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Los Banos Enterprise
Type	Biweekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Michael W. Braa, SR
Founder(s)	P.H. Higgins
Founded	1891
Circulation	16,000
OCLC number	20400807
Website	losbanosenterprise.com

The Los Banos Enterprise is a newspaper that serves the city of Los Banos, California. The paper is printed bi-weekly and has a circulation of 16,000 copies.^[1] The paper had been owned by The McClatchy Company since 2003^[2] until the company sold it in 2022 to Michael Braa.^[3]

History

Los Banos Enterprise was founded in 1891 by P.H. Higgins.^[4]^[5] The paper was later owned by Carlos O. Freeman.^[6]^[7] In 1902, the paper was owned by Willard Beebe.^[8] In 1902, the paper advocated for Merced County to be split and for a new county to be formed.^[9]

In 1905, the Enterprise was merged with the Los Banos Advance, and the papers retained the name Los Banos Enterprise.^[10] Beebe died in 1905 from erisypelas.^[11] Bert A. Wilson became owner of the Enterprise at that time.^[12]

In 1915, Enterprise owner Bert A. Wilson became Post Master of Los Banos.^[13] Needing to commit attention to his new post, Wilson leased the Enterprise to M.P. Lewis, who had been a foreman in the mechanical department of the paper. W.S. Walker became editor of the paper at that time. Wilson later ran for the California Assembly.^[14]^[15] Wilson retained ownership of the paper until 1944, when he sold the paper to Frank Merrick, who had worked at the paper since 1928.^[12]

Frank Merrick was editor and publisher of the paper until 1963.^[16] William J. Brehm Sr. of Brehm Communications Inc. purchased the paper in 1962.^[17] In 1963, Joseph Knebel was named publisher. Knebel also published the Gustine Standard.^[18]

In 2003, McClatchy purchased the Enterprise, along with the Merced Sun-Star and four other non-dailies, from Pacific Sierra Publishing Company.^[19] On May 27, 2022 the newspaper announced it had been sold to Michael Braa.^[3]

Awards

California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest


Year	Award	Place	Recipient
2017^[20]	Special Section Cover	2nd	Gene Lieb
	Sports Action Photo	Finalist	Gene Lieb
2016^[21]	Editorial Comment	1st	Mike Dunbar
	Front Page: Broadsheet	Hon. Mention	Los Banos Enterprise
	Sports Action Photo	Hon. Mention	Gene Lieb
2010^[22]	First Place General Excellence among Weeklies

Fresno State Gruner Awards


Year	Award	Place	Recipient
2017^[23]^[24]	News Story	1st	Vikaas Shanker, Brianna Calix and Rob Parsons
	Columns	Hon. Mention	John Spevak
	News Photo	Hon. Mention	Gene Lieb
2016^[25]	Meritorious Public Service Reporting	1st	Vikaas Shanker
	Best News Photo	1st	Gene Lieb
	Best Sports Photo	1st	Gene Lieb
	Sports Story	Hon. Mention	Sean Lynch

References

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^ City, the Daily Gate. "60-year newspaper owner dies Sunday". Daily Gate City. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
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^ "McClatchy Buys 'Merced Sun-Star' – Editor & Publisher". www.editorandpublisher.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
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^ "Better Newspapers Contest winners announced – CNPA". cnpa.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
^ "Sun-Star, Los Banos Enterprise bring home several statewide journalism awards". mercedsunstar. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
^ "Sun-Star reporters take top journalism honors at Fresno State's Gruner Awards". mercedsunstar. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
^ "Bee's teen pregnancy series honored with Gruner Public Service award". fresnobee. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
^ "Los Banos school board coverage wins top journalism honor". mercedsunstar. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

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