In 1991, The Express merged with The Globe-Times, which was based in Bethlehem, which formed The Express-Times.

In 2000, current owner Advance Publications bought MediaNews' New Jersey and Pennsylvania-based newspapers, including The Express-Times.

[4] In 2023, The Express-Times joined the region's other major newspaper, The Morning Call, in dropping their circulation of the Dilbert comic after Scott Adams, the comic's creator, told white people to "get the hell away from [black people]" on a YouTube live stream in response to a public opinion poll by the conservative-learning Rasmussen Reports, which found that 26% of Black respondents disagreed with the statement that it's okay to be white.

[5][6] In November 2024, the newspaper announced that it intends to discontinue its print edition starting in February 2025.

[8] The Express-Times publishes zoned editions in the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey.