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 Hill (newspaper) the Washington bureau of "The New York Times". In 2003, Hugo Gurdon, who was previously a foreign correspondent (New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Washington, industrial editor at "The Daily Telegraph" (London) and founding managing editor of the Toronto-based "National Post"), became "The Hill"s editor in chief. Gurdon turned "The Hill" from a weekly paper into a daily during congressional sessions. In 2014, Gurdon left for the "Washington Examiner" and was replaced by his managing editor, Bob Cusack. The newspaper has the largest circulation of any Capitol Hill publication, with more than 24,000 print readers. It also operates a news website