The ''Star Herald'', or the ''Scottsbluff Star Herald'', is a newspaper serving the city of Scottsbluff and surrounding areas in

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, United States. The paper is published on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

History

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 Mitchell. 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 '' Scottsbluff Republican''. 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 '' Lincoln Journal'' and ''North Platte Telegraph''. The Western Publishing Co., including the ''Star-Herald'', was acquired by the

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in February 2000. The Omaha World-Herald Company was in turn purchased by

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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. On June 13, 2023, the ''Star Herald'' reduced its number of print days a week from six (formerly excluding Monday) to three. The newspaper will also transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service. Production of the print edition would be moving to Rapid City, South Dakota. The paper shared resources with two other nearby newspapers, the ''

'' and the ''Hemingford Ledger'', both also owned by Lee Enterprises, until the two ceased in December 2024.

References

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