[3] On February 28, 1997, McClatchy sold the Dispatch, along with the Hollister Free Lance, The Morgan Hill Times and the Amador Ledger, for $6.7 million to Independent Newspapers Ltd. of New Zealand.
[7] The Times and its sister papers were acquired by the Mainstreet Media Group, LLC, from Pacific Sierra Publishing Company in 2004.
[8][9] In 2014, MainStreet sold its Northern California papers, including The Morgan Hill Times and Gilroy Dispatch, to Metro Newspapers.
[11] The Morgan Hill Times won a first place California Journalism Award for Breaking News for coverage by Michael Moore, Erik Chalhoub, Scott Forstner and Jaqueline McCool of the 2019 Ford Store shooting.
"[12] In 2020, the Times received California Journalism Awards for a news photo and for "Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Michael Moore, Erik Chalhoub and Emanuel Lee, with judges saying “Strong community reporting.