Idaho Statesman

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The Idaho Statesman is Boise, Idaho’s daily newspaper. It is owned by The McClatchy Company (since 2006) and is published in a broadsheet format.

The paper began on July 26, 1864, as the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman, started by James S. Reynolds in a log cabin near the future Boise City Hall. It later became the Idaho Daily Statesman in 1888. The Statesman passed through several owners over the years. Margaret Cobb Ailshie became the paper’s first female publisher and led it until her death in 1959. In 1963 it was sold to Federated Publications, which merged with Gannett in 1971. A fire in March 2004 damaged part of the press, but the paper continued publishing with help from others.

In 2005, Knight Ridder bought the Statesman, and McClatchy bought Knight Ridder in 2006. The Statesman has shifted its printing arrangements several times: in 2008 it began printing at the Idaho Press-Tribune’s facility in Nampa, in 2018 moved to a Times-News facility in Twin Falls, and in 2019 it cut its Saturday edition. Since October 2023, the print edition has been three days a week (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) with delivery by mail rather than by carriers.

Circulation was about 28,000 copies daily and 46,900 on Sundays in 2020. The Statesman is headquartered in Boise, and its website is idahostatesman.com.