Today the Lost Coast Outpost is proud to welcome its newest reporter – Sage Alexander, formerly of the Times-Standard! Let’s give it up for Sage, everyone!

Alexander has been a mainstay over at the T-S for the last few years, running around and writing about county government, city councils, court proceedings, economic developments, health care, higher education, mass protests, disasters, emergencies, catastrophes, small triumphs, petty squabbles, bad weather, good weather, cannabis regulation, algal blooms, zoo animals and the county fair chili cook-off.

So he has paid his Humboldt dues. Now, what’s he going to be doing for you? More of the same! But perhaps a tiny bit less of it? Many hands make light work, and we hope that a larger newsroom will allow Alexander to go a little bit deeper than the decapitated-chicken approach to content creation has permitted him to do, heretofore.

We’re expecting that pretty soon, here, Alexander is going to be bringing you more coverage from the Humboldt County Courthouse than we’ve had since the great Rhonda Parker retired. Which is cool, because we’ve been missing that. But I dunno, there’s lots of ways we can go! Maybe you have ideas.

“I’m very excited to start working at the Outpost,” Alexander tells me, his new boss. “I love reporting in Humboldt County. It’s a very interesting place, with very unique people. They’re always very hungry to learn more about the place they live, so reporting is very appreciated here.”

OK! Welcome aboard, Sage Alexander! You’ll be seeing his byline here very soon.