Latin News inaugural edition published May 1, 1995, right in tune with the Cinco de Mayo events for that year. Printing a quantity of 5000 monthly copies, its distribution concentrated from Vancouver to Salem. Two years later, Latin News grew to a multi-office location in Downtown Portland, where it's distribution grew to 15,000 copies every first and sixteenth of each month. Currently, Latin News proudly distributes 20,000 every week to as far north as Vancouver, as far south as Salem, as far east as Madras, and as far west as McMinnville. Latin News is published weekly through out the year, the deadline for submissions is 12:00 PM every monday.

In addition, Latin News also publishes a yearly publication titled "The Hispanic Telephone Directory". The edition of the Hispanic Telephone Directory, the 8th edition, is scheduled to be released in January of 2008. The Hispanic Telephone Directory publishes 80,000 annual copies.

Latin News has won several awards throughout the years. Most importantly, Latin news won 2nd place overall in the Target Audience category in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in 2001. Latin News has also received other recognition from many organizations including The US Department of Commerce Census Bureau, The Portland Police Bureau, The Mexican Consulate, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.