The Mountain Times (Vermont newspaper) should not be confused with Mountain Times (North Carolina newspaper).
| The Mountain Times | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Foundation: | 1971 |
| Owner: | Polly Lynn Mikula |
| Publisher: | Polly Lynn Mikula and Jason Mikula |
| Editor: | Polly Lynn Mikula |
| Language: | English |
| Circulation: | 10,000 |
| Headquarters: | Killington, VT |
| Oclc: | 44437619 |
The Mountain Times is an American newspaper serving Killington, Vermont.
The Times It is published each Wednesday and has a circulation of over 10,000.[1] The paper is owned by Polly and Jason Mikula. The newspaper covers Killington and surrounding towns in Rutland and Windsor Counties.[2] [3] The current editor is Polly Lynn Mikula.
The paper was founded in 1971 by Ed Pickett as Killington Pico-Paper.[4] Pickett, an advertising manager for the Mount Snow Ski Resort,[5] also published Ski Racer and Snow Valley News.[6] In 1976, Pickett sold the paper to Andrew Neisner, who changed the name to The Mountain Times.[1]
In 1986, Royal and Zip Barnard bought The Mountain Times.[7] They operated it for twenty-five years before selling it in 2011, to the Lynn/Mikula family.[8] The sale of the paper in 2011 was delayed by significant flooding in Vermont from Tropical Storm Irene.[9] The basement of the paper's printing office was damaged in the flood, but then-publisher Royal Barnard managed to publish an issue from his home that week.
Under the new management, the paper increased revenue by 15% by 2013.
The Mountain Times was the first to report about a proposal for Killington to secede from Vermont and join New Hampshire in 2004.[10]
The New York Times did a story on Polly Lynn Mikula and her family Aug. 15, 2013, titled "Vermont Sisters With Roots in News Embrace Small-Town Papers" [11]
| 2016[12] | Most Creative Use of Small Print Space | 1st | The Mountain Times | |
| 2016 | Digital Product Promotion to Readers | 1st | The Mountain Times | |
| 2016 | Pure Advertising Niche Publication | 2nd | The Mountain Times | |
| 2016 | Local Display Ad (color) | 2nd | The Mountain Times | |
| 2014[13] | Overall Design and Presentation | 3rd | The Mountain Times | |
| 2014 | Overall Mobile Application | 3rd | The Mountain Times |