Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes Monday through Saturday.
The newspaper was founded as the Hutchinson County Herald in 1926[2] by David M. Warren Sr., who sold it to oilman Roy Whittenburg in 1946.
After Morris' retirement in 1977, Jimmy Allison became publisher[3] In 1978, Donrey Media Group bought the paper and Donald W. Reynolds became publisher.
[4] In 2001, CNHI put the News-Herald up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the Big Spring Herald and Sweetwater Reporter.
[5] Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.