The Alpena News is a general daily newspaper in the city of Alpena, Michigan in the United States.^[3] It is published by Ogden Newspapers Inc. News reports are available on line.^[4] The paper was founded in 1899.^{[1][5] [upper-alpha 1]} The paper currently has between 20 and 50 employees.^[6]

It is the newspaper of record for Alpena County. The circulation area of the Alpena News covers much of Northern Michigan, with a particular emphasis on counties in the northeast lower peninsula.

On August 1, 1899, E.S. Meers began publishing The Alpena Evening News. It was renamed as The Alpena News in 1914.^[5]

In its early years it was edited by James Collins, a fiery and opinionated Irishman, who continued as editor until 1909 when he then edited the Alpena Argus-Pioneer.^[8]

Alpena had many papers initially. There have been at least a dozen papers (some are name changes) over the years.^[5] In 1900, there were two dailies, the Echo and the News; and three weeklies, Alpena Weekly Argus, Farmer and Pioneer. The News was left as the sole survivor by 1918.^[9]

The Alpena News is owned by Ogden Newspapers, which includes Escanaba's Daily Press, Houghton's The Daily Mining Gazette, Iron Mountain Daily News, Marquette's The Mining Journal, and Discover.