The paper's head office is in Whitehall Road, Leeds and the current editor is James Mitchinson.

[5] The first issue of The Yorkshire Post, on 2 July 1866, included the following statement: the political principles of this journal are Conservative; while supporting every practical improvement, it will resist organic changes ...

It will be at once conservative and progressive, a foe to democracy and revolution, but the firm friend of all constitutional reform.The newspaper broke the story of the Edward VIII abdication crisis under the editorship of Arthur Mann.

In 2012, as its parent company Johnston Press sought to cut costs, it was merged with the Yorkshire Evening Post – the local newspaper for the Leeds city region - with the then editor, Peter Charlton, overseeing both titles.

The merger saw the formation of combined departments for news, business, sport and features – with correspondents writing for both titles.