This is a list of newspapers in Virginia.
Daily, weekly and other newspapers (currently published) Title Locale Year est. Occurrence Company Notes Alexandria Gazette Packet Alexandria Weekly Alexandria Times Alexandria 2005 Weekly Altavista JournalAltavista1909WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Amelia Bulletin Monitor Amelia Court House 1973 Weekly Amherst New Era-Progress Amherst Weekly Arlington Sun Gazette Arlington Weekly The Beacon Newspapers Northern Virginia 1989 Monthly Bedford Bulletin Bedford Weekly Paxton Media Group Bland County Messenger Bland County Weekly Bristol Herald Courier Bristol Daily Lee Enterprises Brunswick Times-GazetteLawrenceville1894WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc.Other Cardinal NewsSouthwest and Southside Virginia, "...roughly the western third of the state that is south of I-64"2021Daily on weekdays with a weekend newsletterCardinal Productions"a nonprofit, online newspaper that specializes in in-depth reporting of three topics: politics, the economy, and culture ... in Southwest and Southside Virginia"Carroll NewsHillsville1920WeeklyAdams Publishing Group The Central Virginian Louisa Weekly Clinch Valley News Tazewell Weekly Courier-Record Blackstone Weekly Culpeper Star-Exponent Culpeper Daily Lee Enterprises Daily News-Record Harrisonburg Daily Daily Press Newport News 1896 Daily Tribune Publishing Daily Progress Charlottesville 1892 Daily Lee Enterprises Danville Register & Bee Danville Daily Lee Enterprises Dinwiddie MonitorEmporiaWeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Washington Hispanic Arlington Weekly Spanish language newspaper Fairfax Sun-Gazette Fairfax Weekly Fairfax Times Fairfax County 1965 Weekly Falls Church News Press Falls Church 1991 Weekly Farmville Herald Farmville 1890 Twice weekly published twice weekly Flagship News Norfolk Weekly Paxton Media Group military newspaper serving the Hampton Roads area Floyd Press Floyd Weekly The Free Lance–Star Fredericksburg Daily Lee Enterprises The Gazette Galax Daily Paxton Media Group Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal Gloucester 1937 Weekly Greene County Record Stanardsville Weekly Henrico Citizen Henrico County, Virginia Bi-weekly published every two weeks Hopewell Herald–Prince George Post Hopewell 2018 Twice weekly GateHouse Media Independent-MessengerEmporia1893WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. El Imparcial Manassas Weekly Spanish language newspaper Inside Business Norfolk Weekly Paxton Media Group Business newspaper Loudoun Times-Mirror Loudoun County and Leesburg 1924 Weekly Ogden Newspapers Inc. Loudoun Tribune Sterling 2016 Weekly Brian Reynolds Circulation: 116K addresses by mail. Madison Eagle Madison 1910 Weekly Martinsville Bulletin Martinsville 1889 Daily Lee Enterprises Mount Vernon Voice Alexandria 2002 Weekly New Journal and Guide Norfolk 1900 Weekly News & Advance Lynchburg 1986 Daily Lee Enterprises News-Gazette Lexington 1801 Weekly The News-Gazette Corp. Began as the Rockbridge Repository 1801 News Leader Staunton 1904 Daily USA Today Co. News ProgressMecklenburg County1884WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc.(Website) News Virginian Waynesboro Daily Lee Enterprises The Northern Virginia Daily Strasburg Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc. Orange County Review Orange Weekly Lee Enterprises The Page News and Courier Page County 1911 Weekly Ogden Newspapers Inc. Politico Arlington County 2007 Varies Capitol News Company Powell Valley News Lee County 1920 Weekly Powhatan Today Powhatan 1986 Weekly Lee Enterprises Prince George JournalEmporiaWeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Progress-Index Petersburg 1865 Daily USA Today Co. Purcellville Gazette Loudoun County 2004 Weekly Radford News Journal Radford Weekly Rappahannock News Washington Weekly Rappahannock Times Tappahannock Weekly The Recorder Monterey 1877 Weekly Richlands News-Press Richlands 1966 Weekly Richmond Free Press Richmond 1992 Weekly Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond 1850 Daily Lee Enterprises Roanoke Star-Sentinel Roanoke 2007 