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 National Sports Daily sports news that they could find in their local publications, or the nationally-distributed "USA Today" by comparison, for fifty cents or even less. Despite a last-ditch effort to start an online distribution through Compuserve, which was one of the earliest Internet providers, the declining circulation was enough for "The National" to announce it was ceasing publication. On June 13, 1991, "The National" put out its final issue with its front cover reading "We Had A Ball: The fat lady sings our song." The National Sports Daily The National Sports Daily, simply referred to as The National, was a sports-centered newspaper