In its 105 year history, the Bowen Independent has provided a local chronicle of topical events and issues and is still the only recognised advertising medium for the area.

A bi-weekly newspaper with paid circulation of 3,159 copies, the Bowen Independent serves the residents of the whole Bowen Shire extending from the Whitsundays tourist area in the south to the rich sugar Burdekin district in the north and west to the mining centre of Collinsville.