List of newspapers in North Carolina

See also: List of defunct newspapers of North Carolina

There have been newspapers in North Carolina since the North-Carolina Gazette began publication in the Province of North Carolina in 1751. As of January 2020, there were approximately 260 newspapers in publication in North Carolina. While printed newspaper circulation has declined in the last 10 years, the total paid print circulation of newspapers in North Carolina is over 4 million. The newspapers with the largest paid circulation are The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh.^[1] The largest number of North Carolina newspapers are focused on local news at the county level. In addition to print versions of North Carolina newspapers, most newspapers have online websites, as well as Facebook and Twitter accounts for distribution of news media and interacting with their community.

The Charlotte Observer

Josephus Daniels, the principal shaper of the Raleigh News & Observer

List of newspapers

Oldest newspaper in North Carolina

Wilmington Star News historic marker

There were approximately 260 North Carolina newspapers in publication at the beginning of 2020.^[2] The Fayetteville Observer (established in 1816) is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina. The Star-News of Wilmington (established in 1867) is the oldest continuously running newspaper. Many of the newspapers in North Carolina have common parent companies, including Adams Publishing Group, Boone Newspapers, Champion Media, Community News Holdings, Inc. (CNHI), Gannett, Lee Enterprises, and McClatchy. Many of the newspapers are also members of the North Carolina Publishing Association. Print frequency varies from daily to monthly. Most newspapers use Facebook and Twitter for distribution of content. Most college and universities in North Carolina have student newspapers. There is one Chinese (The China Press Weekly) and three Spanish language newspapers, La Conexión being the oldest in North Carolina.^[3][4]

Daily newspapers

Former Asheville Citizen Times building

There are 45 North Carolina newspapers that are published in print editions at least five days a week, as of the beginning of 2019.

Current daily newspapers in North Carolina

Title	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Asheville Citizen-Times	Asheville	Buncombe	1870	Daily	Gannett	[FB 1][3][5]
Charlotte Observer	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1886	Daily	McClatchy	[3][6][7][8]
Courier-Tribune, The	Asheboro	Randolph	1876	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9][10][3]
Daily Courier, The	Forest City	Rutherford	1969	Daily (Tue. thru Sat.)	Paxton Media Group, Ron Paris	[11][12][FB 2]
Daily Dispatch, The	Henderson	Vance	1914	Daily	Paxton Media Group	[13][14]
Daily Herald, The	Roanoke Rapids	Halifax	1914	Daily	Paxton Media Group	[15][3]
Daily Record, The	Dunn	Harnett	1950	In print Tuesdays & Fridays; online daily	Record Publishing Company	[16]
Daily Reflector, The	Greenville	Pitt	1882	Daily	Adams Publishing Group	[17][18][19][20]
Dispatch, The	Lexington	Davidson	1902	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9]
Daily Advance, The	Elizabeth City	Pasquotank/ Camden	1911	Daily	Adams Publishing Group	[21][17][20][22]
The Daily News	Jacksonville	Onslow	1953	Daily	Gannett	[9][23][5][note 1]
Fayetteville Observer, The	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1816	Daily	Gannett	[3][9][4]
Free Press, The[note 2]	Kinston	Lenoir	1882	Daily (except Sat.)	Gannett, Kinston Free Press Co.	[2][9][5][24]
Gaston Gazette, The	Gastonia	Gaston	1880	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9]
Goldsboro News-Argus, The	Goldsboro	Wayne	1885	Daily	Wayne Printing, Inc.	[25][26]
Herald-Sun, The[note 3]	Durham	Durham, Wake	1853	Daily	McClatchy	[8][3]
Hickory Daily Record	Hickory	Catawba/ Burke/ Caldwell	1915	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway	[27][28]
High Country Press	Boone	Watauga	2005	Daily	Ken Ketchie	[29]
High Point Enterprise	High Point	Guilford/ Davidson/ Randolph/ Forsyth	1885	Daily	Paxton Media Group	[3][30]
Laurinburg Exchange, The	Laurinburg	Scotland	1882	Daily	Champion Media	[31]
McDowell News, The	Marion	McDowell	1923	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway	[27][32][33]
Mecklenburg Times, The	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1923	Daily	Gannett	[3][34]
Mount Airy News, The	Mount Airy	Surry	1880	Daily (except Sat.)	Adams Publishing Group	[31][35][20]
News & Observer, The[note 4]	Raleigh	Wake/ Durham	1865	Daily	McClatchy	[7][8][36][3][37]
News & Record[note 5]	Greensboro	Guilford	1890	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway	[27][3][38]
News Herald, The	Morganton	Burke	1899	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway	[27][39]
News-Topic[note 6]	Lenoir	Caldwell	1875	Daily (Tue. thru Fri., Sun.)	Paxton Media Group	[40]
Observer-News-Enterprise, The	Newton	Catawba	1955	Daily	Horizon Publications	[3]
Richmond County Daily Journal[note 7]	Rockingham	Richmond	1931	Daily	Champion Media	[31][41]
Robesonian, The	Lumberton	Robeson	1870	Daily	Champion Media	[31]
Rocky Mount Telegram	Rocky Mount	Edgecombe/ Nash	1995	Daily	Adams Publishing Group	[3][20]
Salisbury Post	Salisbury	Rowan	1905	Daily(except Mon., Sat.; no print edition on Wed., Fri.)	Boone Newspapers, Inc. (BNI)	[3]
Sampson Independent, The	Clinton	Sampson	1924	Daily	Champion Media[note 8]	[42][31]
Sanford Herald, The	Sanford	Lee	1930	Daily (Tue. thru Sat.)	Paxton Media Group	[43]
Star, The[note 9]	Shelby	Cleveland	1894	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)[note 10]	[9][3][45]
Star-News, The	Wilmington	New Hanover	1867	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9][3][4]
Statesville Record & Landmark	Statesville	Iredell	1874	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway	[27][3]
Sun Journal	New Bern	Craven	1876	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9]
Times-News	Hendersonville	Henderson	1881	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9][46]
Times-News, The	Burlington	Alamance/ Guilford	1887	Daily	Gannett (GateHouse Media)	[9][3]
Tryon Daily Bulletin	Tryon	Polk	1928	Daily	Boone Newspapers	[3][47]
Washington Daily News	Washington	Beaufort	1909	Daily	Boone Newspapers	[48][49]
Wilson Times, The	Wilson	Wilson	1896	Daily (except Sun.)	Restoration Newsmedia	[3][50][2]
Winston-Salem Journal	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1897	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway	[3][27]

