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Our Executive Team
Alex Barta
Victoria Howell
Victoria Howell
Alex lives in St. Maries, Idaho with his wife Nichole, twin sons Brock and Jack (14), daughter JoJane (Joey) (11), son Lincoln (9) and dogs Bronn and Willy.
An avid sports fan, he enjoys watching his kids compete in football, basketball and wrestling. Alex has a passion for community journalism and philanthropy. He serves as Economic Deve
Alex lives in St. Maries, Idaho with his wife Nichole, twin sons Brock and Jack (14), daughter JoJane (Joey) (11), son Lincoln (9) and dogs Bronn and Willy.
An avid sports fan, he enjoys watching his kids compete in football, basketball and wrestling. Alex has a passion for community journalism and philanthropy. He serves as Economic Development Director for his county and is Executive Director of Timber Plus, the local economic development council. He is an active member of the Innovia Foundation’s regional leadership council and has helped write numerous grants to help his community.
Born in Hungary, his parents immigrated to the Chicago area where he developed a life-long, foolish love of the Chicago Bears. He speaks Hungarian at a fourth-grade level, which is slightly better than his English. He graduated with a degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri, the world’s top journalism school.
Victoria Howell
Victoria Howell
Victoria Howell
Victoria founded the Bitterroot Star with her husband Michael in 1985 out of the back of their VW bus. In 2020, she briefly retired after selling the newspaper to the Mullen Family. Victoria returned as the editor of the Bitterroot Star later that year and was promoted to Group Publisher in 2023.
Tim Leeds
Jesse James Mullen
Jesse James Mullen
Tim is the manager of the Havre Chronicle, formerly the Havre Daily News. Leeds was the editor of the newspaper and was recently promoted to manage operations.
Jesse James Mullen
Jesse James Mullen
Jesse James Mullen
Founder, Owner
Jesse Mullen founded Mullen Newspaper Company in 2018.
Jesse works with publications across the US in various executive, editorial, production, and advertising roles. Mullen began his career as a sports reporter at the weekly Saratoga (Wyo) Sun, before moving to Philipsburg, Montana in 2004. Mullen is featured in a Smithsoni
Founder, Owner
Jesse Mullen founded Mullen Newspaper Company in 2018.
Jesse works with publications across the US in various executive, editorial, production, and advertising roles. Mullen began his career as a sports reporter at the weekly Saratoga (Wyo) Sun, before moving to Philipsburg, Montana in 2004. Mullen is featured in a Smithsonian Museum exhibit profiling families in print media along with his brother Louis, and his parents Tom and Annie.
Jesse lives in Deer Lodge, Montana and serves on several non-profit boards and is a Rotarian. Jesse also owns a small chain of bookstores in SW Montana. He studied Journalism at the University of Wyoming and was raised in Newcastle, Wyoming.
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