Rusty Dodge is Named New Publisher of the Idaho Statesman

Posted Wednesday, October 23, 2019 10:53 am

David Staats | Idaho Statesman

The Idaho Statesman soon will have a new publisher: Rusty Dodge, who comes to Boise from Bellingham, Washington.

Since 2017, Dodge has been general manager of The Bellingham Herald, a sister paper of the Idaho Statesman in the McClatchy media company.

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