In 2020 major budget cuts were made across the board at the chancery. The West River Catholic staff was asked to publish every-other-month instead of monthly. Since that time, they have looked for ways to keep the news timely. The first effort, to print bi-monthly, meant sending out news well in advance or reporting on things that happened weeks prior.

As much as possible, news is posted on the diocesan website and calendar items go to the bulletins. We have a weekly email list that goes out on Wednesday afternoons, but we still have readers who say they missed hearing about opportunities to grow in faith.

When you work for a charitable organization you look for ways to make every dollar stretch. After discussions about working on a limited budget, but still wanting to be timely, a new plan has the WRC publishing monthly again. Instead of one 24-page paper every other month, most issues will be 12 pages monthly. Special editions may require more pages.

Now readers should be on target to hear what is going on in the Diocese of Rapid City using a more pertinent schedule.