The paper briefly moved to Rome, New York and published under the name of the Oneida Observer, but returned to Utica after.

[8][9] The company added digital delivery of news and information in January 2000 with the launch of uticaOD.com.

[citation needed] In January 2022, the paper announced it would cease printing its Saturday edition starting March.

[10] In March, the Observer-Dispatch building was purchased by a real estate investment group.

[12] The Utica Daily Press and the Utica Observer-Dispatch were jointly awarded the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service:[13] For their successful campaign against corruption, gambling and vice in their home city and the achievement of sweeping civic reforms in the face of political pressure and threats of violence.