Big Spring Herald

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Big Spring Herald
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)HPC of Texas
PublisherRick Nunez
Founded1904
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters710 Scurry,
Big Spring, Texas 79720, United States
Circulation 1,401(as of 2023) [1]
Sister newspapersSweetwater Reporter, Borger News Herald, Guymon News Herald
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.

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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]

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  3. Hazlewood, Claudia & Odintz, Mark. "Big Spring, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
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