List of newspapers in North Carolina

There have been newspapers in North Carolina since the North-Carolina Gazette began publication in the Province of North Carolina in 1751. As of January 2020, there were approximately 260 newspapers in publication in North Carolina. While printed newspaper circulation has declined in the last 10 years, the total paid print circulation of newspapers in North Carolina is over 4 million. The newspapers with the largest paid circulation are The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh. The largest number of North Carolina newspapers are focused on local news at the county level. In addition to print versions of North Carolina newspapers, most newspapers have online websites, as well as Facebook and Twitter accounts for distribution of news media and interacting with their community.

List of newspapers

There were approximately 260 North Carolina newspapers in publication at the beginning of 2020. The Fayetteville Observer is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina. The Star-News of Wilmington is the oldest continuously running newspaper. Many of the newspapers in North Carolina have common parent companies, including Adams Publishing Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Champion Media, Community News Holdings, Inc., Gannett, and McClatchy. Many of the newspapers are also members of the North Carolina Publishing Association. There are no longer any family owned newspapers in North Carolina. Print frequency varies from daily to monthly. Most newspapers use Facebook and Twitter for distribution of content. Most college and universities in North Carolina have student newspapers. There is one Chinese and three Spanish language newspapers, La Conexión being the oldest in North Carolina.

Daily newspapers

There are 45 North Carolina newspapers that are published in print editions at least five days a week, as of the beginning of 2019.

Title	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Asheville Citizen-Times	Asheville	Buncombe	1870	Daily	Gannett
Chapel Hill Herald, The	Chapel Hill	Orange	1988	Daily	Richard J. Kaspar
Charlotte Observer	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1886	Daily	McClatchy
Courier-Tribune, The	Asheboro	Randolph	1876	Daily	Gannett
Daily Courier, The	Forest City	Rutherford	1969	Daily	Paxton Media Group, Ron Paris
Daily Dispatch, The	Henderson	Vance	1914	Daily	Paxton Media Group
Daily Herald, The	Roanoke Rapids	Halifax	1914	Daily	Paxton Media Group
Daily Record, The	Dunn	Harnett	1950	Daily	Restoration Newsmedia
Daily Reflector, The	Greenville	Pitt	1882	Daily	Adams Publishing Group
Dispatch, The	Lexington	Davidson	1902	Daily	Gannett
Daily Advance, The	Elizabeth City	Pasquotank/ Camden	1911	Daily	Adams Publishing Group
The Daily News	Jacksonville	Onslow	1953	Daily	Gannett
Fayetteville Observer, The	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1816	Daily	Gannett
Free Press, The	Kinston	Lenoir	1882	Daily	Gannett, Kinston Free Press Co.
Gaston Gazette, The	Gastonia	Gaston	1880	Daily	Gannett
Goldsboro News-Argus, The	Goldsboro	Wayne	1885	Daily	Wayne Printing, Inc.
Herald-Sun, The	Durham	Durham, Wake	1853	Daily	McClatchy
Hickory Daily Record	Hickory	Catawba/ Burke/ Caldwell	1915	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway
High Country Press	Boone	Watauga	2005	Daily	Ken Ketchie
High Point Enterprise	High Point	Guilford/ Davidson/ Randolph/ Forsyth	1885	Daily	Paxton Media Group
Laurinburg Exchange, The	Laurinburg	Scotland	1882	Daily	Champion Media
McDowell News, The	Marion	McDowell	1923	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway
Mecklenburg Times, The	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1923	Daily	Gannett
Mount Airy News, The	Mount Airy	Surry	1880	Daily	Adams Publishing Group
News & Observer, The	Raleigh	Wake/ Durham	1865	Daily	McClatchy
News & Record	Greensboro	Guilford	1890	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway
News Herald, The	Morganton	Burke	1899	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway
News-Topic	Lenoir	Caldwell	1875	Daily	Paxton Media Group
Observer-News-Enterprise, The	Newton	Catawba	1955	Daily	Horizon Publications
Richmond County Daily Journal	Rockingham	Richmond	1931	Daily	Champion Media
Robesonian, The	Lumberton	Robeson	1870	Daily	Champion Media
Rocky Mount Telegram	Rocky Mount	Edgecombe/ Nash	1995	Daily	Adams Publishing Group
Salisbury Post	Salisbury	Rowan	1905	Daily	Boone Newspapers, Inc.
Sampson Independent, The	Clinton	Sampson	1924	Daily	Champion Media
Sanford Herald, The	Sanford	Lee	1930	Daily	Paxton Media Group
Star, The	Shelby	Cleveland	1894	Daily	Gannett
Star-News, The	Wilmington	New Hanover	1867	Daily	Gannett
Statesville Record & Landmark	Statesville	Iredell	1874	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway
Sun Journal	New Bern	Craven	1876	Daily	Gannett
Times-News	Hendersonville	Henderson	1881	Daily	Gannett
Times-News, The	Burlington	Alamance/ Guilford	1887	Daily	Gannett
Tryon Daily Bulletin	Tryon	Polk	1928	Daily	Boone Newspapers
Washington Daily News	Washington	Beaufort	1909	Daily	Boone Newspapers
Wilson Times, The	Wilson	Wilson	1896	Daily	Restoration Newsmedia
Winston-Salem Journal	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1897	Daily	Berkshire Hathaway

