The combined circulation of the local newspaper is over 26,000, and the Missourian employs 135 part and full-time workers.
John, Thomas, and William Miller own the Missourian Publishing Co., which prints the newspaper.
[2] July 2012 was the 75th anniversary of ownership of the Washington Missourian by members of the James L. Miller Sr. family.
For their sports section, along with national and regional stories, the Washington Missourian picks a high school male and female athlete of the week(s) to feature both online and in their print newspapers.
Son Bill Sr. joined the newspaper full time in November 1953 when he returned from military duty with the Army in Korea.
After college and military service in Korea, he worked in classified advertising for the Kansas City Star and Times.
[3] Jim Jr.'s son, Bill Miller Sr., ran the newspaper until June 10, 2020, when he stepped down after facing backlash for publishing a racially insensitive political cartoon by Tom Stiglich.