It has a daily print circulation of under 15,000 and has between 100,000 to 400,000 unique visitors per month to its news website, Redding.com.

[3] On October 17, 1938, the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group published the first edition of the Redding Record.

By 1952, after a series of acquisitions of other regional newspapers, the paper had become the region's dominant daily newspaper, operating under the name Redding Record Searchlight.

[4] In April 2016, as part of Gannett's acquisition of Journal Media Group, the Record Searchlight became part of the USA Today network.

[5] In May 2024, the newspaper announced it will switch from carrier to postal delivery.