Redding Record Searchlight

The Redding Record Searchlight is an award-winning newspaper serving Redding, California. It has a daily circulation of about 30,000 and hosts a Redding news Web site, Redding.com.

History

Redding's first newspaper was the Shasta Courier, founded in the 1850s. Then, when Redding was incorporated, in 1887, the name was changed to the Redding Independent. On Oct. 17, 1938, the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group published the first edition of the Redding Record, which after a series of acquisitions became the region's dominant daily newspaper under the nameplate Redding Record Searchlight.

Public opinions

The Record Searchlight, and Redding.com, receives many opinions, letters to the editor, blogs, Q&A pages, and comments about articles on Redding.com every day.^{[citation needed]}