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Virginia Newspapers: Home

Listed here include a major representative newspaper from the Virginia cities of Roanoke, Danville, Lynchburg, Norfolk, and Richmond.  Each entry is accompanied by a "Historical Chronicle" PDF, which tracks the history of the paper in each of its iterations, and includes a list of locations in Virginia that have original copies of the paper or microfilm. 

For locating Virginia newspapers not listed here, the Library of Virginia - Virginia Newspaper Project and the Virginia Chronicle newspaper database links below are especially helpful. 

Online Databases

Roanoke/Salem

Roanoke Times

Originally published in 1886 as the "Roanoke Daily Times".  Published under current name 1995-present.  The Salem Public Library houses a microfilm collection spanning from 1897-1977. The Library of Virginia's Virginia Chronicle newspaper database offers online access to the Roanoke Daily Times (Roanoke, VA, 1889-1890). Fintel Library's Newsbank subscription offers online access to content from 1990 - present.

Salem Times Register

Originally published in 1854 as the "Salem Weekly Register".  Published under current name 1970-present.  The Library of Virginia's Virginia Chronicle newspaper database provides online access to:

The Salem Public Library houses a microfilm collection spanning from 1909-present.

Danville

Danville Register & Bee

Originally published in 1882 as the "Daily Register".  Published under current name 1989-present.

The Library of Virginia houses a complete microfilm collection from 1989-present.

Lynchburg

News & Advance

Originally published in 1866 as "Lynchburg Daily News".  Published under current name 1991-present.

The Library of Virginia houses a complete microfilm collection from 1991-present.

Norfolk

Virginian-Pilot

Originally published in 1898 under the same name, and underwent several mergers before being published in its modern form 1955-present.

The Library of Virginia houses an incomplete microfilm collection and offers online access to the Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA, 1899-1900) through its Virginia Chronicle newspaper database.

Richmond

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Originally published in 1850 as "Daily Dispatch".  Published under current name 1914-present.  Virginia Tech and the Library of Virginia have complete microfilm collections from 1914-present.  The Library of Virginia's Virginia Chronicle newspaper database provides online access to the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA, 1914-1922).

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