The earliest predecessor Daily News-Record was the Rockingham Weekly Register that began publication on July 27, 1822.
In 1905 the Harrisonburg Daily Times was founded as a continuation of the Spirit of the Valley of 1878.
The Rockingham Register was published as a weekly supplement of the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record until 1914.
[3] In 1923, the Rockingham Publishing Company, led by State Senator Harry Byrd Sr., acquired the Daily News-Record.
Two years later, Byrd won the elections for Governor of Virginia yet continued to function as the Daily News-Record publisher.