Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will hold its 73rd Annual Meeting
of the Members at the Sundance High School Auditorium in Sundance, Wyoming on
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. At that time, the membership will elect trustees to
fill the four seats on the Board whose terms are up for election.
There are four seats on Range’s Board of Trustees up for re-election:
Richard Sparks from District #2, Harry Goodwin from District #3, Dwight “Scotty
” Ferguson from District #4 and Joni Jo Bement-Spottedwolf (Trustee-at-large). All four incumbents
have indicated they would like to be nominated for another three-year term.
A Nominating Committee consisting of eight Cooperative members has been appointed for
the purpose of nominating as many qualified candidates as they deem necessary for
placement on the 2026 election ballot. The Committee will meet at Range’s headquarters in
Forsyth at 2325 Front Street and via teleconference at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18th
to nominate candidates to be placed on the ballot for the four positions. To qualify for
placement on the ballot (per Article IV, Section 3 of the Cooperative bylaws), candidates
must (a) be current members of Range Telephone, (b) maintain their principal residence in
the area served by the Cooperative and in the district which that person is to represent,
(c) no person shall be eligible who is in any way employed by, or financially interested in, a
competing enterprise or a business engaged in selling communication service or supplies,
or constructing or maintaining communication facilities, other than a business operating
on a cooperative non-profit-basis for the purpose of furthering rural telephone or other
communications service. In addition, no member may be nominated if he/she is related
to a current employee of Range.
Anyone interested in being placed on the ballot, please contact a Nominating Committee
member from your district prior to Wednesday, March 18th, and ask to be placed
on the ballot for the Board of Trustee 2026 election:
District #2 – South Miles City (421), Broadus (436), North Broadus (554),
South Broadus (427), Alzada (828 & 878)
District #3 – Busby (592), Lame Deer (477), Birney (984), Ashland (784)
District #4 – Decker (750 &757), SE Sheridan (737), Clearmont (758), Arvada (736)
Trustee-at-Large – Representing Crow and Northern Cheyenne Tribes
For more information, contact Range at 800-927-2643.
