Meet Rusty

Rusty Bradshaw has been around. Born in California, grew up in Wyoming. After graduating from Dubois High School, he attended Northwest College in Powell then went to Oregon to obtain his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Oregon University. It was in Oregon where Rusty, an avid reader, started what has been a 40-plus year career in journalism at several newspapers in Seaside, St. Helens, Milton-Freewater and Astoria. During his career in Oregon, Rusty won several writing awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. He was also named Junior Citizen of the Year by the Milton-Freewater Chamber of Commerce and coached youth football for nine years.

Rusty’s career continued after a move to Arizona in 2004. He was editor of two newspapers in age-restricted communities – Sun City and Sun City West. He has two grown children – Sara in Oregon and Evan in Idaho. Now retired from journalism, he lives in Glendale with his wife, Jeanne. They enjoy football, bingo, road trips, jigsaw puzzles and any other activities they can do together.