Published once a week on Thursday, The Herald provides news to Puyallup, South Hill, Bonney Lake, Sumner, and Edgewood.
[2] The paper was founded as the Commerce in Tacoma, Washington, in 1886 and soon moved to Puyallup.
[6] The Chehalis Bee-Nugget praised the paper as "one of the outstanding weekly newspapers in the state" in a 1930 editorial.
[8] That paper started as the Puyallup Republican in 1905 and faded after being renamed the Pierce County Shopper in 1946.
[1] In 2006, editor Roger Harnack was noted for criticizing the lack of transparency of the local police department and government entities.