Columbia County Spotlight

The Columbia County Spotlight, previously known as the South County Spotlight, is a weekly newspaper in Columbia County, Oregon, United States, established in 1961. It covers local news, sports, business and community events, publishes weekly on Wednesdays, and has a circulation between 3,600 and 4,500.

The paper serves Scappoose and St. Helens, and covers communities along Highway 30 from Linnton and Sauvie Island to Clatskanie. The editorial staff is based in Scappoose, while some administration and creative services are based in Milwaukie at the headquarters of Pamplin Media Group, which owns the newspaper. The Spotlight is one of a number of community newspapers in the group, including the  Forest Grove News-Times and the Hillsboro Tribune.

Reporter Tyler Graf won a first place award for feature business writing for a Spotlight article in 2012. Graf, who had recently come to the paper from the Daily Journal of Commerce, soon moved on to the nearby Daily Astorian. The newspaper won four awards in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest in 2015,  including second place for best editorial, third place for best feature, second place for best graphics and first place for best sports photo. The Spotlight is a general member of the association. Its coverage has been cited by other newspapers in the area, including The Oregonian, and it is part of the Northwest News Partnership, along with Daily Astorian and the EO Media Group.

Darryl Swan, who had previously served as the paper's news editor, was appointed publisher in 2008, and remains in that role as of 2018.

References

External links 
 Official website

Category:Newspapers published in Oregon
Category:Columbia County, Oregon
Category:1961 establishments in Oregon
Category:Newspapers published by Pamplin Media Group
Category:Publications established in 1961