Centered in Brazos County, the paper covers an eight-county area around Bryan-College Station that includes Texas A&M University.

[2][3] First published by attorney Richard M. Smith as the Weekly Eagle on October 26, 1889,[4] it transitioned to a daily in 1913.

[5] The Eagle was owned by the Evening Post Publishing Company from 2001 to 2012, when it was sold to Berkshire Hathaway to become part of its BH Media Group subsidiary.

[6][7] At that time, the paper's average weekday circulation in 2012 was 19,132.

Starting June 20, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.