The ''Del Rio News-Herald'' was a newspaper published in

Del Rio, Texas Del Rio is a city and the county seat of Val Verde County in southwestern Texas, United States. The city is 152 miles west of San Antonio. As of 2020, Del Rio had a population of 34,673. History The Spanish established a small settlement south o ...

, covering

Val Verde County Val Verde County is a County (United States), county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population is 47,586. Its county seat is Del Rio, Texas, Del Rio. In 1936, Val Verde County received Recorded Te ...

. The publication's origins date back to 1884, but the paper took on its current name after a consolidation of two separate titles in 1929. It was owned by

Southern Newspapers Southern Newspapers Inc. (SNI) is a publishing holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company was founded as Southern Newspapers, Inc., of Tennessee in 1967 by Carmage Walls. Its flagship paper, the ''Galveston County Daily News'' is ...

Inc. and published Tuesday through

Friday Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the ISO-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth day ...

afternoons and on Sunday morning. Its final issue was published on November 18, 2020. At the time, the newspaper had a daily circulation of 10,400 and a Sunday circulation of 13,500 newspapers. The chief reporter for the paper was Karen Gleason.

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c. 1976 1884 establishments in Texas 2020 disestablishments in Texas

Del Rio News-Herald The ''Del Rio News-Herald'' was a newspaper published in Del Rio, Texas, covering Val Verde County. The publication's origins date back to 1884, but the paper took on its current name after a consolidation of two separate titles in 1929. It was ow ...

Del Rio, Texas Newspapers established in 1884 Publications disestablished in 2020 {{Texas-newspaper-stub