Dear Sentinel Supporters,

Several weeks ago, I was presented a unique opportunity to help keep The Sangre De Cristo Sentinel up and running.  It was an opportunity that I was humbled and thankful to receive, and my family and I threw ourselves at the tasks ahead.  I am proud of the way the team here at The Sentinel came together, in an emotional time, to keep the newspaper running.  I am very, very proud of the editions we have put out over the past few weeks.  As humble a goal as it may seem, I believe that we’ve been Accurate, Timely, and Relevant and I couldn’t be more pleased with the paper’s direction and trajectory.

Unfortunately, the conditions have changed.  In light of challenges that were as unexpected as they were unfortunate, last Friday’s edition of The Sentinel you received will be this paper’s final edition.

The Sentinel team, my family, and I are so incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support we received over the past few weeks.  Words of encouragement came in from all corners and it felt as if the majority of our neighbors agreed with the direction we were heading.

In this experiment we call America, that’s how it goes.  Sometimes things work out exactly as you’d hoped, sometimes they don’t.  This is a case of the latter.  And, though it is disheartening and disappointing to have to shut down the Sentinel, our goals and values have not changed.  We remain committed to being as positive and uplifting an impact on this great community of ours as possible.  We will continue to find the good out there and lift up our neighbors whenever possible.

To everyone who has stood by us and supported our vision, you have my eternal thanks.

Wishing all of you the very best.

– Michael Foster