[2] In June 2019, its owners Reach plc closed the paper's Chester offices ending a 244-year association with the city, the decision was "to reduce costs and save jobs".
[3] The newspaper editorial is now produced remotely and from newsdesks in Liverpool and Manchester.
The Chester Chronicle editorial editions have included: The newspaper, which was traditionally printed as a broadsheet, switched to a tabloid format in line with other Trinity Mirror newspapers in 2006.
Since June 2006, the City edition no longer carries the word 'City' on the masthead.
Historical copies of the Chester Chronicle, dating back to 1775, are available to search and view in digitized form at The British Newspaper Archive.