Today's News-Herald is published by:

River City Newspapers, LLC
2225 W. Acoma Blvd.
Lake Havasu City,
AZ 86403

Phone: (928) 453-4237
Ad Dept Fax: (928) 855-9892
News Dept Fax: (928) 855-2637

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Michael Quinn

Michael E. Quinn is president of River City Newspapers of Lake Havasu City, Arizona. He is also editor and publisher of the company's publications, including the daily Today's News-Herald, the weekly Parker Pioneer in Parker, Arizona, the Havasu Home Hunter, the River Extra shopper, The Locator direct mail publication and Today's News-Heralds internet site, http://www.havasunews.com

Quinn has an extensive background in newspapers and publishing. Before Lake Havasu City, he held management positions with newspapers in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, Sierra Vista, Arizona, and two newspapers in Southern California. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona.

He and his wife, Elaine, have three children.

Larry Nash

Larry Nash is the advertising and marketing director for River City Newspapers. Nash began his career in Galveston, Texas. He has an extensive background inadvertising sales and sales management with community newspapers and shoppers across the U.S.In the early Õ90s, Nash served four years as an advertising consultant for the family-owned daily The Tribune in Nassau, Bahamas. Nash, a veteran of nearly four decades, more recently spent the past 11 years managing the real estate category for the San Diego Union-Tribune in San Diego for the Copley family. Nash and his wife Shirley have three sons who are all grown.

Sandy Standifer

Sandy Standifer is business manager of River City Newspapers. A Texas native, she grew up in Tucson, moved to Tennessee and, in 1985, returned to Arizona with a move to Lake Havasu city. She began work with the newspaper in 1987 and took over her current position in 2002.

Kelly Parks

Kelly Parks is production manager for River City Newspapers, overseeing ad graphics work and the flow of print products, including the daily newspaper, Today¹s News-Herald. Kelly brings more than 20 years of graphic arts experience to the position. She came to Lake Havasu City with husband, Randy, about four years ago and became creative director of a local lifestyle magazine. Most of her career was spent in Oregon, where she was operations director for a commercial printing and marketing company.

Jim Abdon

Jim Abdon is circulation manager of River City Newspapers. Originally from California, he signed on with the newspapers in the early 1990s and headed the newspapers' distribution since the formation of the existing company in 1995.

Becky Maxedon

Today's News-Herald welcomes managing editor Becky Maxedon. Becky brings with her from Colorado Springs, Colo., more than 30 years journalism experience. Most recently, she served as managing editor of the Grand Junction Free Press in Grand Junction, Colo. No stranger to Arizona, Becky was an editor for the Independent Newspaper group in the Phoenix area from 1998 through 2000. She then moved to Las Vegas, where she was managing editor for the View Neighborhood Newspapers, a division of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A mother of two grown sons, she also is the grandmother of two, Jager and Joplyn, of Las Vegas.

Chris Walker

Chris Walker began her duties as Human Resource managing at Today's News-Herald April 30, 2007. Chris comes to the paper from Phoenix and brings with her more than 25 years of H.R. and payroll experience. Most recently, she served as human resource/payroll director of the largest landscaping company in Arizona with more than $60 million in revenue and 650 employees. She was employee of the year in 2005 and executive employee of the year in 2006. Chris has a knack of being able to communicate with employees and make them comfortable in their employment with a company. Most of her experience comes from working in Southern California where she was H.R. support for a large automotive group. Chris brings with her a wealth of experience. Her addition to RCN makes it possible to move forward to the next level of employee relations. "We are fortunate to have Chris on board" said president and publisher Mike Quinn. When not at work, Chris can be found out on the lake with her dog, Cody. Her No. 1 love is the outdoors. Chris is enthusiastic about her new position with River City Newspapers and looks forward to being able to support the staff.