Rifle Citizen Telegram is a newspaper in Rifle, Colorado, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published once a week on Thursday.

Rifle's first newspaper was called The Sharpshooter, founded in 1889. Later that year, another newspaper, The Rifle Reveille, was established. In January 1903, the Rifle Telegram was established. The first owners were L.L. Cummins and B.F. Miller. In 1907, the Reveille moved into a wooden building. In 1913, the Reveille and Telegram merged under the name of the Rifle Telegram. A husband-wife team, J.H. and Susie Barley, took over the Telegram in 1933. In 1960, William Dunaway bought the paper. He also owned the Aspen Times and Glenwood Sage newspapers. That’s when he switched the Telegram to the tabloid format, which is the current style. In 1990, the Telegram was purchased by Tom Griffith, who also owned the Carbondale Valley Journal, and the Free Weekly Newspaper in Glenwood Springs. In May 1990, a group of citizens started the West Valley Citizen to compete with the Rifle Telegram. In June 1990, the Telegram owner filed for bankruptcy, and within one month, the Telegram and West Valley Citizen merged under the name Citizen Telegram. In 1998, Morris Communications of Augusta, Ga. bought the CT, and in November 2000, Swift Newspapers purchased the CT and other Morris properties in Colorado.

Circulation: 1,600 copies

This newspaper is owned by Swift Communications, Inc..

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John Gardner is the editor of the Rifle Citizen Telegram.

John Gardner replaced Dale Shrull as the editor of the Rifle Citizen Telegram.

 Mailing address: 125 W. 4th Street, Suite 206, Rifle, CO 81650

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