West Hawaii Today is a Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i

Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i

Kailua is a census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, in the North Kona District of the Island of Hawaii. The population was 11,975 at the 2010 census. It is the center of commerce and of the tourist industry on West Hawaii...

 based daily newspaper. It is owned and published by Stephens Media, LLC

Stephens Media (newspapers)

Stephens Media LLC is a Las Vegas, Nevada diversified media holding company that publishes over 11 daily and 64 weekly newspapers in 9 states, primarily in Nevada and Arkansas....

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History

West Hawaii Today began in 1962 as a special weekly edition of Hilo Tribune-Herald

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Hawaii Tribune-Herald is a newspaper that is owned and published daily in Hilo, Hawaii by Stephens Media LLC.-History:Hawaii Tribune-Herald resulted from several mergers of Hilo-area newspapers...

. Known as the Kona Tribune-Herald it continued in 1964 as a weekly.

From late 1964 until 1968, the paper published under the title Kona Weekly Tribune-Herald. It was started by Glenn and Sally Maitland

West Hawaii Today began publishing under its present title on July 31, 1968.

Subsidiary Publications

• Big Island Weekly, Hilo, HI (Weekly, Wed.)
• North Hawaii News, Waimea, HI (Weekly, Thur.)

External links

• West Hawaii Today official web site
• Stephens Media official web site