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The paper was first published as the Idaho ''Tri-Weekly Statesman'' on July 26 , 1864 by James S. Reynolds; it began publication from a log cabin on the current site of Boise City Hall . Reynolds owned and operated the paper for its first eight years, selling to Judge Milton Kelly in 1872 . Kelly's 17-year run ended in 1888 , with the expansion to daily publication, and a name change: The Idaho ''Daily Statesman''. That summer, Kelly sold the paper to the Cobb family - which went on to run the paper for 70 years. Calvin Cobb published the ''Statesman'' until his death in 1928 , when control was transferred to his daughter Margaret Cobb Ailshie . The paper's history site says "Ailshie insisted on a lively editorial policy, deploring 'a dull newspaper.'" {Link without Title} Cobb Ailshie died in 1959 , and general manager James Brown took control of the paper. Federated Publications bought the Idaho ''Statesman'' in 1963 . It joined five other publications in Washington , Indiana and Michigan . Federated merged with Gannett in 1971 . The paper moved to its current home on Curtis Road in Boise in 1972 . On August 3 , 2005 Gannett agreed to sell the Statesman to Knight Ridder , along with the '' Bellingham Herald '' and '' The Olympian '' newspaper of Olympia, Washington . Upon closure of the sale, Michael R. Petrak began his tenure as executive editor, replacing Carolyn Washburn . The paper features six main sections daily: Main, Local, Life, Business, Sports and Idaho Classifieds. PUBLICATIONS
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