Valley Voice will be reduced to once-a-week publication

Beginning next week, the Valley Voice is consolidating into one edition. This weekend will mark the final publication for the Saturday Valley Voice, as its content shifts over to the Thursday edition.

The goal is to provide a fuller, more Valley-centric report one day a week. Steve Christilaw’s sports stories, Pat Munts’ gardening column, Jennifer LaRue’s arts report all will migrate to Thursday. Jill Barville, who has written for the Front Porch column for years, will move to the 7 section on Friday, where she’ll continue to write about family life.

The change coincides with a restructuring of the Voice team. Pia Hallenberg will become the new Valley reporter. City editor Addy Hatch will now oversee the Voice sections, in collaboration with deputy features editor Kimberly Lusk.

For more information, call Hatch at (509) 459-3805 or Lusk at (509) 459-5457.

– Carolyn Lamberson