It covered news in the towns of Warialda, Bingara, Coolatai, Croppa Creek, North Star, Yetman, and Delungra.
It merged with The Bingara Advocate to become Gwydir News in 2018.
[1] In 1900, Robert Buist from the Warialda Standard was on the Committee of the New South Wales Country Press Association (NSWCPA).
[2] The current editor of the publication is Laura Carroll.
[3] The paper has been partially digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.