The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) Independent" and "The Sunday Independent" namesake, following a redesign. Colonel B.F. Forgey, an Ohio native who bought half an interest in the paper in 1910, is credited with guiding the paper's growth until his death in 1952. The newspaper continued to be privately owned until Ottaway Community Newspapers bought it in 1979, selling it to CNHI in 2002. The circulation in 1920 was 3,500 but increased to 17,000 by 1954 and peaked at 25,000 in 1980. The Daily Independent (Ashland newspaper) The Daily Independent (also known as The Sunday Independent and formerly known as The Independent from 2003 to 2015)
The Daily Dispatch editor, Alan Wooten, joined The Dispatch staff in April 2012. Wooten became publisher/editor when Edwards left the newspaper in January 2014. The Daily Dispatch The Daily Dispatch is a community-oriented daily newspaper based in Henderson, North Carolina, primarily covering the North Carolina counties of Vance, Granville, and Warren. It is published daily except Mondays and Christmas Day. Back-to-back winners in 2006 and 2007 of the North Carolina Press Association's General Excellence Awards for newspapers with 15,000 subscribers and less, The Dispatch was established as a daily newspaper on Aug. 12, 1914. President and Editor P.T. Way started the publication as