Big Spring Herald

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.

Big Spring Herald

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	HPC of Texas
Publisher	Rick Nunez
Founded	1904
Language	English
Headquarters	710 Scurry, Big Spring, Texas 79720, United States
Circulation	1,401 (as of 2023)[1]
Sister newspapers	Sweetwater Reporter, Borger News Herald, Guymon News Herald
ISSN	0746-6811
Website	bigspringherald.com

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]