Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years

40-plus years on the job

John Elliott retires from Daily News; he's seen an industry transform, reshape

He's turned molten lead into newsprint and keystrokes into the same. That's the umbrella that John Elliott has worked under and created in the 40-plus years at the Northern Wyoming Daily News. Elliott retired Thursday.

Elliott started at the Daily News as a printer's devil. "That meant you did all the dirty work," he said, adding it was all part of being an apprentice.

His work in the newspaper bu...