Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC
The Ashley County Ledger	Hamburg		Weekly
The Sun-Times	Heber Springs		Weekly	Paxton Media Group
The Helena World	Helena-West Helena	1871	Weekly	Helena World Chronicle, LLC	www.helenaworld.org
Hot Springs Village Voice	Hot Springs Village	1990	Weekly	J. Allen, LLC	hsvvoice.com
The Chicot County Spectator/Eudora Enterprise	Lake Village		Weekly
Arkansas Times	Little Rock		Weekly
Petit Jean Country Headlight	Morrilton, Perryville		Weekly
Newport Independent	Newport		Weekly	Paxton Media Group
Times of Northeast Benton County	Pea Ridge		Weekly	WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media
Siloam Springs Herald-Leader	Siloam Springs		Weekly
Wynne Progress	Wynne	1904	Weekly
Cross County Times	Wynne	1988

University newspapers

• The Arka Tech — Arkansas Tech University, Russellville
• The Arkansas Traveler — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
• The Echo – University of Central Arkansas, Conway
• The Herald – Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
• The Oracle — Henderson State University, Arkadelphia
• The Bison — Harding University, Searcy

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

• Arkansas media
  • List of radio stations in Arkansas
  • List of television stations in Arkansas
  • Media of cities in Arkansas: Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Rogers
• Journalism:
  • Category:Journalists from Arkansas
  • University of Arkansas, Walter Lemke Department of Journalism in Fayetteville
• Arkansas literature

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