About Us

The Young Witness is a once weekly newspaper serving the south west NSW community of Young and the Hilltops Shire. Our mission is to serve our readers.

We strive to do this with a vibrant mix of breaking news, covering daily happenings as well as sport, lifestyle, rural and community news.

You can keep up with what is happening in Young and district through our website youngwitness.com.au as well as in our Thursday print edition.

Between 1860 and 1861 a series of violent anti Chinese demonstrations took place in the region. They occurred on the goldfields at Spring Creek, Stoney Creek, Back Creek, Wombat, and Lambing Flat.

The disorder was arguably the most serious civil disorder that has ever happened in Australia, involving more people and lasting much longer than the Eureka rebellion at Ballarat.

Today Young is more famous for its cherries and each year hosts a Cherry Festival to celebrate its connection with the delicious fruit.

In May 2023 the Young Witness was acquired by Mid West Media along with the Parkes Champion-Post, Forbes Advocate, Cowra Guardian, Canowindra News, Grenfell Record, Boorowa News and the Central West and Hilltops Farmer.

Mid West Media’s parent company North East Media, has a proud history of publishing regional newspapers in trust for the communities they serve and has been doing so for over 100 years.

The Group also publishes to the wine, forests, timber and tourism industries in Adelaide and regional newspapers in the Riverina, Snowy Monaro regions of New South Wales and North East Victoria.

As a fourth generation family publishing company we are committed to the communities we serve, reflecting opinions, aspirations, challenges, lifestyles and personalities, and assisting the growth of businesses of its local advertisers. The company is committed to regional development and the identity of the regions serviced.