College newspapers

There are 24 North Carolina college newspapers that are published during the academic year.

Title	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	College	References
A & T Register	Greensboro	Guilford	1894		North Carolina A&T University
Appalachian, The	Boone	Watauga	1934	Weekly	Appalachian State University
Bennett Banner, The	Greensboro	Guilford	193?	Semi-Monthly	Bennett College for Women
Black Ink: Black Student Movement	Chapel Hill	Orange	1969	Varies	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Blue Banner, The	Asheville	Buncombe	1984	Weekly	University of North Carolina at Asheville
Campbell Times, The	Buies Creek	Harnett	1926	Weekly	Campbell College
Campus Echo	Durham	Wake	1927		North Carolina Central University
Chowanian, The	Murfreesboro	Hertford			Chowan University
Chronicle, The	Durham	Durham	1905	Mon. thru Fri.	Duke University
Clarion, The	Brevard	Transylvania			Brevard College
Collegiate, The	Wilson	Wilson	1927	Weekly	Barton College
Daily Tar Heel, The	Chapel Hill	Chatham/ Durham/ Orange	1893	Daily	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, DTH Media Corporation
Davidsonian, The	Davidson	Mecklenburg	1914	Weekly	Davidson College
East Carolinian, The	Greenville	Pitt	1925	Tue., Thurs.	East Carolina University
Guilfordian, The	Guilford College	Guilford	1914	Weekly	Guilford College
News Argus, The	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1962		Winston-Salem State University
Niner Times, The	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1946		University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Old Gold & Black	WInston-Salem	Forsyth	1916	Weekly	Wake Forest University
Pen, The	Raleigh	Wake			St. Augustine's University
Pendulum, The	Elon	Alamance			Elon University
Seahawk, The	Wilmington	New Hanover	1948	Weekly	University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Technician	Raleigh	Wake	1920	Weekly	North Carolina State University
Voice, The	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1946		Fayetteville State University
WCC Campus Voice, The	Goldsboro	Wayne	1988	Unknown	Wayne Community College

Special interest newspapers

Currently, there are 15 special interest newspapers in North Carolina covering religious, Native American, African-American, LGBT, and military perspectives on the news.

Title	Interest area	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Biblical Recorder	Baptist	Raleigh	Wake/ Durham	1833	bi-weekly	Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Carolina Indian Voice, The	Native-Americans	Pembroke	Robeson	1973	Weekly	Lumbee Pub. Co.
Carolina Peacemaker	African-Americans	Greensboro	Guilford	1967	unknown	Carolina Newspapers
Catholic News Herald	Catholics	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1991	Bi-weekly	Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte
Charlotte Jewish News	Jewish	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1979	Unknown	Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, The
Charlotte Post, The	African-Americans	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1878	Weekly	The Charlotte Post Publishing Company
Cherokee One Feather, The	Native Americans	Cherokee	Swain	1968	Weekly	Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Fayetteville Press, The	Afro-American	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1989	Monthly	J.J. Jones
Globe, The	U.S. Military	Camp Lejeune	Onslow	1944	Weekly	Consolidated Public Affairs Office
Q-Notes	LGBT	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1986	Monthly	QCQ
Scope, The	U.S. Military	Goldsboro	Wayne	19??	Weekly	Seymour Johnson AFB
Triangle Tribune, The	African-American	Durham	Durham	1998	Weekly	The Charlotte Post Publishing Company
Wilmington Journal, The	African-Americans	Wilmington	New Hanover	1996	Weekly	Wilmington Journal Co.
Windsock, The	Military	Cherry Point	Craven	1948	Weekly	Air FMFLant, and 2nd M.A.W.
Winston-Salem Chronicle	African-Americans	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1974	Weekly, Thurs.	The Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co.

