Vol. II, No. 86 From Our Region to Yours

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The people (and one appliance) who bring you the news, from our region to yours.

Est. 2025 · Tuesday, October 13, 2026

The Editors

  • Margaret “Peg” Delacroix-Hume Editor-in-Chief , more about Peg
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile The Editors

    Margaret “Peg” Delacroix-Hume

    Peg Delacroix-Hume has run The Regional Dispatch with a red pen and an iron will for longer than most of its readers have been literate. She has never once been wrong, only insufficiently right.

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    Margaret “Peg” Delacroix-Hume, Editor-in-Chief.

    THE CORNER OFFICE — Editor’s Notes, corrections, letters to our readers, and apologies for things nobody noticed. Treats a typo in the classifieds like a constitutional crisis.

    Known For

    • Opens every memo with “It has come to the attention of this newspaper…”
    • Refers to the paper only as “this institution,” and does not use contractions.
    • Keeps up a long correspondence with the man in Ohio, our most loyal reader.

    Currently Working On

    A formal correction to a weather report from last spring.

    Editor’s Note: This Newspaper Stands by Its Reporting That Tuesday Felt Like a Monday

    A Peg headline

    From This Editor

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  • Cornelius P. Bramblewood Senior Editor , more about Cornelius
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    Cornelius P. Bramblewood

    Cornelius P. Bramblewood joined the Dispatch when it was a man shouting from a stump. He files on a typewriter, calls the internet “the electric rumor,” and would like you off his lawn.

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    Cornelius P. Bramblewood, Senior Editor.

    THE BACK PORCH — Writes “In My Day,” a weekly column, and “Bramblewood Responds,” in which he answers reader letters he has not read. Edits by shouting.

    Known For

    • Files every story on a manual typewriter. The copy desk retypes it.
    • Dates every memory wrong (“back in 1893, when I was a cub reporter”).
    • Calls the internet “the electric rumor” and ends every column demanding that someone get off his lawn.

    Currently Working On

    A complete history of the lawn, beginning with its first blade.

    In My Day, We Didn’t Have ‘Streaming.’ We Had a Creek, and We Were Grateful

    A Cornelius headline

    From This Editor

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Politics

  • Harlan Whitcomb Senior Political Correspondent , more about Harlan
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile Politics

    Harlan Whitcomb

    Harlan Whitcomb has covered eleven administrations and liked none of them. He reports from the Dispatch’s Washington bureau, a desk by a window that doesn’t open.

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    Harlan Whitcomb, Senior Political Correspondent.

    WASHINGTON BUREAU — Congress, the White House, campaigns, and anyone holding a podium. Punches at power and process, never at the people stuck living under it.

    Known For

    • Counts the days until he retires. The number goes up.
    • His most trusted source is a man he calls “Deep Throat Lozenge.”
    • Buries the funniest line in paragraph six, on principle.

    Currently Working On

    Waiting for a senior official to finish a sentence.

    Senate Passes Bill After Members Agree Nobody Has to Read It

    A Harlan headline

    From This Reporter

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  • Warren Fitch Elections & Statehouse Reporter , more about Warren
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile Politics

    Warren Fitch

    Warren Fitch covers elections, polling and state capitols, and has a spreadsheet for that. His forecasting model has correctly predicted zero elections.

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    Warren Fitch, Elections & Statehouse Reporter.

    THE STATEHOUSE — Elections, polling and state capitols, every one of them in a spreadsheet he will be glad to walk you through.

    Known For

    • Has a bar chart for every occasion, including birthdays.
    • His forecasting model has correctly predicted zero elections. He calls this “a strong baseline.”
    • Harlan still refuses to learn his name.

    Currently Working On

    A poll of how voters feel about polls.

    New Poll Finds 100% of Voters Who Answer Unknown Numbers Are Undecided

    A Warren headline

    From This Reporter

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Tech

  • Chase Pemberton Technology Reporter , more about Chase
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    Chase Pemberton

    Chase Pemberton covers technology and has never once read the terms and conditions. He is also the founder of a startup, which he will tell you about.

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    Chase Pemberton, Technology Reporter.

    SOMEWHERE WITH GOOD WI-FI — Big Tech, AI, startups, gadgets, earnings calls and “the creator economy.” Believes every press release, and every CEO.

    Known For

    • Founder of an app that reminds your other apps to drink water.
    • Has “a quick call” in the middle of every article.
    • Reports funding rounds like sports scores, and misses the problem until the last line.

    Currently Working On

    A quick call.

    Startup Raises $40 Million to Solve Problem It Will Identify Later

    A Chase headline

    From This Reporter

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Money

  • Brayden Kessler Markets & Money Reporter , more about Brayden
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile Money

    Brayden Kessler

    Brayden Kessler covers markets and money, wakes at 4 a.m., and will mention it. His crypto portfolio is down 98 percent, which he considers basically up.

