Houston media executive Tom Haley and five other investors formed Pacific Publishing Company (PPC) in 1990 to purchase the assets of 14 newspapers in King County, Washington with a combined circulation of 126,000 and 135 employees.
[1] From John Flaherty, owner of Flaherty Newspapers, PPC purchased the Beacon Hill News, Capitol Hill Times, University Herald, The North Central Outlook, The Mercer Islander, Madison Park Times, South District Journal and Seattle's Police Beat.
PPC also acquired RIM's last two remaining Washington papers: the Monroe Monitor and Valley News and The Eatonville Dispatch.
Prior to 2022, Nevada News Group published six community newspapers along with a business publication and a ranching magazine.
[16] As a result of the press closure, PPC moved the printing of its Nevada newspapers out of state to Wesco Graphics in Tracy, California.
PPC retained ownership of Great Basin Sun in Winnemucca and Nevada Rancher magazine.