Long time marketing executive Kevin Powell has been promoted to General Manager of Tryon Newsmedia, LLC, which publishes the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Life in Our Foothills, Visitor’s Bulletin and … more

Kevin Ellis has been named managing editor of the Gaston Gazette, Gastonia. Ellis, a veteran journalist who has spent the last 20 years in Gastonia, takes on the promotion following the retirement of editor Hunter Bretzius. more

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Rick Thomason, publisher of The Robesonian, Lumberton, is now publisher of the Kingsport Times-News in Tennessee, which is owned by Sandusky Newspaper Group. Thomason will also serve as senior vice president of content for Sandusky's eastern Tennessee newspapers, including the Johnson City Press and three weeklies. more

J.D. Walker, best known as the editor of Thrive magazine, has retired from Asheboro's Courier-Tribune following nearly nearly two decades there. more

The Dispatch, Lexington, announced the hiring of its new editor, three months after the departure of longtime Executive Editor Chad Killebrew. Scott Jenkins, recently the news editor at The Salisbury Post, has taken over the newsroom’s leadership role. more

Gene Fowler, publisher of the Watauga Democrat in Boone has been appointed to the NCPA/NCPS Board of Directors more