Travel/Outdoors
Starved Rock for a good time outside
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor The COVID-19 outbreak put a damper on many a person’s plans for vacations and outdoor adventures during the early spring, but with parks and other public venues in Illinois re-opening it’s time to knock off the quarantine rust and get active again. For those people who enjoy exploring the…
Read MoreThe Easy Writer: Outdoors writer Jim Kirby retires
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor I don’t really know Jim Kirby. When I came on here as the sports editor for The Regional-Reporter, Jim had already been our outdoors writer for the past few years. There was never any question whether to retain him, it was a given he would have his job as long…
Read MoreLost in the mountains
Rocky Mountain National Park offers a welcome respite from the daily grind and distractions By Jason Maholy Sports Editor The natural world radiates a power and energy that gets swallowed by urbanization and the necessarily artificial habitats of which our cities are constructed. Mountains, in particular, have a majestic quality and seem to hold…
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