Weekly Roanoke Times Roanoke 1886 Daily Lee Enterprises Roanoke Tribune Roanoke 1939 Weekly founded by Fleming Alexander Smithfield Times Smithfield 1920 Weekly Smith Mountain EagleWirtz1985WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Smyth County News & Messenger Marion Twice weekly published two times a week South Hill EnterpriseSouth Hill1906WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Southside Messenger Keysville 2004 Weekly Southside Sentinel Urbanna 1896 Weekly Southwest Times Pulaski 1906 Daily Star-TribuneChatham1869WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Style Weekly Richmond 1982 Weekly VPM Media Corporation Suffolk News-Herald Suffolk 1873 Daily Sussex-Surry DispatchEmporiaWeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Tidewater News Franklin Thrice weekly published three times a weekTidewaternews Tidewater Review West Point Weekly Tronc, Inc. El Tiempo Latino Arlington 1991 Weekly Spanish language newspaper Times-Virginian Appomattox 1892 Weekly Womack Publishing Co. Inc. Union StarBrookneal1906WeeklyWomack Publishing Co. Inc. Virginia Beach Sun Virginia Beach 2012 Nondaily Virginia Gazette Williamsburg 1930 Twice weekly Tribune Publishing published two times a week Virginia Lawyers Weekly Richmond 1986 Weekly GateHouse Media Virginian-Pilot Norfolk 1894 Daily Tribune Publishing Virginian Review Covington 1914 Thrice weekly Published three times a week La Voz Hispana de Virginia Richmond Nondaily Washington County News Abingdon Weekly Westmoreland News Westmoreland County 1949 Weekly The Winchester Star Winchester 1896 Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc. Wytheville Enterprise Wythe County Weekly published two times a week Yorktown Crier-Poquoson Post Yorktown Weekly The ZebraAlexandria2010Daily OnlineThe Zebra Press LLCPrint magazine monthly. (Website)
University newspapers Brackety-Ack – student newspaper of Roanoke College The Breeze – student newspaper of James Madison University The Bullet – student newspaper of the University of Mary Washington The Buzz – student newspaper of Shenandoah University The Cadet – student newspaper of Virginia Military Institute The Captain's Log – student newspaper of Christopher Newport University The Cavalier Daily – student newspaper of the University of Virginia The Collegian – student newspaper of the University of Richmond Collegiate Times – student newspaper of Virginia Tech The Commonwealth Times – student newspaper of Virginia Commonwealth University The Critograph – student newspaper of the University of Lynchburg Fourth Estate – student newspaper at George Mason University The Flat Hat – student newspaper of the College of William & Mary The Hampden-Sydney Tiger – student newspaper of Hampden-Sydney College The Hampton Script – student newspaper of Hampton University The Highland Cavalier – student newspaper of the University of Virginia's College at Wise Hollins Columns – student newspaper of Hollins University The Iron Blade – student newspaper of Ferrum College The Liberty Champion – student newspaper of Liberty University The Mace & Crown – student newspaper of Old Dominion University The Marlin Chronicle – student newspaper of Batten University Ring-tum Phi – student newspaper of the Washington and Lee University The Rotunda – student newspaper of Longwood University Spartan Echo – student newspaper of Norfolk State University The Tartan – student newspaper of Radford University Virginia Law Weekly – student newspaper of the University of Virginia School of Law The Weathervane – student newspaper of Eastern Mennonite University The Yellow Jacket – student newspaper of Randolph-Macon College
Defunct newspapers
