The ''Sweetwater Reporter'' is a newspaper based in
Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene, Texas. Its population was 10,906 at the 2010 census.
History
The town's name "Sweetwater" is ...
, covering the
Nolan County area of
West Texas
West Texas is a loosely defined region in the U.S. state of Texas, generally encompassing the arid and semiarid lands west of a line drawn between the cities of Wichita Falls, Abilene, and Del Rio.
No consensus exists on the boundary betwe ...
. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes an evening paper six days a week, Sunday through Friday.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1881, the same year as its city and county, as the ''Sweetwater Advance'', by Charles Edwin Gilbert, founder of the nearby
Abilene Reporter
''Abilene Reporter-News'' is a daily newspaper based in Abilene, Texas, United States. The newspaper started publishing as the weekly ''Abilene Reporter'', helmed by Charles Edwin Gilbert on June 17, 1881, just three months after Abilene was fo ...
. It later published as the ''Nolan County Review'' and became the daily ''Reporter'' in 1911 under publisher John W. Millsaps and his partner W.A. Perry.
[Sweetwater Reporter]
/ref> In 1930, it was purchased by Harte-Hanks
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, who sent publisher Millard Cope to run the paper.Donrey Media Group
Stephens Media LLC was a Las Vegas, Nevada, diversified media investment company. It owned stakes in the California Newspapers Partnership and the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette''.
The company had been expanding its interactive Internet b ...
bought the paper[ and it was sold 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.Big Spring Herald
The ''Big Spring Herald'' is a newspaper based in Big Spring, Texas, covering the Howard County area of West Texas. It published on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings. It is owned by Horizon Publications Inc.
The ''Herald'' was founded as a ...
'' and ''Borger News-Herald
The ''Borger News–Herald'' is a newspaper based in Borger, Texas, covering the Hutchinson County area of West Texas. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes Monday through Saturday.
The newspaper was founded as the ''Hutchinson County ...
''. Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.Illinois company buys west Texas papers
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References
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Daily newspapers published in Texas
Nolan County, Texas
Newspapers established in 1881
1881 establishments in Texas
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