The ''Republican Herald'' is a daily

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

serving

Pottsville Pottsville usually refers to the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Pottsville may also refer to: Other communities *Pottsville, New South Wales, Australia *Pottsville, Arkansas, United States *Pottsville, Kentucky, United ...

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Schuylkill County (, ; Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the heart of Pennsylvania's Coal Region and is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the popula ...

. The newspaper is owned by

Times-Shamrock Communications Times-Shamrock Communications is an American media company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company, owned by the Lynett and Haggerty families of Scranton, lists among its assets four daily newspapers, six weekly newspapers, and nine radio stati ...

History

The ''Republican-Herald'' was founded in 1884 as ''The Daily Republican'' by Joseph Henry Zerbey. In 1995, J.H. Zerbey Newspapers, Inc., the parent company of the ''Pottsville Republican,'' purchased the 120-year-old ''Shenandoah Evening Herald'', to form the ''Pottsville Republican & Evening Herald''. Times Shamrock Communications purchased J.H. Zerbey Newspapers and subsequently the newspaper in 2003. In 2004, the newspaper became a morning newspaper, renamed the ''Republican & Herald''. In 2009, the "&" was dropped from the cover title. In 2005, the paper had an average daily circulation of 26,747. As of 2019, newsstand prices were $1.00 for the daily edition and $2.00 for the combined Saturday/Sunday "Weekend Edition". In 1979, writers

Gilbert M. Gaul Gilbert Martin Gaul (born May 18, 1951) is an American journalist. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and been a finalist for four others. Biography Gilbert Martin Gaul was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Growing up in nearby Kearny, Gaul attended ...

and Elliot G. Jaspin won a

Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953, under one name or another, for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in a U.S. news publicat ...

for stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.1979 Pulitzer Prize winners
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''The Republican - Herald''
Republican and Herald, The Pottsville, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-newspaper-stub

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