The first editor, William "Lightfoot" Visscher, worked for the paper for 18 months before falling out with Nelson Bennet, the landowner.

In 1903, owner Sidney Albert Perkins merged the newspaper with a competitor and renamed it The Bellingham Herald.

[6] [citation needed] The Herald fended off competition from the Puget Sound American, which had been established in 1904 by Seattle Times publisher Joseph Blethen.

[4] Federated Publications bought The Herald from Sam Perkins in 1967 and merged with the Gannett Corporation in 1971.

Built in 1926, the six-story Gothic Revival building uses white terra cotta tiles and stained glass windows depicting a herald playing his trumpet.

[citation needed] The newspaper's main offices were located on the second floor, while tenant businesses occupied the remaining space, including a dentist, a restaurant, and the local chamber of commerce.

[15] On April 26, 2023, the newspaper announced its daily print edition will be delivered via the U.S. Mail instead of by a local carrier effective June 26.