The Herald-Progress was the weekly newspaper of Ashland and Hanover County. Its roots go back to 1881, its name came from the merger of the Hanover Herald and the Ashland Progress, and it printed its last edition in March 2018. Today this website carries the name as an independent local guide.
This section tells the story of the paper and explains where its pages, obituaries and photographs can be found, for anyone researching family history or the county’s past.