College newspapers

The Daily Tar Heel office

There are 24 North Carolina college newspapers that are published during the academic year.

Current North Carolina college newspapers

Title	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	College	References
A & T Register	Greensboro	Guilford	1894		North Carolina A&T University	[51]
Appalachian, The	Boone	Watauga	1934	Weekly	Appalachian State University	[52]
Bennett Banner, The	Greensboro	Guilford	193?	Semi-Monthly	Bennett College for Women	[2]
Black Ink: Black Student Movement	Chapel Hill	Orange	1969	Varies	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Black Student Movement)	[2]
Blue Banner, The	Asheville	Buncombe	1984	Weekly	University of North Carolina at Asheville	[2]
Campbell Times, The (Creek Pebbles)	Buies Creek	Harnett	1926	Weekly	Campbell University	[2][53]
Campus Echo	Durham	Wake	1927		North Carolina Central University	[54]
Chronicle, The	Durham	Durham	1905	Mon. thru Fri.	Duke University	[2][55]
Clarion, The	Brevard	Transylvania			Brevard College	[56]
Collegiate, The	Wilson	Wilson	1927	Weekly	Barton College	[2]
Daily Tar Heel, The	Chapel Hill	Chatham/ Durham/ Orange	1893	Daily	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, DTH Media Corporation	[57]
Davidsonian, The	Davidson	Mecklenburg	1914	Weekly	Davidson College	[2]
East Carolinian, The	Greenville	Pitt	1925	Tue., Thurs.	East Carolina University	[58]
Guilfordian, The	Greensboro	Guilford	1914	Weekly	Guilford College	[2]
News Argus, The	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1962		Winston-Salem State University	[59]
Niner Times, The	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1946		University of North Carolina at Charlotte	[FB 3]
Old Gold & Black	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1916	Weekly (Thurs.)	Wake Forest University	[60]
Pen, The	Raleigh	Wake			St. Augustine's University	[61]
Pendulum, The	Elon	Alamance			Elon University	[56]
Seahawk, The	Wilmington	New Hanover	1948	Weekly	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	[2]
Technician	Raleigh	Wake	1920	Weekly (Thurs.)	North Carolina State University	[62]
Voice, The	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1946		Fayetteville State University	[63]
WCC Campus Voice, The	Goldsboro	Wayne	1988	Unknown	Wayne Community College	[2]

Special interest newspapers

Currently, there are 15 special interest newspapers in North Carolina covering religious, Native American, African-American, LGBT, and military perspectives on the news.

