Sound Publishing Inc., has announced the purchase of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and its sister publication in Bonney Lake.

The Courier-Herald newspaper previously had been owned by a group made up of the estate of Ted Natt, John Natt, David Natt and publisher Bill Marcum. Marcum will remain in his current position with Sound Publishing.

Each edition of the Courier-Herald newspapers reaches approximately 32,000 readers and is distributed free to readers from Black Diamond to Bonney Lake.

Manfred Tempelmayr, president of Sound Publishing, assured readers there are no immediate plans to change the way they’ve been receiving their news. “It’s business as usual,” he said.

Sound Publishing, with headquarters in Poulsbo, is a subsidiary of Black Press, based in British Columbia. The parent organization owns more than 150 newspapers in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, along with Washington, Hawaii and Ohio.