Shrull named Grand Junction Daily Sentinel managing editor

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel has appointed Dale Shrull as managing editor.

The newspaper reported Friday that Shrull was promoted from sports editor, the position he held for two years.

Shrull replaces Mike Wiggins. Wiggins and Erin McIntire, a former reporter at the Daily Sentinel, purchased the Ouray County Plaindealer newspaper.

Shrull joined the Sentinel in April 2013 as a sportswriter.

He previously worked at newspapers in Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Montrose and Cortez.