Current special interest newspapers in North Carolina

Title	Interest area	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Biblical Recorder	Baptist	Raleigh	Wake/ Durham	1833	bi-weekly	Baptist State Convention of North Carolina	[64]
Carolina Indian Voice, The	Native-Americans	Pembroke	Robeson	1973	Weekly	Lumbee Pub. Co.	[2]
Carolina Peacemaker	African-Americans	Greensboro	Guilford	1967	unknown	Carolina Newspapers	[2]
Catholic News Herald	Catholics	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1991	Bi-weekly (Fri.)	Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte	[65]
Charlotte Jewish News	Jewish	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1979	Unknown	Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, The	[66]
Charlotte Post, The	African-Americans	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1878	Weekly	The Charlotte Post Publishing Company	[67][68]
Cherokee One Feather	Native Americans	Cherokee	Swain	1968	Weekly	Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	[2]
Fayetteville Press, The	Afro-American	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1989	Monthly	J.J. Jones	[2][69]
Globe, The	U.S. Military	Camp Lejeune	Onslow	1944	Weekly	Consolidated Public Affairs Office	[2]
Q-Notes	LGBT	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1986	Monthly	QCQ	[2]
Scope, The	U.S. Military	Goldsboro	Wayne	19??	Weekly	Seymour Johnson AFB	[2]
Triangle Tribune, The	African-American	Durham	Durham	1998	Weekly	The Charlotte Post Publishing Company	[2]
Wilmington Journal	African-Americans	Wilmington	New Hanover	1996	Weekly	Wilmington Journal Co.	[2][70]
Windsock, The	Military	Cherry Point	Craven	1948	Weekly	Air FMFLant, and 2nd M.A.W.	[2]
Winston-Salem Chronicle	African-Americans	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1974	Weekly, Thurs.	The Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co.	[2][71][72]

Foreign language newspapers

Currently, there are five North Carolina newspapers published in languages other than English.

Current foreign language newspapers in North Carolina

Title	Language	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Qiao bao zhou mo : Bei ka Nan ka ban (The China Press Weekly)	Chinese	Raleigh	Wake	2013	Weekly		[2]
Enlace Latino NC (website)	Spanish	Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh	Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth, Wake	2002	digital
Acento Latino	Spanish	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1999		Fayetteville Publishing Company	[73]
La Conexión[note 11]	Spanish	Raleigh	Wake/ Durham	1995	Weekly	Velasquez Communications Corporation	[74]
Qué Pasa	Spanish	Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh	Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth, Wake	2002		Qué Pasa Media Network	[75][76][72]
Progreso Hispano Cor							[77]

Other newspapers

Currently, there are 173 North Carolina newspapers not covered by the above categories, including weekly and monthly print publication frequencies.

