The
Canby Herald dates back to 1906. In 1915, G.E. Brookins sold the
Hubbard Enterprise to then purchase the
Canby Herald. A year later Brookins leased his Canby printing plant and moved to Eugene to study journalism at the
University of Oregon. The
Clackamas County News was then started in Canby with B. E. Lee as publisher and M. J. Lee as editor. W. E. Hassler was publisher of the
News for about two years until severing his ties in January 1922. He sold the
News to M.J. Lee, now editor and publisher, who renamed it to the
Canby Herald. A month later Lee sold the paper to A.W. Bond. In June 1923, the
Herald was acquired by W.C. Culbertson. Henry E. Browne worked as the
Canby Herald publisher for 15 years and became its owner at some point. He sold it to Elbert Floyd Hall and Esther May Hall in 1937. A decade later the couple sold the paper to William Weston. In 1972, Weston and his wife merged their company with
Eagle Newspapers. and was founded by Gordon J. Taylor. In 1930, he and his son Walter R. Taylor sold the paper to J. Vila Blake. A year later Blake sold the
Molalla Pioneer to C. L. Ireland, who owned the paper for 15 years until selling it in January 1946 to Monroe Sweetland. In 1948, Sweetland sold the paper to Charles N. Burger, who then sold it again two years later to Howard Durfee and Earl C. Brannan. In 1952, Durfee sold the paper to Paul F. Ruud. Ruud ran the
Molalla Pioneer for close to two decades until Pioneer Publishing, Inc. acquired the paper from him in 1971. Three years later the company sold it to Rodger Eddy, owner of
North Willamette News. Two years later Eddy merged his company with
Eagle Newspapers in 1976. Eagle owned the
Canby Herald and
Molalla Pioneer for nearly four decades until selling them along with three other newspapers in January 2013 to
Pamplin Media Group. Pamplin sold the two paper's shared office in August 2019 and moved them to a smaller space. In January 2020, the company announced both paper's print editions were to be merged under the title
The Herald-Pioneer while continuing to maintain separate websites and social media accounts. In June 2024,
Robert B. Pamplin Jr. sold his newspaper company to Carpenter Media Group. In March 2026, the
Herald-Pioneer merged with the
Woodburn Independent to form
The Herald-Independent. ==References==