Kelley Loe published the first issue of
The Reflector in
Ridgefield, Washington on October 8, 1909. At the time the town had a population around 300. In March 1910, Loe denied reports he had sold the paper, but the later that month it was confirmed the new owner was to be H. A. Moore. A. W. and C. C. McCormack owned the paper for three years until they sold the paper to Willard D. Nelson, of Haines. The paper was soon returned to the McCormacks who resold it in 1924 to J.R. "Red" Hicks, of Sumas. A year later he installed a
linotype machine. Hicks published the paper for 22 years, only ever taking 11 vacation days during his career.
The Reflector was sold to a group of six Vancouver businessmen who incorporated the enterprise as the A. M. Publishing Company Dave H. Deihl. The company also published the
Mid-County Record of Battle Ground, and soon relocated the printing plant. Richard F. Crouch was hired as a foreman at the Ridgefield newspaper plant and Battle Ground commercial printing plant. In 1948, Crouch and Robert L. Robb leased the plant from A.M., and Crouch later bought Robb out to become the sole owner of
The Reflector and
The Mid-County Record. By 1951, the papers came to be owned by John Holt Dodge, who merged the two papers together form
The Mid-County Reflector. The paper was relocated from Ridgefield to Battle Ground in 1959. In 2010,
The Reflector was purchased by Lafromboise Communications from its owner of the previous 30 years, Marvin Case. == References ==