The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) The Daily Independent (also known as The Sunday Independent and formerly known as The Independent from 2003 to 2015) is a seven-day morning daily newspaper covering the city of Ashland and surrounding areas of Boyd County, Kentucky. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. Launched December 17, 1896 as the "Tri-State Independent" Col. G. F. Friel of nearby Catlettsburg, Kentucky, the newspaper moved to 12th Street and Greenup Avenue in Ashland in 1900 as the "Ashland Daily Independent"; it absorbed the "Ashland Commercial" in the move. The first publication after the move was on
The Daily Item (Sunbury) News". Community Newspaper Holdings bought "The Daily Item" and "The Danville News" in late 2006 from Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company. In May 2015, the newspaper published a letter to the editor calling for the execution of US President Barack Obama. The newspaper later apologized. The Daily Item (Sunbury) The Daily Item is a daily newspaper in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, covering the Central Susquehanna Valley Region. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. "The Sunbury Daily" (founded 1872) and "The Evening Item" (1893) merged July 1, 1936. Publishing five afternoons per week, "The Daily Item"