[3] The paper was part of the penny press era, and subscriptions cost $1.00 per year.

[1] In the 1960s it was part of a consortium of five newspapers in Snohomish County that collaborated to produce a 12-page supplement.

[6] The paper's final title was adopted in 1985 when then-owner Voland Publications acquired the Valley News from neighboring Sultan.

Jerry Robinson of Seattle purchased the paper in 1993, and later sold it to RIM Publications.

[1][7] The paper was acquired in January 2015 by Pacific Publishing Company,[8] which merged it with the Snohomish County Tribune in November 2021.