The newspaper was established in 1884 by J. G. Murphy, the city's second mayor. Mr. Murphy sold the paper in the 1920s toHouston Harte. In 1924, it became one of the two original flagships of theHarte-Hanks newspaper chain.[2]
TheSan Angelo Standard-Times building was constructed in 1951, providing 38,000 square feet on two floors. In 1984, a rehabilitation project added another 10,000 square feet.[3]
Scripps began operating the newspaper in 1997 after purchasing it from Harte-Hanks, and as of 2015, Scripps operated this newspaper through its subsidiaryJournal Media Group. The newspaper and its reporters have won various journalism awards, including awards from theAssociated Press of Texas, presented in 2015.[4]
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