Other current newspapers in North Carolina

Title	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Asheville Daily Planet	Asheville	Buncombe	2004	Bi-weekly	Star Fleet Communications, LLC	[78]
AC Phoenix, The	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1982	Monthly	unknown	[2][FB 4]
Alamance News, The	Graham	Alamance	1875	Weekly	News, Inc.	[FB 5][2]
Alleghany News, The[note 12]	Sparta	Alleghany	1889	Weekly	Alleghany Holdings, LLC	[79][80][3][FB 6]
Anson Record, The	Wadesboro	Anson	1881	Weekly	Champion Media	[FB 7][31][3]
Archdale Trinity News, The	Archdale	Randolph	1978	Weekly	Melinda Lamb	[FB 8][2]
Ashe Post & Times[note 13]	West Jefferson	Ashe	1925	Semi-Weekly (Tues., Fri)	Adams Publishing Group	[FB 9][81][31][20]
Asheville Advocate	Asheville	Buncombe	1987	Bi-Weekly	C & A Enterprises	[2]
Asheville Tribune	Asheville	Buncombe				[82]
Avery Journal-Times	Newland	Avery	1959	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group	[20][83]
Banner News	Belmont	Gaston	1995	Weekly	Republic Newspapers, Inc.	[2]
Belmont Banner, The	Belmont	Gaston	19??	Weekly	B. Arp Lowrance	[2]
Bertie Ledger-Advance	Windsor	Bertie	1930	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, Parker Bros.	[2][84]
Bessemer City Record	Kings Mountain, Bessemer City	Cleveland, Gaston	1989	Weekly	Republic Newspapers, Inc.	[2]
Biltmore Beacon	Asheville	Buncombe		weekly	Mountaineer Publishing Company	[85]
Black Mountain News	Black Mountain	Buncombe	1945	Weekly	Thomas Claybaugh	[86][3]
Bladen Journal, The	Elizabethtown	Bladen	1898	bi-weekly	Champion Media	[31]
Blowing Rocket, The	Blowing Rock	Watauga/ Caldwell	1932	Weekly, Thurs.	Adams Publishing Group	[87][20]
Blue Ridge Sun, The	Sparta	Alleghany	1979	Weekly	Milly B. Richardson, Kathy Wagner	[2]
Brunswick Beacon	Shallotte	Brunswick	1962	Weekly	Landmark Media Enterprises	[88]
Bulletin, The	Ramseur	Randolph	1994	Weekly	Randolph Pub. Co.	[2]
Butner-Creedmoor News, The	Creedmoor	Granville	1965	Weekly	Restoration Newsmedia	[2]
Caldwell Informer	Granite Falls	Caldwell	198?	Weekly	David C. Hollar	[2]
Carolina Journal	Raleigh	Wake	1991	Monthly	John Locke Foundation	[89]
Carolinian, The	Raleigh	Wake	1920 or 1940	Semi-Weekly	Unknown	[2]
Carteret County News-Times	Morehead City	Carteret		M,W,Su	Walter Phillips and Lockwood Phillips	[90]
Cary News, The	Cary	Wake	196?	Semi-Weekly	Sample Pub. Co.	[2]
Caswell Citizen, The	Yanceyville	Caswell	198?	Weekly	CHN Communications Corp.	[2]
Caswell Messenger, The	Yanceyville	Caswell	before 1945	weekly	Womack Publishing Company	[91][3]
Chapel Hill News, The	Chapel Hill	Orange	1992	Semi-Weekly	Robert W. Parks	[2]
Charlotte Weekly Uptown, The	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	19??	Weekly	Weekly Newspapers, Inc.	[2]
Chatham Journal	Siler City	Chatham	1996			[92]
Chatham News, The	Siler City	Chatham	1924	Weekly	North State Media	[93][94]
Chatham Record, The	Pittsboro	Chatham	1878	weekly	North State Media	[93][94]
Cherokee Scout	Murphy	Cherokee	1889	Weekly (Wed.)	Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95][96][97]
Chowan Herald, The	Edenton	Chowan	1934	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group	[2][84]
Clay County Progress	Hayesville	Clay	1951	Weekly, Thurs.	Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95][98]
Cleveland County Journal, The	Lawndale	Cleveland	198?	Weekly	Steve Howard Martin	[2]
Cleveland Times, The	Shelby	Cleveland	1941	Weekly	Cleveland Times Co.	[2]
Coastland Times, The	Manteo	Dare	1973	Tue, Thurs., Sun.	Times Print. Co.	[2]
County News, The	Statesville	Iredell	1997	Weekly	M. McCullough	[2]
Courier-Times, The	Roxboro	Person	1943	Weekly	Roxboro Newsmedia	[2]
Creative Loafing	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1987	Weekly	unknown	[2]
Crossroads Chronicle	Cashiers	Jackson			CNHI	[95][3][99]
Dispatch	Raleigh	Wake	1991	Weekly	Carolinian Pub. Co.	[2]
Danbury Reporter, The	Danbury	Stokes	189?	Weekly	unknown	[2]
Davie County Enterprise-Record, The	Mocksville	Davie	1899	Weekly	Boone Newspapers	[100]
Denton Orator, The	Denton	Davidson	1995	Weekly	unknown	[101]
Duplin Journal	Wallace	Duplin County	2023	Weekly	North State Journal
Duplin Times Progress Sentinel	Kenansville	Duplin	1963	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, Duplin Pub. Co.	[2][84]
Eagle, The	Cherryville	Gaston	190?	Weekly	Eagle Pub. Co.	[2]
East Carolina Reminder, The	Columbia	Tyrrell	1982	Weekly	Columbia Print. Co.	[2]
Eden Daily News	Eden	Rockingham	2002	Bi-weekly	Berkshire Hathaway	[102]
Enquirer-Journal, The	Monroe	Union	1975	Semi-Weekly (Tue, Thurs., Sat.)	Enquirer Pub. Co.	[2][FB 10]
