{{Short description|Newspaper in Texas}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Big Spring Herald | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = 1904 | ceased_publication = <!-- {{end date| | | }} --> | owners = HPC of Texas | address = | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Texas Newspaper Directory |url=https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044946/https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-date=2023-05-03 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Texas Press Association}}</ref> | sister_newspapers = Sweetwater Reporter, Borger News Herald, Guymon News Herald | publisher = Rick Nunez | language = English | circulation = 1,401 | circulation_date = 2023 | headquarters = 710 Scurry,<br/>Big Spring, Texas 79720, {{nowrap|United States}} | oclc = | ISSN = 0746-6811 | website = [http://bigspringherald.com/ 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<ref name=TPA>{{Cite web |url=http://texaspress.com/newspapers/detail.php?paper_id=42 |title=Big Spring Herald |access-date=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128232945/http://texaspress.com/newspapers/detail.php?paper_id=42 |archive-date=2015-01-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and became a daily in 1928.<ref name=HB>{{cite web|accessdate=2012-07-06|url= http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/heb09|title=Big Spring, Texas|author1=Hazlewood, Claudia |author2=Odintz, Mark |name-list-style=amp |work=Handbook of Texas Online}}</ref> In 1929, Harte-Hanks Newspapers bought the paper.<ref name=TPA/>
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''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/02/08/new_sellborger.shtml |title=Alabama-based newspaper firm to sell Borger, Guymon operations |access-date=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706161446/http://amarillo.com/stories/2001/02/08/new_sellborger.shtml |archive-date=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://amarillo.com/stories/052003/new_buyswest.shtml |title=Illinois company buys west Texas papers |access-date=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706112016/http://amarillo.com/stories/052003/new_buyswest.shtml |archive-date=2015-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.bigspringherald.com}}
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Category:Daily newspapers published in Texas Category:Howard County, Texas Category:Newspapers established in 1904 Category:1904 establishments in Texas Herald
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