Kelley Loe published the first issue of The Reflector in Ridgefield, Washington on October 8, 1909.[5] At the time the town had a population around 300.[6] In March 1910, Loe denied reports he had sold the paper,[7] but the later that month it was confirmed the new owner was to be H. A. Moore.[8]
A. W. and C. C. McCormack owned the paper for three years until they sold the paper to Willard D. Nelson, of Haines.[9][10] The paper was soon returned to the McCormacks who resold it in 1924 to J.R. "Red" Hicks, of Sumas.[11] A year later he installed a linotype machine.[12] Hicks published the paper for 22 years, only ever taking 11 vacation days during his career.[13] The Reflector was sold to a group of six Vancouver businessmen who incorporated the enterprise as the A. M. Publishing Company Dave H. Deihl.[14] The company also published the Mid-County Record of Battle Ground, and soon relocated the printing plant.[15]
Richard F. Crouch was hired as a foreman at the Ridgefield newspaper plant and Battle Ground commercial printing plant.[16] In 1948, Crouch and Robert L. Robb leased the plant from A.M.,[17] and Crouch later bought Robb out to become the sole owner of The Reflector and The Mid-County Record.[18] By 1951, the papers came to be owned by John Holt Dodge, who merged the two papers together form The Mid-County Reflector.[19] The paper was relocated from Ridgefield to Battle Ground in 1959.[20]
In 2010, The Reflector was purchased by Lafromboise Communications from its owner of the previous 30 years, Marvin Case.[21][22][23] At that time, it had a free home delivery circulation of 26,500.[24] Steve Walker, formerly of the Lewis County Daily Chronicle, took over as publisher.[25] In 2020, Chad and Coralee Taylor, owners of The Silver Agency in Chehalis, purchased the newspaper from Lafromboise Communications owner Jenifer Lafromboise Falcon.[26]