Enterprise, The	Spring Hope	Nash	2018	Weekly	Unknown	[2]
Farmville Enterprise, The	Farmville	Pitt	1910	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, A.C. Monk	[2][84]
Four Oaks News, The	Four Oaks	Johnston	1973	Weekly	Hockaday Print. Co.	[2]
Franklin Press, The	Franklin	Macon	1886	Weekly	Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95][103]
Franklin Times, The	Louisburg	Franklin	1870	Weekly	James A. Thomas	[2]
Fuquay-Varina Independent	Fuquay-Varina	Wake	1994	Weekly	Kirkland Newspapers, Inc.	[2]
Gates County Index	Gatesville	Gates	193?	Weekly	Parker Bros.	[2]
Graham Star, The	Robbinsville	Graham	1855	Weekly	Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95][104][3][105]
Greensboro Patriot, The	Greensboro	Guilford	200?	Weekly	Patriot Pub. Co.	[2]
Grey Area News	Zebulon	Wake, Eastern North Carolina	2011		Frank Whatley	[106]
Hatteras Monitor	FriscoMessenger,	Dare	1986	Monthly	Richard Jones	[2]
Havelock News	Havelock	Craven		Weekly	GateHouse Media	[9][107]
Havelock Progress, The	Havelock	Craven	19??	Weekly	Havelock Progress Pub. Co.	[2]
Havelock Times, The	Havelock	Craven	1995	Weekly	Carteret Pub. Co.	[2]
Highlander, The	Highlands	Macon/ Jackson	1958	Weekly	Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95]
Independent, The	Robbinsville	Graham	1991	Weekly	G. Russell Wiggins	[2]
Independent Tribune[note 14]	Concord	Cabarrus	1883	3 days a week	Berkshire Hathaway	[108]
Indy Week	Durham	Durham/ Wake	1983	Weekly	ZM INDY, Inc.	[109][110]
Island Free Press	Hatteras, Ocracoke	Dare, Hyde	2007		Donna Barnett	[111]
Island Gazette	Carolina Beach	New Hanover	1978	Weekly	Seaside Press Co.	[2]
Jamestown News	Jamestown	Guilford	1978	Weekly	Womack Newspapers, Inc.	[2]
Johnstonian-Sun, The	Selma	Johnston	192?	Weekly	Sun Pub. Co.	[2]
Jones Post, The	Trenton	Jones	197?	Weekly	Ashley B. Futrell, Jr.	[2]
Kannapolis Citizen	Kannapolis	Cabarrus/ Rowan	2003 (ceased print publication by 2010)	Facebook only	Salisbury Post	[112]
Kernersville News	Kernersville	Forsyth	19??	Weekly	Fred P. Carter	[2]
Kenly News	Kenly	Johnston	1973	Weekly	Lawrence Newspapers, Inc.	[2]
Kings Mountain Herald	Kings Mountain	Cleveland	1979	Weekly	General Pub. Co.	[2]
Knightdale Times	Zebulon	Wake	1999	Weekly	Gold Leaf Pub., Inc.	[2]
Lake Gaston Gazette-Observer	Littleton	Warren	1955	Weekly (Wed.)	Womack Publishing Company	[91][3][113]
Lake Norman Times	Denver	Lincoln	1993	Weekly	Womack Pub. Co.	[2]
Leader, The	Research Triangle Park	Orange	1979	Weekly	Capitol Publications	[2]
Liberty News, The	Liberty	Randolph	1950	Weekly	L.T. James	[2]
Lincoln Times-News[note 15]	Lincolnton	Lincoln	1873	Semi-Weekly (Mon., Wed., Fri.)		[3][114]
Littleton Observer, The	Littleton	Warren	1955	Weekly	Ruth Mincher	[2]
M' Voice, The	Greenville	Pitt	1987	Weekly	Jim Rouse & Sons	[2]
Macon County News	Franklin	Macon	1980s		Gooder	[115][116]
Martin County Enterprise & Weekly Herald	Williamston	Martin	2012	Semi-Weekly (Tue., Fri.)	Adams Publishing Group, Cooke Communications	[3][84]
Mebane Enterprise	Mebane	Alamance/ Orange	1908		Womack Publishing Company	[91]
Mecklenburg Gazette, The	Davidson	Mecklenburg	19??	Weekly	W. Taylor Blackwell	[2]
Messenger, The	Madison	Rockingham	1943	Semi-Weekly	Madison Pub. Co.	[2]
Mitchell News-Journal	Spruce Pine	Mitchell			Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95][3]
Montgomery Herald	Troy	Polk	19??	Weekly	Charlie Manning	[2]
Mooresville Tribune	Mooresville	Rowan	1940	Weekly	Berkshire Hathaway	[117]
Mount Olive Tribune	Mount Olive	Wayne/ Duplin		Weekly	Restoration Newsmedia	[3][118][50]
Mountain Times	Boone	Watauga	1978	Weekly, Thurs.	Adams Publishing Group	[119][84]
Mountain Xpress	Asheville	Buncombe		Weekly		[3][109]
Mountaineer, The	Waynesville	Haywood		Semi-Weekly (Mon., Wed., Fri.)		[120][3][81]
Nashville Graphic, The	Nashville	Edgecombe	1988	Semi-Weekly (Wed., Fri.)	Graphic Publications	[2]
News-Herald, The	Ahoskie	Hertford	19??	Tri-weekly	Park Newspapers of Northeastern North Carolina, Inc.	[2]
News-Journal, The	Raeford	Hoke	1929	Weekly	Paul Dickson	[2]
News of Orange County, The	Hillsborough	Orange		Weekly	Womack Publishing Company	[91]
News-Record, The	Marshall	Madison	1911	Weekly	Western Carolina Print. Co.	[2]
News Reporter, The	Whiteville	Columbus	1905	Semi-Weekly	Columbus County Trucker's Reporter Co.	[2]
North Carolina Gazette	Charlotte	Mecklenburg
North Carolina Telegraph	Goldsboro	Wayne	1850	Weekly	W.F.S. Alston & F.C. Patrick	[2]
North Meck Newspaper	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1978	Weekly	Stan Kaplan	[2]
