The ''Borger News–Herald'' is a newspaper based in

Borger, Texas Borger ( ) is the largest city in Hutchinson County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,551 at the 2020 census. Borger is named for businessman Asa Philip "Ace" Borger, who also established the Hutchinson County seat of Stinnett ...

, covering the Hutchinson 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 betwee ...

. Owned by Horizon Publications Inc., it publishes Monday through Saturday. The newspaper was founded as the ''Hutchinson County Herald'' in 1926 by David M. Warren Sr., who sold it to oilman

Roy Whittenburg Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...

in 1946. In 1956, Whittenburg sold it to his brother-in-law, W. Glynn Morris. After Morris' retirement in 1977, Jimmy Allison became publisherBorger News-Herald
In 1978,

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 Donald W. Reynolds became publisher. The company sold the newspaper 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. In 2001, CNHI put the ''News-Herald'' up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the ''

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 '' Sweetwater Reporter''. Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.

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