OF EXPERIENCE, WE KNOW JOURNALISM.

celebrating our community’s accomplishments.”

Mullen, who owns more than 30 community newspapers across eight states, is pleased with his partnership with Nedved.

“Having a local owner is always in the best interest of the community,” Mullen said. “And since the moment I’ve met her, Michelle has done nothing but impress me and impress upon me the importance of your community and the voice of

The Newport Miner newspaper has been in publication since 1901 and is the newspaper of record for Pend Oreille County. The Gem State Miner came into existence in the mid-1970s and covers the west half of Bonner County.

The Willenbrocks hired Nedved in June 2002 as a reporter. She worked her way up to Gem State Editor, News Editor and Managing Editor, and became Publisher in the spring of 2015.

She lives in Newport with her husband Chris, a Newport school bus driver for First Student, and their two children, Zoey, 9, and Cooper, 6, both students at Stratton Elementary. They also have a dog, three birds and a snail.