Roar of the Crowd: April 2025

Smoking PointsIn our February 2025 issue, senior writer Emily McCullar covered a series of wildfires that devastated the Panhandle last year. The story, “Where There’s Smoke,” prompted responses from readers across the state and beyond—and from those who know the region best, including Laurie Ezzell Brown, who is the long-serving publisher and editor of the Canadian Record, a local newspaper.Your work on the wildfires in the Panhandle is extraordinary. The depth and breadth of the story are on a level I have seldom seen. The accuracy of detail and of the very real impact these wildfires have had and will have going  forward created a story that needed telling, and one that, frankly, brought me to tears.Laurie Ezzell Brown, Canadian I read your wildfire article this…

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