In 1878,
The Coast Mail was founded by Webster & Hacker in
Marshfield. Percy C. Levar and Frank Hofer, both former
Capital Journal staff, purchased the
Mail in 1901. The two soon launched the
Daily Mail, county's first daily newspaper with limited
AP Wire service. In 1906, brothers Gus and Ernest Kramer purchased
The Coast Mail from Levar and merged it with their
Marshfield Advertiser to form
The Coos Bay Times. In 1907, brothers Michael C. and Dan E. Maloney took over the paper. In 1928, E. G. Murray purchased the paper from the Maloney brothers. Two years later he sold a controlling interest to
Sheldon F. Sackett. In 1957, Sackett changed the paper's name from
The Times to
The World. Sheldon died in 1968. His heirs sold
The World to
Scripps League Newspapers in 1973. The company was acquired by
Pulitzer Newspapers Inc. in 1996, who then purchased the nearby
Bandon Western World in 2003 and
Umpqua Post in 2004. Pulitzer was acquired by
Lee Enterprises in 2005. In January 2015,
The World launched a new weekly newspaper for the
Coquille area called the
Coquille Valley Courant, but it ceased that same year on December 29. In 2020, the paper was sold by Lee to
Country Media, Inc. About six months later
The World announced it will reduce its print schedule from five days a week to two due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The
Bandon Western World soon ceased
, along with the
Umpqua Post. In October 2021
, The World moved its office from Commercial Avenue to Anderson Avenue. ==Awards==