Family-owned holding company, operating since 1896

Having started as a single newspaper in Charleston, SC, EPI now operates in a variety of industries, including marketing and tech services, real estate, hospice care, and pharmaceutical sales. In keeping with its proud history, EPI is dedicated to serving its customers, employees, and communities with unconditional integrity, and promises to deliver the highest standards of service in every capacity it operates.

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Our History

Family owned since 1896

    2019

    Divested Cordillera

    After 33 highly successful years, Evening Post sells Cordillera Communications and Cordillera Digital, generating a significant liquidity event.

    2017

    Acquired EPI Health

    Evening Post acquires the assets of a Charleston-based pharmaceutical sales firm and launches EPI Health.

    2014

    Acquired Heart of Hospice

    Evening Post acquires three hospice locations in Louisiana, the origin of Heart of Hospice, a best-in-class multistate hospice provider.

    2013

    Renamed to Evening Post Industries

    To more accurately reflects Evening Post’s increasingly diverse operating portfolio, the company was renamed to Evening Post Industries.

    2012

    Launch of Clear Night Group

    Evening Post begins a series of new platform acquisitions with the launch of a marketing and technology services firm.

    2010

    Formation of Evening Post Interactive

    Evening Post Interactive, later renamed Cordillera Digital, is created to generate digital ad revenue for the TV stations.

    1991

    The Post and Courier is formed

    Evening Post merges The Evening Post and The News and Courier to create a single newspaper for Charleston: The Post and Courier.

    1986

    Cordillera Communications formed

    Evening Post forms Cordillera Communications to operate its television assets.

    1974

    Acquisition of the first TV station

    Evening Post purchases KCBC-TV in El Paso, TX, beginning the formation of its broadcast television station business line.

    1926

    Evening Post acquires the News and Courier

    To scale its publishing portfolio, Evening Post purchases a controlling interest of the News and Courier (formerly the Charleston Courier).

    1896

    Arthur Manigault purchases Evening Post Publishing Co.

    Stockholder Arthur Manigault rescues The Evening Post from financial distress, first published in 1894.

    1803

    First publication of the Charleston Courier

    The Post and Courier traces its history back to this 1803 publication, making it the oldest daily newspaper in the South.