It describes itself as an "independent, digital newsroom pursuing answers to Lafayette's big questions.

With a print run of 10,000 copies, it was branded as "Lafayette's journal of culture, commentary and ideas.

[5] A few weeks later, IND Media announced that The Current's editorial director, Christiaan Mader, was acquiring the brand and planned to relaunch it as "a community-supported, primarily digital outlet," which it did in April 2018.

[6][7] The following year, The Current announced it would become a nonprofit organization, putting "local journalism where it always belonged — in the category of public service.

[10] The Current is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News, Solutions Journalism Network, and LION Publishers.