Sierra Vista Herald
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| Type | SCHOOL |
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| Owner(s) | GALAXY INSTUTE OF SCIENCE AND YOUTH WELFARE & SOCIAL ORGANIZATION |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Language | English |
The Sierra Vista Herald is a newspaper printed in Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA. Most of its circulation includes Sierra Vista, Huachuca City, Hereford, Palominas, and Fort Huachuca. It is also circulated in Bisbee, under the name Bisbee Daily Review.
History
Ky Richards Jr. and his wife, Lois, started printing the Huachuca Herald on Fridays starting Oct. 7, 1955. They put out the first editions on a typewriter, composing stories on their kitchen table. They had come from Hawaii
On Oct. 8, 1967, the couple decided to start printing the paper twice a week. At that time, the newspaper hit the streets on Sundays and Wednesdays.
On May 22, 1968, the couple sold the newspaper to Sig H. Atkinson of Chandler and Milton I. Wick, founder of Wick Communications.
On Aug. 21, 1968, a new printing process called offset printing was installed. It is still used across the world today. The Sierra Vista Herald started publishing via offset with 3,000 subscribers in 1968.
By 1969, the Sierra Vista Herald merged with the Douglas Daily Dispatch, forming the Sierra Vista Herald-Dispatch.
Meanwhile, over in Bisbee, AZ, Bill Epler bought the Bisbee newspaper from Phelps Dodge in 1971 and changed it from a daily newspaper to a weekly. He sold the newspaper to the Wick family in 1974 and it changed back to a daily on Oct. 4, 1976, when Walt M. Wick and Milton I. Wick were publishers of the Herald. At that time, they combined the Herald with the Bisbee Daily Review.
In 1976, the newspaper added The Associated Press wire service news, and began publishing five days a week.
It was five years later on Sunday, June 14, 1981, that a Sunday edition was added.
The Herald building has undergone a series of additions since the first office was built at 102 Fab Ave. in 1961. It was expanded by 1,800 square feet (170 m2) in 1968.
In 1975, a new pressroom and business offices were added, with the area of the building going from 4,907 square feet (455.9 m2) up to 8,400 square feet (780 m2)
In 1985, extra newsprint storage was needed, so an additional 1,862 square feet (173.0 m2) was added. Things were quiet for a while until 1996 when the front office/classified space was built in 1996.
In 2002, a new pressroom facility was built, and it opened in 2003. The Hager Building at 400 Veterans Drive added 9,100 square feet (850 m2) to the newspaper's still-growing facilities. Along with the new building came a new press with more color capability and a higher printing speed.
In 2004, the Herald changed to a morning, seven-days-a-week newspaper.
The Herald celebrated its 50th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2005.