It is the most popular newspaper in Wigtownshire with, at its peak, 92% of adults living within a thirty-minute drive of Stranraer reading the paper.

[1] The paper has published a copy each week for the last 182 years, only breaking its cycle for a six month period during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The paper is written and produced in Stranraer by a small team of two journalists and printed in Cambuslang, Glasgow.

Previous reporters include Cameron Ritchie, Euan Maxwell, Nick Dowson, Jen Stout and Dan Palmer.

[2] The paper features a rotating weekly column from a local politician, those being Emma Harper, Alister Jack, Finlay Carson and Colin Smyth.