The Colorado Sun: The Limon Leader, a weekly newspaper that has long served Lincoln County and a cluster of towns on the Eastern Plains, this week announced that it will close by the end of the year, and possibly sooner, leaving yet another rural news void in Colorado.

But while many papers have succumbed to flagging economic fortunes, the Leader’s closure reflects “realities of today’s environment, coupled with our key personnel seeking to retire soon,” according to a letter to readers and advertisers under the byline of Catherine Thurston, who operates the publication.

Thurston would like to step away but there’s “nobody to replace me,” she told Corey Hutchins of the newsletter “Inside the News in Colorado.” In one byline her duties were described as “Manager, Editor, Publisher and Chief Bottle Washer” of the Leader. 

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