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    Brayden Kessler, Markets & Money Reporter.

    THE TRADING FLOOR (HIS KITCHEN) — Markets, money, the Fed, and the guy who explains crypto at Thanksgiving. Usually he is the guy.

    Known For

    • Wakes at 4 a.m., and will mention it.
    • His crypto portfolio is down 98 percent, which he considers basically up.
    • Hosts a podcast with two listeners. Both are him.

    Currently Working On

    Buying the dip. Again.

    Economists Confirm Economy Is Fine for People Economists Know

    A Brayden headline

    From This Reporter

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Sports

  • Dale Kowalczyk Sports Columnist , more about Dale
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile Sports

    Dale Kowalczyk

    Dale Kowalczyk has been the voice of Region sports for 31 years and still hasn’t forgiven the 1997 referees.

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    Dale Kowalczyk, Sports Columnist.

    THE PRESS BOX — Pro football, college ball, baseball, golf, the Olympics and whatever the local kids did Saturday. Covers the Super Bowl like a Friday night high school game.

    Known For

    • Holds grudges against referees by name and year.
    • Keeps a weekly power ranking of concession-stand nachos.
    • Ends every column with a one-line verdict, in bold.

    Currently Working On

    This season’s nacho rankings. The stadium knows what it did.

    Local Man Who Has Never Exercised Furious Pro Athlete Isn’t Trying Hard Enough

    A Dale headline

    From This Reporter

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Outdoors & Leisure

  • Bud Lindqvist Outdoors & Leisure Editor , more about Bud
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile Outdoors & Leisure

    Bud Lindqvist

    Bud Lindqvist covers the great outdoors, the weather and the American road trip. He is still looking for a fish named Big Doris.

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    Bud Lindqvist, Outdoors & Leisure Editor.

    SOMEWHERE ON THE LAKE — The great outdoors, the weather, fishing, camping and the American road trip, filed at an unhurried pace.

    Known For

    • Big Doris is real. He has seen her. Twice.
    • Every story becomes a fishing story eventually, including the weather.
    • Loses his annual battle with a raccoon every summer. The raccoon is up 11 to nothing.

    Currently Working On

    Another season of looking for Big Doris.

    Area Dad Spends Entire Vacation Trying to Beat GPS Arrival Time

    A Bud headline

    From This Reporter

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The Region

  • Marjorie Pruitt The Region Desk , more about Marjorie
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    Marjorie Pruitt

    Marjorie Pruitt covers the Region’s city councils, school boards and one ongoing dispute about a stop sign. She brought brownies.

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    Marjorie Pruitt, The Region Desk.

    THE REGION — Local life, city councils, school boards, holidays, food and trends. Reports trivia with the gravity of war correspondence.

    Known For

    • Has covered the 14-year town-council feud over a single stop sign since the first meeting.
    • Her nemesis is the HOA president. He knows why.
    • Adds a recipe nobody asked for to the bottom of the story.

    Currently Working On

    Year 14 of the stop sign.

    Town Hall Meeting on Parking Ends in Unanimous Vote to Feel Strongly About Parking

    A Marjorie headline

    From This Reporter

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Culture & Advice

  • June Albrecht Culture Critic & Advice Columnist , more about June
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile Culture & Advice

    June Albrecht

    June Albrecht reviews movies, music and gas-station sandwiches with equal gravity, and writes “Ask June.” She has never liked a sequel.

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    June Albrecht, Culture Critic & Advice Columnist.

    THE CULTURE DESK — Movies, music, television, books and gas-station sandwiches, reviewed with equal gravity. Also writes “Ask June.”

    Known For

    • Has never once liked a sequel.
    • Rates gas-station sandwiches on the same scale as the opera.
    • Gives advice that is technically correct and totally useless. Secretly kind. Do not tell her you know.

    Currently Working On

    A review of a sequel. It is not going well for the sequel.

    Ask June: ‘My Husband Loads the Dishwasher Wrong.’ June: ‘Leave.’

    A June headline

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World

  • Nigel Ashcombe-Pryce Foreign Correspondent , more about Nigel
    The Regional Dispatch Staff Profile World

    Nigel Ashcombe-Pryce

    Nigel Ashcombe-Pryce files dispatches from every corner of the globe from a desk in the Dispatch’s basement. His passport remains unstamped.

    Illustrated portrait of Nigel Ashcombe-Pryce
    Nigel Ashcombe-Pryce, Foreign Correspondent.

    THE FOREIGN DESK (BASEMENT) — World news from every corner of the globe, by way of the basement. Reports time-zone differences as hardship.

    Known For

    • Files “dispatches from the front.” The front is the vending machine.
    • His passport has never been stamped.
    • His chief rival is a pigeon on the basement window ledge.

    Currently Working On

    Determining, once and for all, which way is east.

    World Leaders Agree on Climate Goal, Disagree on Which Planet

    A Nigel headline

    From This Reporter

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