North State Journal	Raleigh	Statewide	2016		North State Media, LLC	[121][122][123]
Ocracoke Observer	Ocracoke	Hyde	1999	Daily online coverage; Monthly print edition March–December	Self-published	[124][125][126]
Oxford Public Ledger	Oxford	Granville	1919	Weekly	Ledger Pub. Co.	[2]
Pamlico Scoop, The	Washington	Beaufort	1989	Monthly	Friends Publishers	[2]
Pamlico News, The	Bayboro	Beaufort, Pamlico	1968/1977	Weekly	Henry Winfrey	[2]
Paraglide, The	Raeford	Cumberland	1973	Weekly	Dickson Press	[2]
Pender-Topsail Post & Voice[note 16]	Hamstead	Pender	1991	Weekly	Carteret Publishing Co, Inc.	[127][FB 11]
Perquimans Weekly, The	Hertford	Perquimans	1934	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group	[20][FB 12]
Pilot, The	Vass	Moore	1920	Semi-Weekly	Pilot Print. Co.	[2]
Pilot, The	Pilot Mountain	Surry		Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, Civitas Media Group, Champion Media	[31][20][128]
Princeton News Leader	Princeton	Johnston	1983	Weekly	Merrill Pub. Co.	[2]
Proclamation, The	Burlington	Alamance	2006	Bi-Monthly	MEJ Consulting Enterprises, Inc.	[2]
Randleman Reporter	Randleman	Randolph	1986	Weekly	Womack Pub. Co.	[2]
Randolph Guide, The	Asheboro	Randolph	1954	Weekly	Paul G. Cutrigh	[2]
Rant, The	Sanford	Lee	2008	Monthly	LPH Media LLC	[129]
Reidsville Review, The	Reidsville	Rockingham	1888	Bi-Weekly	Berkshire Hathaway
Richlands-Beulaville Advertiser News	Richlands	Duplin	197?	Weekly	Duplin-Onslow Pub. Co.	[2]
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald	Ahoskie	Hertford	1914	Semi-Weekly (Wed., Sat.)	Boone Newspapers, Inc.	[130]
Roanoke Beacon, The	Plymouth	Washington	1959	Weekly	Roanoke Beacon, Inc.	[2]
Robco News	Lumberton	Robeson	1984	Semi-Weekly	Robco News, Inc.	[2]
Rockingham Now	Reidsville	Rockingham	2019	Semi-Weekly	unknown	[2]
Smithfield Herald, The	Smithfield	Johnston	188?	Semi-Weekly (Tue., Fri.)	Samuel Booker	[2]
Smoky Mountain News	Waynesville	Haywood		Weekly (Wed.)	Smoky Mountain News Inc.	[81][131]
Smoky Mountain Times	Bryson City	Swain	1883	Weekly	Community Newspapers, Inc.	[95][3]
Spectrum	Jacksonville	Onslow	1984	Weekly	Shopco Pub. Co.	[132]
St. Pauls Review, The	St. Pauls	Robeson	192?	Weekly	Community Media	[2]
Standard, The[note 17]	Snow Hill	Greene, Pitt		Weekly	Adams Publishing Group	[20][FB 13]
Stanly News and Press, The	Albemarle	Stanly	1880	Tue., Thurs., Sun.	Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CNHI)	[133][134]
State Port Pilot, The	Southport	Brunswick	1928			[135][3]
Stokes News, The[note 18]	King	Stokes/ Forsyth	1872	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group	[31][20][136][FB 14]
Sylva Herald and Ruralite, The	Sylva	Jackson	1926			[3]
Tabor-Loris Tribune	Tabor City	Columbus	1991	Weekly	Atlantic Pub. and Paper Co.	[2][137]
Tarboro Weekly	Tarboro	Edgecombe	2014	Weekly (Wed.)	Adams Publishing Group	[84]
Taylorsville Times[note 19]	Taylorsville	Alexander	1886	Weekly	Lee & Jane Sharpe	[138][3]
Thomasville Times, The	Thomasville	Davidson	1989	Tri-weekly	High Point Enterprise, Inc.	[2]
Tideland News	Swansboro	Onslow	1979	Weekly	Double H Co.	[2]
Times-Leader, The	Grifton	Pitt	1994	Weekly	Mitchell Oakley	[2]
Topsail Times, The	Surf City	Onslow, Pender	2021	Bi-Weekly	None
Transylvania Times, The	Brevard	Transylvania	1887	Semi-Weekly	Times Pub. Co.	[2]
Triad City Beat	Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point	Guilford, Forsyth, Guilford	2014	Weekly, Thurs.	Brian Clarey	[139]
Tribune, The	Elkin, Jonesville	Wilkes, Surry, Yadkin	1911	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group	[31][140][141][20]
Wake Weekly, The	Wake Forest	Franklin/ Wake	1947	Weekly (Thurs)	Restoration Newsmedia	[81]
Wallace Enterprise, The	Wallace	Duplin	192?	Semi-Weekly (Mon., Thurs.)	Wells-Oswald Pub. Co.	[2]
Warsaw-Faison News, The	Warsaw	Duplin	195?	Weekly	H.L. Oswald, III	[2]
Warren Record, The	Warrenton	Warren	1896	Weekly (Wed.)	Womack Publishing Company	[81][91]
Watauga Democrat	Boone	Watauga	1888	Semi-Weekly (Wed., Sun.)	Adams Publishing Group	[3][142][20]
Wayne-Wilson News Leader	Fremont	Wayne	1983	Weekly	Merrill Pub. Co.	[2]
Wayne Week	Goldsboro	Wayne	2023	Weekly (Sun.)	New Old North Media
Weekly Post, The	Locust	Stanly	1974	Weekly	Weekly Post, Inc.	[2]
West Craven Highlights	Vanceboro	Craven	1978	Weekly	unknown	[2]
Wilkes Journal-Patriot	North Wilkesboro	Wilkes	1906	Tue., Fri.	Carter-Hubbard Publishing	[143]
Yadkin Ripple, The	Yadkinville	Yadkin	1892	Weekly, Thurs.	Adams Publishing Group	[31][3][35][20]
Yes! Weekly	Greensboro	Guilford	2005	Weekly	Womack Newspapers	[144][109]

