By: E&P Staff World Publishing Co., parent of the daily Wenatchee (Wash.) World, has acquired the Douglas County Empire Express, the only newspaper published in the central Washington county.
The purchase, effective Aug. 28, was announced Thursday by Dave Gauger of Gauger Media Services Inc., who represented the sellers, Donna and Mike Cassidy.
World Publishing announced Gretchen Woods, sister of Wenatchee World Publisher Rufus Woods, will serve as editor of the weekly. Shauna Lee will be its business manager.
Former Empire Press publisher Donna Cassidy called the sale "a bittersweet transaction," but said "it is time for new people to pump new energy into the Empire Press."
Cassidy and her husband, Mike, purchased the Empire Press in December 1999. At the time they bought the weekly, which can trace its roots back to 1888, it was in imminent danger of closing because health problems of its then-owner, Gauger said.
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