Beaver County Adult Probation

The Times is a direct descendant of many of Beaver County's newspapers, starting with the Minerva, first published Nov. 4, 1807, and generally believed to have been the county's first newspaper.

The roots of the present newspaper, however, can be more directly traced to the Beaver Times, founded by Michael Weyland and published from 1851 to 1859 when the name changed to and remained the Beaver Argus until 1909. It was changed again to The Daily Times, which was published from 1909 to 1946 and operated by John L. Stewart and Freeland. The paper was sold in 1946 to the father of the present-day Times, Calkins. Calkins combined the Daily Times with the Aliquippa Gazette, which he acquired in 1943.

The paper was known as The Beaver Valley Times until 1956, when it became The Beaver County Times after its acquisition of the Ambridge Daily Citizen. Two decades later, in 1979, The Times purchased the only other daily newspaper in the county, The News Tribune of Beaver Falls.

For almost 80 years, Calkins Media served the community until The Times was sold in June 2017 to GateHouse Media. The Times also operates The Ellwood City Ledger, a daily newspaper in southern Lawrence County. GateHouse, which publishes 656 community and business publications, including 130 daily newspapers, along with more than 555 affiliated websites in 36 states, is one of the largest media companies in the country. It is overseen by New Media Investment Group.