The Argus is distributed in Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, and Torfaen.

A leading object in the management has been to keep the legitimate claims of Newport and the County to the front, the proprietary including gentlemen, largely interested in the industrial, shipping, mining and commercial life of Newport, the neighbouring counties, and of South Wales generally".

In 1916 he was dismissed from his post as the teacher of modern languages at Newport Intermediate School.

In 1918 he was refused a licence as a taxi driver by the town council, a decision that was condemned by the Argus as 'ugly spite'.

The paper website now gives its address as 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport NP20 1DW [7] The Argus has an unknown circulation since deregistation from ABC, and is owned by Newsquest, a subsidiary of Gannett.