Wick Communications is pleased to announce the promotion of Carol Crittendon to Publisher of the Sidney Herald in Sidney, Montana. Crittendon, who is currently the Advertising Director of the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, will assume her new duties Oct. 1.

Crittendon just celebrated 18 years in the newspaper business. She started her career in the Seattle area with the former King County Journal Newspapers, where she was a Recruitment Sales Specialist in the Classified Department before being promoted to Telephone Sales Supervisor. She spent time as Classified Advertising Manager at the Great Falls (Montana) Tribune, San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times, the Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal and The Berkshire (Massachusetts) Eagle. She progressed to Targeted Media Publications Manager with the New Haven (Connecticut) Register and The Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts. Crittendon has been the Advertising Director with The Daily Herald for the past three years. She is the Amelia, 7, and is looking forward to returning to Montana.

“I am very pleased we could promote someone as promising as Carol from within the Wick Communications organization,” said Wick President and CEO Tom Yunt. “This internal promotion is a strong signal to others within Wick to aspire for bigger and better professional opportunities in the company.”

Sidney, Montana, is one of Wick Communications’ most important growth markets and lies in the heart of the Bakken oil boom.