East Oregonian

Since 1875, the East Oregonian has been northeastern Oregon's largest regional newspaper. Covering Umatilla and Morrow counties, the EO is published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The EO's main office is located in Pendleton, with a bureau in Hermiston. The East Oregonian is the flagship paper of EO Media Group, a family-owned media company bas... ed in Oregon since 1908. EO Media Group also owns the Hermiston Herald, Blue Mountain Eagle, The Observer, Baker City Herald and Wallowa County Chieftain newspapers in the eastern Oregon region. EO Media also owns the Capital Press, a Pacific Northwest agricultural weekly, The Bulletin and Redmond Spokesman in Central Oregon and The Daily Astorian, Chinook Observer, Seaside Signal, Coast River Business Journal on the coast. The East Oregonian was first published in Pendleton as a weekly newspaper in 1875 by M.P. Bull. Seven years later, C.S. "Sam" Jackson purchased the EO, and by 1883 it was printed semi-weekly. A building for the paper was constructed at the southeast corner of South Main Street and Emigrant Avenue in Pendleton in 1887, where the Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon is located today. In 1888, the EO became a daily except Sunday. C.S. Jackson left the EO in 1902, leaving to run the Portland Evening Journal. Edwin B. Aldrich became editor and a part owner of the EO in 1908. Eventually, Aldrich and his descendants became full owners of the East Oregonian Publishing Company, now known as EO Media Group. Aldrich's eldest daughter, Amy Aldrich Bedford, started work at the EO in 1949 as the manager of the EO's commercial printing plant. She later became the promotions/public relations manager for the EO, and continued in this position until her death in 2006. Aldrich was editor until his death in 1951. Upon Aldrich's death, his son-in-law, J.W. "Bud" Forrester, became editor and his younger daughter, Eleanor Aldrich Forrester, became the business manager. Also in 1951, the East Oregonian opened a bureau on Main Street in Hermiston. In 1956, the EO's main ...Read More