Foreign language newspapers

Currently, there are four North Carolina newspapers published in languages other than English.

Title	Language	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
Qiao bao zhou mo : Bei ka Nan ka ban	Chinese	Raleigh	Wake	2013	Weekly
Acento Latino	Spanish	Fayetteville	Cumberland	1999		Fayetteville Publishing Company
La Conexión	Spanish	Raleigh	Wake/ Durham	1995	Weekly	Velasquez Communications Corporation
Qué Pasa	Spanish	Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh	Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth, Wake	2002		Qué Pasa Media Network

Other newspapers

Currently, there are 172 North Carolina newspapers not covered by the above categories, including weekly and monthly print publication frequencies.

Title	City	County	Year established	Current Print Frequency	Parent Company or Publisher	References
AC Phoenix, The	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	1982	Monthly	unknown
Alamance News, The	Graham	Alamance	1875	Weekly	News, Inc.
Alleghany News, The	Sparta	Alleghany	1889	Weekly	Alleghany Holdings, LLC
Angier Independent, The	Angier	Harnett	197?	Weekly	unknown
Anson Record, The	Wadesboro	Anson	1881	Weekly	Champion Media
Archdale Trinity News, The	Archdale	Randolph	1978	Weekly	Melinda Lamb
Ashe Post & Times	West Jefferson	Ashe	1925	Semi-Weekly	Adams Publishing Group
Asheville Advocate	Asheville	Buncombe	1987	Bi-Weekly	C & A Enterprises
Asheville Global Report	Asheville	Buncombe	1999-2011	Weekly	Asheville Global Report
Asheville Tribune	Asheville	Buncombe
Avery Journal-Times	Newland	Avery	1959	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group
Banner News	Belmont	Gaston	1995	Weekly	Republic Newspapers, Inc.
Beaufort-Hyde News	Belhaven	Beaufort	1990	Weekly	Tidewater Pub.
Belmont Banner, The	Belmont	Gaston	19??	Weekly	B. Arp Lowrance
Bertie Ledger-Advance	Windsor	Bertie	1930	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, Parker Bros.
Bessemer City Record	Kings Mountain, Bessemer City	Cleveland, Gaston	1989	Weekly	Republic Newspapers, Inc.
Biltmore Beacon	Asheville	Buncombe		weekly	Mountaineer Publishing Company
Black Mountain News	Black Mountain	Buncombe	1945	Weekly	Thomas Claybaugh
Bladen Journal, The	Elizabethtown	Bladen	1898	bi-weekly	Champion Media
Blowing Rocket, The	Blowing Rock	Watauga/ Caldwell	1932	Weekly, Thurs.	Adams Publishing Group
Blue Ridge Sun, The	Sparta	Alleghany	1979	Weekly	Milly B. Richardson, Kathy Wagner
Brunswick Beacon	Shallotte	Brunswick	1962	Weekly	Landmark Media Enterprises
Bulletin, The	Ramseur	Randolph	1994	Weekly	Randolph Pub. Co.
Butner-Creedmoor News, The	Creedmoor	Granville	1965	Weekly	Granville Press
Caldwell Informer	Granite Falls	Caldwell	198?	Weekly	David C. Hollar
Carolina Journal	Raleigh	Wake	1991	Monthly	John Locke Foundation
Carolinian, The	Raleigh	Wake	1920 or 1940	Semi-Weekly	Unknown
Carteret County News-Times	Morehead City	Carteret		M,W,Su	Walter Phillips and Lockwood Phillips
Cary News, The	Cary	Wake	196?	Semi-Weekly	Sample Pub. Co.
Caswell Citizen, The	Yanceyville	Caswell	198?	Weekly	CHN Communications Corp.
Caswell Messenger, The	Yanceyville	Caswell	before 1945	weekly	Womack Publishing Company
Chapel Hill News, The	Chapel Hill	Orange	1992	Semi-Weekly	Robert W. Parks
Charlotte Weekly Uptown, The	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	19??	Weekly	Weekly Newspapers, Inc.