Notes:

1. Before 1954, the Jacksonville Daily News was known as the Jacksonville Daily News and Views (1952), News and Views (1946–1952)
2. The Free Press was preceded by the Kinston Daily Free Press (1923–1991), Daily Free Press (1902–1923), and Kinston Free Press (1882–1923).
3. The Herald-Sun was formerly The Durham Morning Herald and The Durham Sun.
4. The News & Observer was in publication as Daily News in 1872. It became the News and Observer in 1880. The News & Observer was previously known as The Sentinel and Chapel Hill News.
5. The News & Record was formerly the Greensboro News & Record.
6. The News-Topic was descended from Lenoir News and Lenoir Topic.
7. The Richmond County Daily Journal was preceded by the Richmond County Journal (1931–1966).
8. Mrs. E.F. McCulloch and Jessie Lee Sugg McCulloch were associate editors of the Sampson Independent until 1952.
9. The Star was preceded by The Shelby Star (1984–1998) and the Shelby Daily Star (1936–1984).
10. GateHouse Media became part of Gannett in 2019.^[44]
11. La Conexión was the first Spanish language newspaper in North Carolina.
12. In the 1930s, the Alleghany Star merged with Alleghany Times and became the Alleghany News.
13. The Jefferson Post merged with the Ashe Post & Times in 2017.
14. The Concord Tribune and the Daily Independent newspapers merged in 1996 to form the Independent Tribune. The newspapers have served the area since 1883.
15. The Lincoln Times-News arose from the Lincoln News, established in 1873, and Lincoln Times, established in 1907. The two newspapers were merged to form the Lincoln times-News in 1965.
16. The Pender-Topsail Post & Voice was formed in mergers of Pender Post, Pender Chronicle, and Topsail Voice.
17. The Standard may include the Farmville Enterprise, Standard Laconic, and The Times Leader newspapers, according to its Facebook page.
18. The Stokes News was proceeded by the Danbury Reporter in 1872, The King Times in 1961, Pilot Mountain News, and the Kings Times.
19. The Taylorsville Times began as Alexander County Journal, then Taylorsville Index, then Taylorsville news, then Mountain Scout, and finally Taylorsville Times

