Blair Athol, Community Contributor

Since his first column saw light, a grade-school newsletter treatise on cricket, Blair has gained bylines in local, national and niche publications on both sides of the Atlantic. Now a resident of Oklahoma, Blair covers the south-west quadrant of America for Patch - from Pacific to Plains - including midwest, south-central and southwestern states. His beat involves state and local government, education, commerce and environmental issues. Blair is a credentialed member of the International Federation of Journalists.