It is distributed throughout Southwestern Vermont and eastern New York (Rensselaer and Washington Counties).

The paper is owned by Vermont News and Media LLC and is published Monday through Friday, plus a weekend edition.

[2][3][4] Under MediaNews Group ownership, Jim Therrien served as managing editor of the Banner from 2006 to 2012.

[3] In May 2021 the New England Newspapers sold Bennington Banner, Brattleboro Reformer and Manchester Journal to Vermont News and Media LLC A copy of the Bennington Banner is shown in Norman Rockwell's painting Freedom from Fear, one of the paintings in his Four Freedoms series.

[citation needed] In early 2007 the Bennington Banner came under fire from The O'Reilly Factor for allegedly not taking an editorial stance on a legal case involving child molestation,[6] an accusation disputed by the newspaper's editor at the time, Jim Therrien.