Big Spring Herald

The Big Spring Herald is a newspaper based in Big [Spring, Texas], covering the Howard [County, Texas|Howard County] area of West Texas. It published on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings. It is owned by Horizon Publications Inc.

History

The Herald was founded as a weekly in 1904 by brothers-in-law Tom Jordan and W.G. Hayden and became a daily in 1928. In 1929, Harte-Hanks Newspapers bought the paper.
In 2001, Community [Newspaper Holdings] put the Herald up for sale along with 30 other properties, including fellow West Texas papers the Borger News-Herald and Sweetwater Reporter. Horizon Publications bought the three West Texas papers in 2003.