Kennebec Journal

Kennebec Journal
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)
  • Maine Trust for Local News (2023–present)
EditorScott Monroe
LaunchedJanuary 1825; 199 years ago (1825-01)
Headquarters36 Anthony Avenue,
Augusta, Maine 04330,
United States
Circulation10,792 daily (as of 2012)[1]
ISSN0745-2039
Websitecentralmaine.com

The Kennebec Journal (KJ) is a six-day morning daily newspaper published in Augusta, Maine. It covers Augusta and the surrounding capital area, as well as southern Kennebec County.

In August 2023, the newspaper was acquired by the Maine Trust for Local News,[2] a non-profit newspaper group that also publishes the state's largest newspaper, the Portland Press Herald.

  1. ^ "FAS-FAX Report: Circulation Averages for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2012". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "Sale of Maine newspapers to national nonprofit is finalized". Press Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-08.