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Tehachapi News
Newspaper in Tehachapi, California, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tehachapi News is a weekly newspaper in Tehachapi, California.
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In 1900, C.A. Seay published the first edition of the Tehachapi Tomahawk in Tehachapi.[1] After a few months he relocated the paper to Mojave.[2] In June 1902, Charles Heath bought the Tomahawk and moved it back to Tehachapi.[3] In March 1909, he leased the paper to Frank H. Boughton,[4] who left suddenly after two months.[5] Heath published the Tomahawk until September 1914 when it was sold to his son Erle Heath.[3]
In June 1916, George W.B. Snell bought the paper.[3] In May 1919, the Tomahawk briefly suspended publication but was revived by T.G. Nicklin.[6] a month later the paper was acquired by F.A. Meyer and Merle D. Hurlbut.[7][8][9] At that time the paper was renamed to the Tehachapi News.[10] In June 1920, Erle Heath, son of Charles Heath, resumed editorship of the paper.[11]
In February 1921, Archie J. Hicks, owner of the Palmdale Post, bought the News.[12] He sold it in November 1927 to Wesley L. Davis Jr., who also owned The Mojave Record and The Randsburg Times.[13] George R. Burris bought the company in March 1930,[14] and sold it in July 1935 to Grove Wilson.[15] Wilson grew ill around March 1943 and leased the News to Walter Johnson.[16] Johnson published the paper until his death in June 1964.[17] The business was then passed down to his two sons, Richard and Warren Johnson.[18]
in May 1998, the owners of The Bakersfield Californian bought the Tehachapi News At the time the paper had a circulation of 8,000.[19] In June 2019, the Harrell-Fritts family sold the two papers to Sound News Media.[20]
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