Family-owned holding company, operating since 1896
Having started as a single newspaper in Charleston, SC, EPI has grown into an operator in a variety of industries, including media, real estate, hospice care, pharmaceuticals, disability advocacy, and more. 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.
Our History
Family owned since 1896
2021
Divested Heart of Hospice
Evening Post divests Heart of Hospice after seven successful years of providing world-class care.
2021
Acquired Disability Help Group and Veterans Help Group
Evening Post acquires a national leader in disability and veterans compensation advocacy.
2021
Commercialization of Wynzora®
EPI Health and MC2 Therapeutics announce a collaboration agreement to commercialize psoriasis drug Wynzora.
2020
Divested Clear Night
Evening Post sells Clear Night and refocuses on growing its healthcare assets and expanding into new opportunities.
2019
Acquired Rhofade®
EPI Health acquires prescription medicine to treat rosacea.
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 reflect 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.