On August 1, 1899, E.S. Meers began publishing
The Alpena Evening News. It was renamed as
The Alpena News in 1914. In its early years it was edited by James Collins, a fiery and opinionated Irishman, who continued as editor until 1909 when he then edited the
Alpena Argus-Pioneer. Alpena had many papers initially. There have been at least a dozen papers (some are name changes) over the years. In 1900, there were two dailies, the
Echo and the
News; and three weeklies,
Alpena Weekly Argus,
Farmer and
Pioneer. The
News was left as the sole survivor by 1918.
The Alpena News is owned by Ogden Newspapers, which includes
Escanaba's
Daily Press,
Houghton's
The Daily Mining Gazette,
Iron Mountain Daily News,
Marquette's
The Mining Journal, and
Discover. ==Notes==