Facebook News Sites: Most newspapers now have official Facebook pages that contain news articles and allow consumers to post comments about the news. The About tab on these pages often contains information about the establishment of the newspaper, location of the headquarters, ownership, staff, and links.

1. "Asheville Citizen-Times". Facebook. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
2. "The Daily Courier". Facebook. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
3. "The Niner Times". Facebook. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
4. "AC Phoenix News". Facebook. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
5. "Alamance-News". Facebook. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
6. "Alleghany News". Facebook. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
7. "Anson-Record". Facebook. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
8. "Archdale Trinity News". Facebook. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
9. "Ashe Post & Times". Facebook. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
10. "Enquirer-Journal, about". Facebook. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
11. "Post Voice, About". Facebook. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
12. "The Perquimans Weekly, About". facebook.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
13. "The Standard, About". facebook.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
14. "The Stokes news". Facebook.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

Statewide news organizations

The North Carolina Press Association (NCPA) was formed in 1873. It supports newspapers, readership and advertisers throughout the state. Membership includes 155 of the North Carolina newspapers, as of 2020.^[3]

The North Carolina Press Foundation was formed in 1995. It is a non-profit organization supporting journalists.^[145]

See also

• List of radio stations in North Carolina
• List of television stations in North Carolina
• List of African-American newspapers in North Carolina (current and defunct)
• Category:Journalists from North Carolina
• University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism, Chapel Hill
• North Carolina literature

North Carolina media by city or county:

• Asheville
• Boone
• Carteret County
• Charlotte
• Durham
• Eden
• Fayetteville
• Greensboro
• High Point
• Morehead City
• Raleigh
• Statesville
• Wilmington
• Wilson
• Winston-Salem

U.S. newspapers

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