Yakima Herald-Republic

Yakima Herald-Republic
The July 27, 2005 front page of the
Yakima Herald-Republic
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Seattle Times Company
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters114 N. 4th Street
Yakima, WA 98901
United States
Circulation24,827 (as of 2022)[1]
Websiteyakimaherald.com

The Yakima Herald-Republic is a newspaper published in Yakima, Washington, and distributed throughout Yakima, Kittitas and Klickitat counties as well as northwest Benton County.

History

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The Herald was founded in 1889. The paper was purchased in 1899 by W.W. Robertson, who also purchased the competing weekly newspaper, the Yakima Daily Republic. In 1968, the Herald & Republic combined to an all-day newspaper called the Yakima Herald-Republic.[2]

Harte-Hanks bought the Herald-Republic in 1972 from the Robertson family. Harte-Hanks sold the paper to an affiliate of MediaNews Group in 1986. It is now part of The Seattle Times Company, which purchased the paper in 1991.[3]

The newspaper was printed in Yakima until 2021, when The Seattle Times Company announced it would sell the Herald-Republic's headquarters and printing plant. The newspaper will instead be printed in Walla Walla by the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
  2. ^ "About Us". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "About Us". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ^ Hoang, Mai (February 23, 2021). "Yakima Herald-Republic building goes up for sale. Paper plans to operate out of smaller space in Yakima". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved February 23, 2021.