Big Spring Herald Explained

Big Spring Herald
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Foundation:	1904
Owners:	HPC of Texas
Circulation Ref:	^[1]
Sister Newspapers:	Sweetwater Reporter, Borger News Herald, Guymon News Herald
Publisher:	Rick Nunez
Language:	English
Circulation:	1,401
Circulation Date:	2023
Headquarters:	710 Scurry, Big Spring, Texas 79720,
Issn:	0746-6811
Website:	bigspringherald.com

The Big Spring Herald is a newspaper based in Big Spring, Texas, covering the Howard County area of West Texas. It published on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings. It is owned by Horizon Publications Inc.

History

The Herald was founded as a weekly in 1904 by brothers-in-law Tom Jordan and W.G. Hayden^[2] and became a daily in 1928.^[3] In 1929, Harte-Hanks Newspapers bought the paper.^[2]

In 2001, Community Newspaper Holdings put the Herald up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the Borger News-Herald and Sweetwater Reporter.^[4] Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 Texas Newspaper Directory . https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044946/https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 . 2023-05-03 . 2023-05-03 . Texas Press Association.
2. Web site: Big Spring Herald . 2012-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128232945/http://texaspress.com/newspapers/detail.php?paper_id=42 . 2015-01-28 . dead .
3. Web site: 2012-07-06. Big Spring, Texas. Hazlewood, Claudia . Odintz, Mark . amp . Handbook of Texas Online.
4. Web site: Alabama-based newspaper firm to sell Borger, Guymon operations . 2012-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706161446/http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/02/08/new_sellborger.shtml . 2015-07-06 . dead .
5. Web site: Illinois company buys west Texas papers . 2012-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706112016/http://amarillo.com/stories/052003/new_buyswest.shtml . 2015-07-06 . dead .