The newspaper has been published continuously in Moscow for years, since September 28, 1911. It began as the
Daily Star-Mirror, which started as the
Moscow Mirror in 1882 and the
North Idaho Star in 1887, with a merger in 1905. The
Palouse Empire News for
Whitman County was added in 1984 and later became the
Daily News. Later in the 1980s the paper was acquired by
Kerns-Tribune of
Salt Lake City,
Utah. The
Idahonian and the
Daily News were merged in late 1991 and became the
Moscow-Pullman Daily News. all the company's papers except
The Salt Lake Tribune were acquired by A.L. Alford Jr. the following year. For decades the newspaper's facilities were at 409 South Jackson Street. After printing operations moved south to
Lewiston, it downsized its headquarters in Moscow in 2013 and moved three blocks east, to the federal building. In 2023, the Moscow office was closed In 2020, the newspaper eliminated its Monday print edition. In 2024, the newspaper reduced the number of print editions to two a week, Thursdays and Saturdays. The paper also switched from carrier to postal delivery. ==Notable employees==