The Sand Mountain Reporter

Overview

The Sand Mountain Reporter is a newspaper covering Albertville and surrounding Marshall County, Alabama, along with parts of DeKalb and Etowah counties. It is owned by Southern Torch Inc. of Fort Payne, Alabama.

History

Founded by the Courington family, owners of local radio station WAVU; the first edition published Friday, Aug. 5, 1955 (Wikipedia gives 1954 for the paper's start as a five-day-a-week publication), initially edited by Jesse Culp. In 1999, Southern Newspapers, Inc. of Houston bought the Reporter from the Courington family; Cliff Clements served as publisher until 2006, when Ben Shurett became publisher. By 2019, ownership had passed to Southern Torch Inc., led by Patrick Graham, alongside sister Alabama papers the Jackson County Sentinel and The Times-Journal.

Notable works

Reported a paid circulation of 9,803 in 2018, per the American Newspapers Representatives database.

Key personnel

Owner: Patrick Graham, Southern Torch Inc.

Audience

Residents of Albertville, Boaz, Crossville, Douglas, Geraldine, Guntersville, Horton and Sardis City, Alabama.

Location and contact info

Phone
256-840-3000
Website
https://www.sandmountainreporter.com