Chatham Journal	Siler City	Chatham	1996
Chatham News, The	Siler City	Chatham	1924	Weekly	The Chatham Media Group LLC
Chatham Record, The	Pittsboro	Chatham	1878	weekly	The Chatham Media Group LLC
Cherokee Scout	Murphy	Cherokee	1889	Weekly	CNHI
Cherokee Sentinel	Murphy	Cherokee
Chowan Herald, The	Edenton	Chowan	1934	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group
Clay County Progress	Hayesville	Clay		Weekly, Thurs.	CNHI
Cleveland County Journal, The	Lawndale	Cleveland	198?	Weekly	Steve Howard Martin
Cleveland Times, The	Shelby	Cleveland	1941	Weekly	Cleveland Times Co.
Coastal Carolinian, The	Wilmington	New Hanover	19??	Weekly	Marjorie Megivern
Coastland Times, The	Manteo	Dare	1973	Tue, Thurs., Sun.	Times Print. Co.
County News, The	Statesville	Iredell	1997	Weekly	M. McCullough
Courier-Times, The	Roxboro	Person	1943	Weekly	Courier-Times Pub. Co.
Creative Loafing	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	1987	Weekly	unknown
Crossroads Chronicle	Cashiers	Jackson			CNHI
Dispatch	Raleigh	Wake	1991	Weekly	Carolinian Pub. Co.
Danbury Reporter, The	Danbury	Stokes	189?	Weekly	unknown
Davie County Enterprise-Record, The	Mocksville	Davie	1899	Weekly	Boone Newspapers
Duplin Times Progress Sentinel	Kenansville	Duplin	1963	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, Duplin Pub. Co.
Eagle, The	Cherryville	Gaston	190?	Weekly	Eagle Pub. Co.
East Carolina Reminder, The	Columbia	Tyrrell	1982	Weekly	Columbia Print. Co.
Eden Daily News	Eden	Rockingham	2002	Bi-weekly	Berkshire Hathaway
Enquirer-Journal, The	Monroe	Union	1975	Semi-Weekly	Enquirer Pub. Co.
Enterprise, The	Spring Hope	Nash	2018	Weekly	Unknown
Farmville Enterprise, The	Farmville	Pitt	1910	Weekly	Adams Publishing Group, A.C. Monk
Four Oaks News, The	Four Oaks	Johnston	1973	Weekly	Hockaday Print. Co.
Franklin Press, The	Franklin	Macon			CNHI
Franklin Times, The	Louisburg	Franklin	1870	Weekly	James A. Thomas
Fuquay-Varina Independent	Fuquay-Varina	Wake	1994	Weekly	Kirkland Newspapers, Inc.
Gates County Index	Gatesville	Gates	193?	Weekly	Parker Bros.
Graham Sentinel	Robbinsville	Graham
Graham Star, The	Robbinsville	Graham		Weekly	CNHI
Greensboro Patriot, The	Greensboro	Guilford	200?	Weekly	Patriot Pub. Co.
Grey Area News	Zebulon	Wake, Eastern North Carolina	2011		Frank Whatley
Harnett County News	Lillington	Harnett	1919	Weekly	Henderson Steele
Hatteras Monitor	Frisco	Dare	1986	Monthly	Richard Jones
Havelock News	Havelock	Craven		Weekly	GateHouse Media
Havelock Progress, The	Havelock	Craven	19??	Weekly	Havelock Progress Pub. Co.
Havelock Times, The	Havelock	Craven	1995	Weekly	Carteret Pub. Co.
Highlander, The	Highlands	Macon/ Jackson	1958	Weekly	CNHI
Independent, The	Robbinsville	Graham	1991	Weekly	G. Russell Wiggins
Independent Tribune	Concord	Cabarrus	1883	3 days a week	Berkshire Hathaway
Indy Week	Durham	Durham/ Wake	1983	Weekly	ZM INDY, Inc.
Island Free Press	Hatteras, Ocracoke	Dare, Hyde	2007		Donna Barnett
Island Gazette	Carolina Beach	New Hanover	1978	Weekly	Seaside Press Co.
Jamestown News	Jamestown	Guilford	1978	Weekly	Womack Newspapers, Inc.
Johnstonian-Sun, The	Selma	Johnston	192?	Weekly	Sun Pub. Co.
Jones Post, The	Trenton	Jones	197?	Weekly	Ashley B. Futrell, Jr.
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List of newspapers in North Carolina