''The Stanly News Journal'' is a newspaper published on Tuesday and Saturday in

Stanly County, North Carolina Stanly County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,504. Its county seat is Albemarle. Stanly County comprises the Albemarle, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included ...

, USA.

History

''The Second Century'' was published for the first time June 10, 1880. The connection between this paper and ''The Stanly Gleaner'', published in Norwood, is not clear, but it was believed the ''Gleaner'' used equipment from ''The Second Century''. Investors took over the ''Gleaner'' and changed the name to ''The Stanly Observer''. John R. Elkins was the first publisher. In 1890, The Old Armchair Club bought the paper and made J.D. Bivins editor and publisher; the paper's name was changed to ''The Stanly News''. T. J. Jerome bought the paper in 1893. Editor R.A. Crowell changed the name to '' The Stanly Enterprise''. Bivins bought the paper in 1898. In 1912, the paper's name changed to the ''Albemarle Enterprise''. W.A. Bivins replaced J.D. Bivins as editor. By 1918, the name had changed again, to the ''Albemarle News''. J.D. Bivins took over once again December 10, 1919, and the next day the ''News'' merged with the ''Stanly County Herald'', started that year with A.C. Huneycutt as editor. Huneycutt remained in his position with the ''Stanly News-Herald''. Bivins sold his share of the ''News-Herald'' in 1920, and in 1922 bought the ''Piedmont Press'', which became the ''Albemarle Press''. Bivins became president of Press Printing Company in 1927, with S.R. Andrew the vice-president and ''Press'' editor John B. Harris secretary-treasurer. Press Printing bought the ''News-Herald'', and on December 3, 1929, the papers merged to become the ''Stanly News and Press''."Stanly News and Press Had Its Beginning in 1880", ''Stanly News and Press'', August 16, 1940, p. 1. On November 1, 2017, the newspaper's purchase by Albemarle Newsmedia LLC (

Boone Newspapers Boone Newspapers, Incorporated (BNI) is the parent company of a publishing business that includes dozens of newspapers as well as magazines, other published materials, and internet properties in the United States. It is a private company and owns ...

, Inc. and Carpenter Newsmedia LLC) from

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,

Inc. became final. On October 23, 2018, Roger Watson took over as publisher when Sandy Selvy-Mullis left after 11 years. North State Media, publisher of the ''Stanly County Journal'', a local edition of the ''North State Journal'', bought the ''News and Press'' and planned to combine the two papers. The name was then changed to the ''Stanly News Journal'' in May 2025.

References

Newspapers published in North Carolina Newspapers established in 1880 1880 establishments in North Carolina Stanly County, North Carolina Albemarle, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-newspaper-stub