With its focus on news features, profiles and photography, it has won dozens of awards from the national and provincial newspaper associations.

A deed of land dated March 1, 1923 indicates that on that day Macarthur purchased the Minden Echo property from Baker for $1,000, the sale presumably including the business itself.

Mrs. Webster had the Minden Echo until November 1, 1951, when she sold out to the partnership consisting of Walter Noice, Berkeley Feir, and his son Creighton.

The Echo moved in 1976 from its long-time quarters in Berkeley Feir's former pool room to new facilities below the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Zylstra sold the paper to a group of local businessmen consisting of Creighton Feir, Vince Connaughan, Peter Curry, Don Popple, Dave Gray, Gerry Dawson, and Ken Wilson.

With more than 40 years to his credit, he was the longest serving staff member in the history of the Echo, a man whose career spanned both the letterpress and offset eras.

Three years later he decided to concentrate more on the business side of the newspaper and named Perkins as editor, a position she has held until the present day.

Over the years the Echo's list of publications grew: Summer Guide, Winter Guide, Fall Tour, Home and Cottage Services Directory, all published once a year; County Life (now called Cottage Times) published weekly in the four summer months; the now defunct Senior Life (later called Go.

[1] Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine In January 2010, John Bauman became the general manager, replacing Zilstra, who took the top spot at the Barrie Examiner.

[2] Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine In December 2013, it was announced that Sun Media was selling the Echo, along with sister publications the Minden Times and Bancroft This Week, in a deal that included a merger with a local competitor.

That merger proved ill-fated, falling apart in a month, and the Echo along with the Times and Bancroft This Week became property of White Pine Media.

After Collin's departure in 2024, Thomas Smith briefly served as Editor before Emily Stonehouse returned from a leave of absence.