Rocky Mountain PBS: My interview with Betsy Barnett, the owner, publisher, editor, ad-sales rep, designer, and only full-time reporter of the Kiowa County Independent newspaper was interrupted three times: 

Once by a new mother submitting a birth announcement;

Once by an older gentleman exchanging two empty, glass milk bottles for two full ones from the small refrigerator behind Barnett’s desk (the paper helps operate a local community milk exchange);

And once by Bob, a 94 year-old, one-handed rancher from Wiley, Colorado who had driven nearly 30 miles to renew his newspaper subscription. He also took some time to talk about his family, retell an old story about a fire scare he and his neighbors had heroically extinguished a few years back and express his appreciation for the Kiowa County Independent.

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