#1 Statewide Display Advertiser, Again!!!
Well, folks, it’s official, we have now achieved three years in a row to be the #1 Statewide Display Advertiser. (out of 64 participating newspapers). I knew our sales staff was doing well as we were showing strong results near the end of the year. As we ended last 2018, we placed 66 statewide display […]
McNiven Meanderings
Well, folks, can you believe that we have surpassed four years in owning and operating this fiscal rag (as Carl claims)? Yep, October 1 was our anniversary of taking over the helm. In fact, I have been so busy trying to set the foundation for even more success that I forgot to even bring it […]
Meanderings 6-29-18 – Zinke &Trump Jr. to Last Best News
Wow, folks, what a week! I can’t believe all that has happened since we went to press last week. Since then, YCN landed an exclusive interview with Donald Trump Jr. on Friday, June 22, and I visited personally with United States Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today, Wednesday, for a couple minutes after he was on the […]
McNiven Meanderings – Best Breaking News Story Award goes to our staff
Well Folks, last week was the Montana Newspaper Association’s annual convention (In Billings this year). This was the first time I’ve attended the annual convention since purchasing the Yellowstone County News, your hyper-local, weekly newspaper in the Yellowstone County area. I learned so much in mingling with other newspaper owners, publishers and editors throughout the […]
Senate candidates prepare for April 24 debate
The public is invited to meet the primary GOP U.S. Senate candidates at a forum on Tuesday, April 24, at the Elks Lodge in Billings. All of the GOP candidates Russell Fagg, Matt Rosendale, Troy Downing and Albert Olszewski are all vying for the opportunity to challenge the incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Jon Tester. The […]
We are looking out for you!
These images were captured near the Yellowstone County News office in Huntley, MT today February 28, 2018. It’s taken Jonathan 3 1/2 years to get in a position to get some pictures like this since owning the newspaper. As other opportunities had come and gone in the past, this opportunity just happened as the Yellowstone […]
Meanderings: 9/1/17 Teaching comes full cirle
Originally published in the 9/1/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. Some 30 years later, I had an older gentleman passing by the Yellowstone County News’ booth at the MontanaFair when he was looking at the TV screen with a business card on it that had the name of Jonathan McNiven on it. He stopped […]
McNiven Meanderings 7-21-17
Well, folks, we are ready to announce a new addition to our weekly columnists. I’ve had a good number of readers ask me why there is no Democrat viewpoint in our paper each week, to which I’ve replied that I haven’t found the right person and fit for our publication. It’s not that I haven’t […]
McNiven Meanderings: media and fake news
Originally published in the 6/30/17 print edition of YCN. Well, folks, with so much happening at the mega news headquarters of Yellowstone County News (ok, that part might be stretching it a bit), I wanted to take this opportunity to opine a little bit and reflect on this week’s developments regarding our freedoms. This […]
Meanderings 6-16-17 Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood experience
Originally published in the 6/16/17 print edition of YCN. Well folks, there are many things going on right now that affect many of our local readers so stay tuned as we are on the big issues, whether it’s Homesteader Days coming up, or the new Lockwood High School that the local school board decided they […]