The ''Borger News–Herald'' is a newspaper based in

Borger, Texas Borger ( ) is the largest city in Hutchinson County, Texas, Hutchinson County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,551 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Borger is named for businessman Asa Philip "Ace" Borger, who also est ...

, covering the Hutchinson County area of

West Texas West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the desert climate, arid and semiarid climate, semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Texas, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Texa ...

. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes Monday through Saturday.

History

The newspaper was founded as the ''Hutchinson County Herald'' in 1926 by David M. Warren Sr., who sold it to oilman

Roy Whittenburg Roy or Roi is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origins. France In France, this family name originated from the Normans, the descendants of Norse Vikings who migrated to Amigny, a commune in Manche, Normandy.. The deriva ...

in 1946. In 1956, Whittenburg sold it to his brother-in-law, W. Glynn Morris. After Morris' retirement in 1977, Jimmy Allison became publisherBorger News-Herald
In 1978,

Donrey Media Group Stephens Media LLC was a Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, diversified media investment company. It owned stakes in the California Newspapers Partnership and the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette''. The company once had an interactive Inter ...

bought the paper and Donald W. Reynolds became publisher. The company sold the newspaper to

Community Newspaper Holdings CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin,

(CNHI) in 1998. In 2001, CNHI put the ''News-Herald'' up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the ''

Big Spring Herald The ''Big Spring Herald'' is a newspaper based in Big Spring, Texas, covering the Howard County area of West Texas West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the desert climate, arid and semiari ...

'' and '' Sweetwater Reporter''. Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.

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