Journalists from around the Northwest were recognized Friday during the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association 2026 Pacific NW News Conference held in Salem, with the Rogue Valley Times being named the top paper in its division and garnering 10 reporting awards.
Newsrooms around the region that included Oregon, Washington state and Idaho news outlets contended in a long list of categories, earning recognition for everything from general excellence to quality of breaking news, business, features and sports coverage.
The state’s youngest newspaper, and one of the few newly launched newspapers in the country at a time when newspapers are closing at record rates, the Times was launched by EO Media in February 2023 and was acquired by Carpenter Media Group in November 2024…