| Hays Daily News vending machine in Oakley, Kansas | |
| Type | Daily newspaper | 
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet | 
| Owner(s) | CherryRoad Media | 
| Publisher | Jeremy Gulban | 
| Editor | Hailey Chapman | 
| Headquarters | 507 N. Main Hays, Kansas 67601-0857 United States | 
| Circulation | 3,887 [1] | 
| Website | hdnews.net | 
The Hays Daily News is a newspaper that serves western Kansas. The Daily News was published every day except Saturday. The week of March 17, 2024, the newspaper changed publication dates to twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. [2] This followed a reduction several years prior to three days per week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday). In 2011, the paper reported a circulation of 9,644 subscribers. [3]
Harris Enterprises, based in Hutchinson, Kansas, purchased the Daily News in 1970. [4] In November 2016, GateHouse Media purchased the Daily News and the other Harris properties for $20 million. [4] In September 2021 "CherryRoad Media" purchased "Hays Daily News" along with 19 other newspapers in 4 different states.