Associated Press - November 17, 2009 10:45 AM ET

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - A new editor is heading the newsroom at the Rawlins Daily Times.

Jesse Mullen was named editor of the paper and started the job Monday.

Mullen, a University of Wyoming alum, started his career as a freelancer in 1996. In the years since, he's worked as an advertising representative and sports reporter for the Saratoga Sun in Carbon County, editor-in-chief of the Philipsburg Mail in Montana and publisher of the Seaside Signal in Oregon. Most recently, he was a night editor at the Laramie Boomerang.

Mullen says he's excited to be back in Carbon County.

Information from: Rawlins Daily Times, http://www.rawlinstimes.com

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