[4] It launched as a free monthly print newspaper with the first edition releasing in June 2015 and featuring an interview with Falmouth University Chancellor Dawn French.

[8] In June 2018, 2018/19 Editor-in-Chief Annissa Warsame and News Editor Ivan Edwards broke a story highlighting an email sent by the University of Exeter's careers service which accidentally featured a quote from Erwin Rommel, a German general associated with the Nazi Party.

[17][18] The story's widespread reach resulted in The Falmouth Anchor receiving the "Best Impact" award at the 2018 Student Publication Association Regional Conference (South West) in November 2018.

At a campaign rally in Truro in May 2019, controversial YouTuber and the UK Independence Party (UKIP)'s candidate, Carl Benjamin, was struck by a dead fish thrown by a protester during an interview with then-Politics Editor Jacob Jaffa.

[25][26] The coverage led to further accolades for The Falmouth Anchor; "Highly Commended" in the "Best Impact" category at SPARC South West in November 2019, and a "Best News Story" nomination for Jaffa at SPANC20 in October 2020.