The Guymon Daily Herald traces its roots back to 1886 when R.B. Quinn founded the town of Hardesty and became publisher of the Hardesty Herald which was the second newspaper to be started in No Man's Land. Quinn apparently moved the paper to Guymon since the first Herald appeared in Guymon in 1891. The weekly publication was published by Quinn until 1907. Even though the local population was only 300, Quinn claimed 951 readers. An ancient Ramage wooden press was used to produce the newspaper. Warren Zimmerman acquired the Herald from Quinn in 1907.

Zimmerman as born in Kansas in 1880 and moved to Oklahoma in 1905. By 1916, J.Q. Denny had become the editor-publisher. Giles E. Miller took over in 1919-1920 and returned the founding date to 1890 for the weekly newspaper that was serving the community that had grown to 1,800. Around 1925, the name was changed to the Panhandle Herald. Although various editors were listed, Miller remained the publisher for many years. He was aided by editors Peyton Reavis, B.R. Hays, John W. Dexter and others.

In 1931, the Texas County News was established with E.H. Lunch as editor of the weekly independent paper. Roscoe Belcher and A. Fields were in charge by 1933-1934 with Belcher as publisher for the next several years.

Others associated with the News included Chester Johnson, Arthur O. Acenbom, W.H. Wells and B.R. Hays. Early in the 1940s, the Panhandle News-Herald, an independent weekly was listed. In the 1950s, the name Daily Herald appeared with Raymond H. Fields actiing as publisher of the paper along with another publication, the Observer.

Fields acquired the Observer in September 1952 from Don DeWolfe, Dwight Davis and Don Dale. In 1966, Donrey Media Group acquired the Herald. Shortly after that acquisition, plans were completed for a new offset plant and, in 1967, opening ceremonies were held at the newspaper's present location, in a 5,577 square foot building at 515 N. Ellison.

Donrey sold the Daily Herald to Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. (CNHI), which later sold to Horizon Publications, 2003, Inc. in September 2003.

The Goss Community press is the only newspaper press facility in this part of the state and produces an average of 14 pages each day for the Daily Herald readers and prints other newspapers, including weeklies from Hooker and Boise City, Okla.; Stratford, Texas; Clayton, New Mexico and Elkhart, Kansas.

The Guymon Daily Herald is the only Oklahoma newspaper serving the entire region with more than 2,400 newspapers each day, six days a week.

There are 18 employees working at the newspaper plant with the most modern computers and software in the publishing industry.

General Manager Allison Gipe has moved through the ranks at The Daily Herald, most recently as the paper's Advertising Manager. She was named General Manager in March 2007.

Circulation Manager Peggy Martinez joined The Daily Herald in January 2003. She is a graduate of Guymon High School and earned an accounting degree from Oklahoma Panhandle State University. She manages two employees and his the proud mom of Heather.

Press Room Manager Anthony Mallard learned the business from his father, Earl, who has since moved to a teaching position within the Guymon school district. Anthony is a graduate of Guymon High School who also is an amateur boxer. Mallard is assisted in the press room by Josh Ehrhardt, who joined the team in the late winter of 2008.

Managing editor Miranda Gilbert joined The Daily Herald as a reporter  in April 2006. She is a Guymon native and a graduate of Guymon High School. She earned a psychology and art degree from Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell and previously worked as a reporter, Lifestyles and Religion Editor at The Daily Herald from April 2002 to September 2003. She most recently worked as a Behavioral Health Case Manager at Western Plains Youth and Family Services in Guymon from April 2005 to April 2006. Miranda was promoted to Managing Editor in January 2008. She is the proud mom of Moriah and Tino.

Staff Writer Heather Avey joined The Daily Herald in August 2006 from the paper's Circulation Department. Avey recently earned a second place writing award for In-Depth Enterprise in the 2008 Oklahoma Press Association contest. She is a native of Beaver, Okla. and has three children — Trevor, Jacob and Julianna.

Photographer / Staff Writer / Web Master Shawn Yorks rejoined the Daily Herald in April 2008 after a year absence. He spent his year away from Guymon as a staff photographer at a large daily on the New Orleans North Shore and as sports editor for a weekly paper in Denton County, Texas. He previously was managing editor of The Guymon Daily Herald from August 2005 to April 2007. Among his long list of press association awards are photography awards from the Associated Press in Oklahoma and Texas, the Oklahoma Press Association, Texas Press Association and Panhandle Press Association in recent years. He recently earned third place in the North and East Texas Press Association Photographer of the Year contest, second place for spot news photos and first place for weekly sports coverage in the North and East Texas Press Association's 2008 contest.

With the Southwest Times in Liberal, Kan., dropping down to publishing three times per week in early 2008, the Guymon Daily Herald is the only paper in the region of extreme southwest Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle and extreme northern Texas Panhandle that publishes on a daily basis and will continue to do so.