PORTLAND TRIBUNE

'''The Portland Tribune''' is a free newspaper published twice weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays) in Portland, Oregon with a distribution of about a 120,000 papers. Portland businessman Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. announced his intention to found the paper in the summer of 2000. The first issue was published February 9, 2001, joining ''the Oregonian'', the city's only daily newspaper, and the alternative weeklies ''Willamette Week'' and ''The Portland Mercury''.
The ''Tribune'' has the widest circulation newspaper of the Pamplin Media Group of community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area. Pamplin Media Group also owns and operates the talk show format radio station KPAM, and several other radio stations throughout the Pacific Northwest. The combined resources of the Pamplin Media Group make it the second largest news gathering organization in Oregon.
The paper deals almost exclusively with issues local to Portland and the state of Oregon. It features regular columns by Phil Stanford and Dwight Jaynes. The paper is also known for its extensive coverage of local high school, college and pro sports teams with concentration on the NBA, Pac-10, Big Sky Conference and West Coast Conference.
The ''Tribune'' sponsors the Portland area annual regional spelling bee for middle schoolers. The champion participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.^[1]

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★ Official Website

★ Community Newspapers

★ The ''Tribune's'' summary of its first five years