Summer intern joins Free Press

CHENEY - A West Virginia University student has joined Free Press Publishing as a summer intern.

Brenton "Brent" Johnson, 26, of Morgantown, W.V., is interning on an International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors program; his first day was June 6.

"Brent will contribute extensively this summer to our Cheney and Ritzville publications," Co-owner and Publisher Roger Harnack said. "He comes highly recommended and enjoys small-town life.

"I grew up in Weaverville, North Carolina. It's a suburb of Asheville," Johnson said. "It's probably about the size of Cheney honestly."

Johnson started his ed...