The Record Newspapers - Hometown News For Orange County, Texas

Dave Rogers

Roy Dunn, founder of the Opportunity Valley News, looks through one of the first editions of the free weekly newspaper that was distributed to every home in Orange County beginning on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1971. The paper's income came from ad sales but its lively editorial copy, combining local news and sports with historical features and gossip columns, was an immediate success. After nine years, Cox Newspapers, owner of the Orange Leader and Port Arthur News, bought the paper from Dunn and it was published by the Orange Leader for the next 20 years.