The Logan Banner , originally named the Logan County Banner, is a newspaper in Logan, West Virginia owned by HD Media , LLC, parent company of The Herald-Dispatch in Huntington . Circulation is limited to Logan County and surrounding areas.
5-461: The newspaper was founded in 1889, by Henry Clay Ragland, a veteran of the Confederate army, as a weekly paper. Over the years, it has had different publication schedules. In 1935, it became a Monday-Friday afternoon paper. In 1981 it adopted an unusual schedule of publishing Tuesday-Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings. In September 2018, under the ownership of HD Media, the paper was reduced to
10-524: A tri-weekly schedule of publishing Sunday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. In July 2019, the publication schedule was once again reduced to a weekly. HD Media also adopted the same weekly schedule for the Banner's sister paper, the Williamson Daily News . It was previously owned by Heartland Publications . In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications, Ohio Community Media ,
15-587: The TV program showed it incorrectly as the Logan Banner. This article about a West Virginia newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Williamson Daily News The Williamson Daily News is a newspaper in Williamson, West Virginia . It was founded in 1912 and is the successor to a previous weekly effort, The Southern West Virginian , founded in 1900. As of July 3, 2019,
20-596: The former Freedom papers it had acquired, and Impressions Media into a new company, Civitas Media . In 2017, Civitas sold its West Virginia properties to HD Media. The Logan Banner appeared in several scenes of the 2012 hit TV miniseries titled Hatfields & McCoys starring Kevin Costner . The newspaper was known as the Logan County Banner at the time of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud , yet
25-548: The paper publishes as a weekly on Wednesdays. Generally it covers local events only, and The Herald-Dispatch circulates widely in the area with more broad coverage. It was previously owned by Heartland Publications . In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland Publications, Ohio Community Media , the former Freedom papers it had acquired, and Impressions Media into a new company, Civitas Media . In 2017, Civitas sold its West Virginia properties to HD Media, parent of The Herald-Dispatch . This article about
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