The previous afternoon daily, the
Texarkana Daily News, ceased publication in 1978.
Rodger Dean Duncan, who later worked for two White House administrations and then as a prominent business consultant, was managing editor of the two Texarkana newspapers in the late 1960s. The paper earned the coveted 2010 General Excellence award from the Arkansas Press Association, competing against eight other large dailies, including the
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which placed second. For more than 85 years, the main office of the Gazette was located at 315 Pine Street on the Texas side. In September 2016, the Gazette's business, circulation, advertising, creative services, and editorial departments moved to the first two floors of the Landmark Building at 101 E. Broad St. on the Arkansas side, while the printing and distribution remained in the existing building. On December 12, 2017, the paper announced that it would close its Texarkana printing press in mid-January and begin printing in
Little Rock, Arkansas, where sister paper the
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is printed. ==Controversy==