The News columnist honored

Wendel Sloan, longtime columnist for The Eastern New Mexico News, was honored Sunday night by New Mexico Press Women.

Sloan's book, "Kill a Moose for Jesus," placed second in the non-fiction book category of the NMPW communications contest.

The 100 essays in the book originally appeared as columns in The News, but were "tweaked and updated" for publication in the book, Sloan said.