sentences:  First published in 1894, but later merged with the older, 1873-introduced "Forest Grove Independent", the paper was owned by the McKinney family for more than 90 years prior to being sold to Advance Publications in 1999.The "Argus" was published weekly until 1953, then twice-weekly from 1953 until 2015.In early 2017, it was reported that the paper was planning to cease publication in March 2017.