1857 - The Mount Ararat Advertiser

1857 - The Pleasant Creek Times and Ararat Express

1858 - The Pleasant Creek Times: A printer named Scott started Stawell's first newspaper The Pleasant Creek Times. The small printing office was near the Peace Memorial on Halls Gap Road. It was published at the same time as the Mount Ararat and Pleasant Creek Advertiser and printed at that time by Nuthall and Banfield and later by Banfield and Merfield.

1861 - The Mount Ararat and Pleasant Creek Advertiser became the chief exponent of Pleasant Creek's requirements.

1867 - The Pleasant Creek Chronicle: The residents of the Reefs wanted a local newspaper and Thomas Stubbs of Melbourne undertook the task of starting one, named The Pleasant Creek Chronicle. lt was bought out by a syndicate which started The Stawell Chronicle.

1868 - The Pleasant Creek News: Mr Maynard Ord started an opposition paper named The Pleasant Creek News first published twice a week and amalgamated with The Stawell Chronicle, the other daily.

Pleasant Creek News and Stawell Chronicle: The Stawell Chronicle proprietors purchased the plant and business of the Pleasant Creek Chronicle, which then disappeared. The amalgamated publication appeared as The Pleasant Creek News and Stawell Chronicle. Shortly after the change, and a long period of depression on the goldfields, the renamed journal dropped down to a tri-weekly and continued until approximately 1896.

1887 - Stawell Times and Wimmera Advertiser: At the end of 1887, mining prospects improved and a new company formed by R.W. Baxter published a second tri-weekly paper called The Stawell Times and the Wimmera Advertiser. The first issue was in February 1888.

1896 - Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle: The title was changed to The Stawell News and the Pleasant Creek Chronicle. Mr Fleetwood-Smith commenced as publisher in 1906

1951 - Stawell Times and Wimmera Advertiser: Became The Stawell Times.

1961- Stawell Times News: The Stawell News and the Pleasant Creek Chronicle closed in December 1961 and the local newspaper became known as The Stawell Times News, as it is known up to this day. It was first published on Tuesday January 9, 1962. Mr Frank Plaisted remained on as manager and publisher after the merger. Mr Ken Dadswell became managing editor and publisher in October 1964. He remained for 21 years up until his retirement.

The Stawell Times-News is now published by Australian Community Media.