Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

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{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

| type = tri-weekly newspaper{{cite web

| title = Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald : About Us

| publisher = Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

| date = 2008

| url = http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/services/about-us/

| access-date = 2008-12-30}}

| format =

| foundation = 1996

| ceased publication =

| price =

| owners = Boone Newspapers, Inc

| publisher = Tony Clark

| editor = Calvin Bryant {{cite web| title = North Carolina Newspaper Directory| date=21 November 2016| url=http://www.ncpress.com/stories/roanoke-chowan-news-herald,144|accessdate=2019-10-21}}

| circulation = 6,800 paid
5,000 free

| circulation_date = 2018

| circulation_ref = {{cite book| title = Editor & Publisher DataBook| volume = Weeklies | date = 2018 | page = 282}}

| headquarters = 801 Parker Ave. E
P.O. Box 1325
Ahoskie, North Carolina 27910{{USA}}

| ISSN =

| website = {{URL|roanoke-chowannewsherald.com}}

}}

The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald is a newspaper founded in 1914 as the Ahoskie Patriot. It serves the rural North Carolina communities of Bertie, Hertford, Northampton and Gates counties, including the towns of Ahoskie, Murfreesboro and Windsor.{{cite web|url=https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/services/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald|publisher=Boone Newspapers, Inc.|access-date=2019-02-05}} It is published on Wednesday and Saturday.

The paper gets its name from the location of its primary region of distribution between the Roanoke River and Chowan River in Northeastern North Carolina, a location that includes Bertie, Hertford, and Northampton counties.

The inclusion of Gates County is the result of a merger with the Gates County Index.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

Media General sold the paper to Boone Newspapers Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala in 2000.{{Cite journal|date=September 2000|title=EASTERN|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=3561542&site=ehost-live&scope=site|journal=Business North Carolina|volume=20|via=EBSCOhost}}