First published under its present name on October 14, 2014,[2] LNP traces its roots to one of the oldest newspapers in the U.S., The Lancaster Journal, which dates back to 1794.

The online edition of the newspaper is currently blocked to European visitors as a response by LancasterOnline.com to the 2018 EEA data privacy regulations popularly known as GDPR.

[2][3] The rebranding was "aimed at representing and embracing the history of Lancaster County," the brand and the audience, according to the publisher.

LNP's current newsroom includes journalists from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News.

[6][7] The move allowed LNP to print an additional 60,000 newspapers on weekdays, as well as 80,000 more papers for its Sunday edition.

[9] On October 18, 2016, LNP's editorial board endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in the 2016 presidential election.

Sixty-seven percent of the 2,028 Lancaster County residents who called, emailed or mailed comments to Lt. Gov.