Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

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Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Typetri-weekly newspaper [1]
Owner(s)Boone Newspapers, Inc
PublisherTony Clark [2]
EditorCalvin Bryant [2]
Founded1996
Headquarters801 Parker Ave. E
P.O. Box 1325
Ahoskie, North Carolina 27910Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Circulation 6,800 pd, 5,000 free [3]
Website roanoke-chowannewsherald.com

The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald was founded as a newspaper in 1914 as the Ahoskie Patriot and now serves the rural North Carolina communities of Bertie, Hertford, Northampton and Gates counties, including the towns of Ahoskie, Murfreesboro and Windsor. [4] It is published on Wednesday and Saturday. [4]

The paper gets its name from the location of its primary region of distribution between the Roanoke River and Chowan River in Northeastern North Carolina, a location that includes Bertie, Hertford, and Northampton counties.

The inclusion of Gates County is the result of a merger with the Gates County Index.[ citation needed ]

Media General sold the paper to Boone Newspapers Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala in 2000. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "North Carolina Newspaper Directory" . Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  3. Editor & Publisher DataBook. Vol. Weeklies. 2018. p. 282.
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  5. "EASTERN". Business North Carolina. 20. September 2000 via EBSCOhost.