Mountain Times

Mountain Times

Type	Weekly Newspaper
Owner	Jones Media, Greenville, TN
Publisher	Gene Fowler, Jr
Editor	Frank Ruggiero
Staff writers	Charlie Price, Advertising Director
Founded	1978
Language	English
Headquarters	474 Industrial Park Drive, Boone, North Carolina  United States
Circulation	12,000
Sister newspapers	Watauga Democrat, The Blowing Rocket, The Avery Journal-Times
Official website	Official website

Mountain Times is a weekly newspaper based in Boone, North Carolina covering Watauga, Ashe, Avery Counties.The newspaper placed first in 2000 and 2nd in 2002 in the National Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest and 1st in the North Carolina Press Association's best website in 2003.^[1]

Founded in 1978 by Ken Ketchie, the Mountain Times began life as the Sundown Times. Ketchie would later sell the Mountain Times brand to Jones Media, owners of the Watauga Democrat, in 2002.

External links

• The Mountain Times
• Jones Media Publications - The Mountain Time's Parent Company

References

1. ^ "About Us". The Mountain Times. http://www.mountaintimes.com/aboutus/about.php3. Retrieved 2008-10-25.