''North Kitsap Herald'' is a newspaper based in the city of

Poulsbo Poulsbo ( ) is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is the smallest of the four cities in Kitsap County. The population was 11,970 at the 2020 census and an estimated 10,927 in 2018. The Suquamish people hav ...

in the U.S. state of

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. It publishes in print every Friday. Its website merged with other Sound Publishing newspaper websites in Kitsap County in 2017 to form ''Kitsap Daily News.'' The ''North Kitsap Herald'' is owned by

Sound Publishing Black Press Group Ltd. (BPG) is a Canadian commercial printer and newspaper publisher founded in 1975 by David Holmes Black. Based in Surrey, British Columbia, it was previously owned by the publisher of ''Toronto Star'' (Torstar, 19.35%) and Bl ...

Inc., a subsidiary of

Black Press Black Press Group Ltd. (BPG) is a Canadian commercial printer and newspaper publisher founded in 1975 by David Holmes Black. Based in Surrey, British Columbia, it was previously owned by the publisher of ''Toronto Star'' ( Torstar, 19.35%) and B ...

. The newspaper was founded in 1901 by Peter Iverson as the ''Kitsap County Herald.'' The name was changed to ''North Kitsap Herald'' in 1995. According to

, the ''North Kitsap Herald'' won 20 awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and Local Media Association, of which eight were first place awards, in 2020. In March 2020, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ''North Kitsap Herald'' issued a statement that it would halt Friday print editions of the publication for an unknown amount of time, and directed audiences to read the digital newspaper
Kitsap Daily News
'' which is owned by ''Kitsap News Group'', a division of

The Averills

In 1962, the ''Kitsap County Herald'', then owned by a former editor of the ''

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'', was purchased by David and Vera Averill. The Averills also purchased the ''

Bainbridge Island Review The ''Bainbridge Island Review'' is a weekly newspaper distributed in Bainbridge Island, Washington. The ''Review'' is primarily focused on Bainbridge Island and its surrounding communities. Ownership history The ''Review'' was owned by Wal ...

'' from Walter and Milly Woodward. The couple successfully operated the ''Bainbridge Island Review'' and ''Kitsap County Herald'' while raising their four children. Walter Woodward remained as editor of the ''Review.'' Verda Averill sold the ''Herald,'' the ''Review'', and the ''Kitsap Advertiser'' to

in 1988. At the time,

owned seven U.S. papers and 24 Canadian papers.

Sound Publishing

Founded in 1987,

Inc. is a subsidiary of

's philosophy is "digital first." The company claims to be "the largest community news organization in Washington State," serving more than 100 Washington communities, with 2.3 million digital readers and circulating in print to 661,072 readers.

's largest newspaper in the region is ''The Daily Herald'' in Everett. The company's history began in 1987 with its acquisition of the ''Whidbey Press Newspaper Group'' from Anacortes newspaper publisher Wallie Valentine Funk. The group comprised the
Whidbey News-Times
', founded in 1890; th
South Whidbey Record
and ''Whidbey Crosswind'' at Naval Air Station Whidbey. Whidbey Press relocated to Kitsap County in 1988 after acquiring
the Port Orchard Independent
'' The organization went on to acquire the ''Bainbridge Island Review'', the ''Central Kitsap Reporter'' and the ''North Kitsap Herald'' as well. In 1994, the organization renamed itself ''Sound Publishing.''

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