Outlet profile

Herald and News

U.S. center-left (local/community)

Owned byAdams MultiMedia, a family-owned community newspaper company founded by Mark Adams and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota

FundingAdvertising revenue and print/digital subscriptions; previously supplemented by Report for America grant-funded reporters (ended 2022)

On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

The Herald and News traces its roots to the Evening Herald, founded in 1906 in Klamath Falls, and the Klamath News, launched in 1923; the two merged on June 1, 1942, to form the Herald and News. For decades it operated as a locally focused daily serving a rural, politically conservative corner of southern Oregon. The paper later became part of Pioneer Newspapers, the Seattle-based chain owned primarily by the Jim Scripps family. In 2017, Pioneer News Group sold its media holdings — including the Herald and News — to the Adams Publishing Group (now Adams MultiMedia), which operates more than 30 daily papers across roughly 20 states. A significant turning point came in March 2022, when the paper's entire editorial staff — including editor Tim Trainor and all three reporters, two of whom had been partially funded by the nonprofit Report for America — resigned, citing low pay and inadequate investment in journalism. Adams said it would rely on freelancers and company staff from out of state while rebuilding; by December 2022 the paper reduced its print schedule from four days a week to two. Despite the ownership chain and staff upheaval, the paper has maintained a generally fact-based local record; Media Bias/Fact Check places it left-center based on editorial and opinion content, while acknowledging balance in its news coverage. Its coverage of national politics, including the Trump administration, is limited given its local orientation.

Sources

Profile compiled 2026-08-13; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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