Mid Valley Times
newspaper published in Reedley
The Mid Valley Times is a weekly newspaper, published on Thursdays, serving Reedley, Dinuba, Sanger, and surrounding communities in Fresno County and Tulare County, California. It was known as the Reedley Exponent until July, 2019, when it merged with the Dinuba Sentinel and the Sanger Herald. At the time of the merger, the Herald was the oldest business in Sanger. The Sanger Herald was founded in 1889, the Reedley Exponent was founded in 1891. It has a current circulation of 3,400 copies and it is edited by Jon Earnest.
The paper was owned by Mid-Valley Publishing Inc. and published by Fred Hall until his death in March 2022. It has been operated by Mineral King Publishing, the publisher of The Sun-Gazette, ever since. The company officially took ownership of the paper on May 1, 2023.
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Reedley Exponent
The Reedley Exponent was founded in March 1891 by A.S. Jones.
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