The Hillsboro Argus
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| Type | Twice-weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Advance Publications |
| Editor | Tom Maurer |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Ceased publication | 2017 |
| Headquarters | 1915 NW Amberglen Parkway, Suite 310 Beaverton, Oregon United States (Note: Mailing address is a Beaverton address, but this location is in the city of Hillsboro, not in Beaverton.) |
| Circulation | 43,000 Wednesday, 6,000 Friday Paid subscribers: 6,539 (as of 2012) |
| ISSN | 8750-5479 |
| Website | oregonlive.com/argus |
The Hillsboro Argus was a twice-weekly newspaper in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, from 1894 to 2017, known as the Washington County Argus for its final year. The Argus was distributed in Washington County, Oregon, United States. First published in 1894, but later merged with the older, 1873-introduced Forest Grove Independent, the paper was owned by the McKinney family for more than 90 years prior to being sold to Advance Publications in 1999. The Argus was published weekly until 1953, then twice-weekly from 1953 until 2015. In early 2017, it was reported that the paper was planning to cease publication in March 2017. The final edition was that of March 29, 2017.
The Argus newspaper traced its history back to 1873. In 1873, the Forest Grove Independent newspaper was founded as the first newspaper in Washington County, Oregon. By December the paper had moved to Hillsboro and named itself the Washington Independent.Albert E. Tozier owned the paper with a partner from 1885 to 1887.Daniel Gault owned the Independent from 1892 to 1902.
In March 1894, R. H. Mitchell and C. W. Clow founded a new paper in Hillsboro, the Argus. On March 28, 1894, the first Hillsboro Argus was printed which included a front page advertisement for Hillsboro lawyer and later Congressman Thomas H. Tongue. Other news of the day concerned a battle over the county seat of Lincoln County, Oregon. At that time it was a weekly paper of only six pages and was located on Second Street between Main and Washington streets.
In the early years of the Argus, ownership changed hands often, with Mrs. Emma C. McKinney acquiring a half interest in the newspaper in 1904. McKinney’s son W. Verne McKinney would join the paper in 1923. In November of that year, the size of the paper began to grow beyond the six pages that had included two pages of wire-report news known as boilerplate. Next, in January 1932, the Argus purchased the Independent from S.C. Killen and merged the two papers. The Argus won accolades from the National Editorial Association in 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, and 1939 for various topics ranging from production to general excellence to editorials. In 1940, it was selected as the best weekly newspaper in the United States for its size by the National Editorial Association.
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