DESERT TRAIL COLUMNS

The Wonder Valley News column is published weekly in the Desert Trail, and posted here, every week.

Since September 2024, the column has been written by Teresa Sitz. Her columns are simultaneously published in the Desert Trail newspaper and on the Wonder Valley Plainspoken Substack website. It's free to view, comment, and subscribe to this online version of the Wonder Valley News here:


Louise Borquez wrote the Wonder Valley column for 18 years, beginning in 1984. followed by Cindy McCollum (2003-2012). Louise's daughters, Karen and Darlene (Dar) then took over the weekly column until they retired in September 2024. You can view many of their columns here.

For a brief chronological history of the Wonder Valley News columnists (Martha Coats, Ann Riggs, Georgia Courtney, Louise Borquez, Cindy McCollumn, Karen Meyers & Darlene Parris, and Teresa Sitz) visit this Wonder Valley Plainspoken page: News from Wonder Valley 1972-2025