Sam Matthews, publisher emeritus of TankTown Media’s Tracy Press, died March 10, 2024, at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, the newspaper reported. He was 91.
Matthews’ newspaper career began at his family’s Tracy Press in 1957. He served as editor and publisher along with his brother Tom for many years and wrote a column, “Tracing Tracy Territory,” and other articles until recently.
Matthews received the California Press Foundation’s Philip N. McCombs Achievement Award in 1999.