Title Locale Year est. Year ceased NotesAlexandria Expositor and the Columbian AdvertiserAlexandria, District of Columbia18021805, Succeeded by the Alexandria Expositor Alexandria Gazette Alexandria 1834 1974 Began as Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette in 1792Arlington DailyArlington19391951 Broadside Fairfax 1963 2013 Former student newspaper of George Mason Universitysucceeded by Fourth EstateCaroline ProgressBowling Green19192018Charlottesville-Albemarle TribuneCharlottesville19541992Weekly, Published by Randolph L. White. African-American interest publication.Charlottesville TribuneCharlottesville1950unknownWeekly, Published by Roanoke Tribune. African American interest publication.Chesterfield ObserverChesterfield County19952023 Circuit CatlettColumbian Advertiser and Commercial, Mechanic, and Agricultural Gazette Alexandria, District of Columbia18021802 , ; preceded by The Times and Alexandria AdvertiserHerald-ProgressAshland18812018 Hook Charlottesville 2002 2013Hopewell NewsHopewell19262018Began as City and Tri-County News King George Journal Press King George 2017 Ledger-Star Norfolk 1876 1995 Began as Public Ledger, became Ledger-Star in 1962 News & Messenger Manassas Northern Virginia Sun Arlington 1998 Port Folio Weekly Norfolk 1983 2009 Religious Herald Richmond 1828Richmonder AnzeigerRichmond185418?? Richmond Chronicle Richmond 1969 197?Richmond Enquirer Richmond News Leader Richmond 1888 1992Richmond PlanetRichmond18831938The Richmond StateRichmond Richmond Whig Richmond 1824 Began as Constitutional Whig in 1824 Roanoke Weekly Press Roanoke 1891 1892 "Roanoke City's first black newspaper" Rockingham Register Harrisonburg 1822 1914 Scottsville Sun Scottsville Shenandoah Herald Woodstock 1817 Began as Woodstock Herald in 1817 Spectator Staunton 1823 The Times and Alexandria Advertiser Alexandria, District of Columbia 1797 1799 Virginian Lynchburg 1809 Began as Lynchburg Press in 1809 Washington Examiner Springfield Washingtonian Leesburg 1808
Newspapers by locale
Alexandria
Newspapers published in Alexandria, Virginia: Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer. D., Dec. 8–31, 1800+ The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792 – Dec. 6, 1800. The Times. Alexandria Advertiser. D., Apr. 10, 1797 – Apr. 16 1799. The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser. D., Apr. 17, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+ The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser. W., July 30(?), 1789 – Nov. 1793. The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser. W., Feb. 5, 1784 – July 4, 1789.
Dumfries Newspapers published in Dumfries, Virginia: The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository. W., Sept. 29, 1791 – Dec. 19, 1793.
Fincastle Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia: The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser. W., March – Dec. 27, 1800+
Fredericksburg Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia: The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797 – Sept. 2, 1799. The Virginia Herald. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799 – Dec. 26, 1800+ The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser. W., S.W., June 7, 1787 – Oct. 16 (?), 1795. The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795 – Aug. 19, 1797.
Leesburg Newspapers published in Leesburg, Virginia: The True American. W., November 1798–1800(?)
Norfolk Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia: American Gazette. S.W., May 6, 1796. American Gazette & General Advertiser. S.W., May 10, 1796 – Nov. 7, 1797. American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser. S.W., May 7, 1794 – Apr. 30, 1796. The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser. W., July 18, 1792 – Apr. 30, 1794. Epitome of the Times. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1800+ The Herald. T.W., Nov. 9–30, 1795. The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794 – Nov. 5, 1795. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle. W., Aug. 29, 1789 – June (?), 1792. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette. W., Sept. 9 – Oct. 8, 1789. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal. W., June 21, 1786 – May 13 (?), 1789. Norfolk Herald. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795 – Oct. 31, 1796. The Norfolk Herald. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798 – Dec. 29, 1800+ The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796 – Feb. 17, 1798. The Virginia Chronicle, & C. S.W., Nov. 13 – Dec. 19, 1794.