The ''Star-Herald'', or the ''Scottsbluff Star-Herald'', is a newspaper serving the city of

Scottsbluff Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The population was 14,436 at the 2020 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandl ...

and surrounding areas in

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, United States. The paper is published daily, except Mondays.

History

Founding

The ''Star-Herald'' had its beginning in two separate newspapers. In 1900, Ernest Moon established the ''Scottsbluff Herald'' in Scottsbluff. In 1906 the ''Mitchell Star'' was founded by P. J. Barron in nearby

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. In 1907 the ''Star's'' publication was moved to Scottsbluff and the paper was renamed the ''Scottsbluff Star''. In 1912, Asa B. Wood, owner of the ''

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'', and Harry J. Wisner purchased both the ''Herald'' and ''Star'' and consolidated them into a single newspaper under the title of the ''Star-Herald''. The paper's main competitor was the ''

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''.

Ownership

The Wood family continued to own a half stake in the newspaper until 1966. In November 1968 the heirs of Harry Wisner sold their stock in the newspaper to the Seacrest Family's Western Publishing Co. The Seacrest family also owned the ''

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'' and ''North Platte Telegraph''. The Western Publishing Co., including the ''Star-Herald'', was acquired by the Omaha World-Herald Company in February 2000. The Omaha World-Herald Company was in turn purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 2011. The ''Star-Herald'' was part of Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary BH Media Group, although starting in 2018 it was managed by

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. In January 2020 it was announced that Lee Enterprises was purchasing Berkshire Hathaway's newspaper holdings. The paper shares resources with two other nearby newspapers, the ''

'' and the ''Hemingford Ledger'', both also owned by Lee Enterprises.

References

{{Reflist Newspapers published in Nebraska Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Lee Enterprises publications