Joshua Roberts Editor
Joshua Roberts, Craig Daily Press editor, grew up in Kansas City, Kan., and attended Kansas University. He began working for The World Company in 2001, and immediately fell in love with journalism. He came to the Daily Press in 2006 as the assistant editor, and found a home away from home in the Craig and Moffat County community. Joshua has a fondness for feature writing and crime and courts reporting, and contends he works with the best newspaper staff in the state each day. Outside of the office, Joshua enjoys reading, writing, and playing golf and basketball. He is an avid fan of his Kansas Jayhawks and hometown Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs. He is raising a pit bull puppy, Cassius, which he adopted from the Humane Society of Moffat County in October 2009. He also coaches youth basketball in the community.
Recent stories
- Local law enforcement, FBI probe yields arrest in child pornography case
- 04:33 p.m., February 1, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- A Craig Police Department, Moffat County Sheriff’s Office and FBI joint investigation that began in December 2011 into distribution of child pornography led to the arrest of a 39-year-old Craig resident, police reported Wednesday in a news release. The suspect, who lives in the 2000 block of Crockett Drive, was arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child. The newspaper is withholding the suspect’s name in accordance with a policy not to release the identities of suspected sexual offenders unless convicted. According to court records, the suspect is charged in Moffat County Court with solicitation to commit aggravated incest, solicitation to commit sexual exploitation of children, and solicitation to commit sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust, all Class 4 felonies.
- Joshua Roberts: For my friend, with love
- January 21, 2012
- Just tell the truth, I love you, everything will be fine, I said to the friend wrapped inside my arms. We were on the courthouse’s second floor, sharing a quick hug, she seconds from testifying in the custody case, me awaiting outcome of the closed hearing in the hallway. My final words — everything will be fine — were a lie. I didn’t know it then, but I’d deceived her. She disappeared behind wooden doors into the courtroom, believing she’d keep her miracle, the orphaned infant boy who appeared like heaven’s reward. I should have known better, that hope and good intentions only go so far. I should have warned her.
- Josh Roberts: This, above all, I believe
- 01:19 p.m., September 11, 2011 Updated 01:19 p.m.
- (Writer’s note: The majority of this column was written Sept. 11, 2001, and in the early hours of the following morning. It appears today with revisions.) Before this morning, I thought I’d do anything to cover a war. Now, I just feel guilt for being asleep while people were helpless and dying.
- Joshua Roberts: A Cup connection
- How the U.S. women’s team convinced a soccer idiot of the sport’s legitimacy
- 11:48 p.m., July 18, 2011 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- It’s a foreign concept to me, this strange sport called soccer. I’ve read it’s the most popular game in the world, and maybe there’s some truth behind the title, given the ruffian nature of some fans (1), but forgive me, global community, for not exactly picking up what you were putting down. Call me an ugly American, if you’d like.
- The list begins here
- January 20, 2011
- The idea for the section you’re about to read came, simply enough, from an offhand comment in a casual conversation, probably during lunch or an idle moment at the office. “Moffat County wouldn’t be where it is without women.” I don’t remember who said it or the context, so the author remains anonymous for today’s purpose.
- Judge sentences escapee to 15 years in prison
- November 24, 2010
- A man who walked away from a Moffat County Jail work detail in the summer was sentenced Monday in Moffat County District Court for escape and burglary. Brian Nuebel pleaded guilty Monday before Judge Shelley Hill to second-degree burglary of a building, a Class 4 felony, and escape, a Class 3 felony.
- Fraudulent e-mail circulating community
- November 11, 2010
- An e-mail sent out Wednesday is circulating in Craig and Moffat County that fraudulently claims to be from the ownership of the Craig Daily Press. The e-mail, which was sent in the afternoon from craigdailypress@gmail.com and craigdailypress@hotmail.com accounts, contains a link to an online survey requesting feedback on Daily Press Publisher Bryce Jacobson. It was sent to numerous local businesses and residents.
- Charges filed against Dinosaur man in accidental shooting
- Terry Billings faces charges stemming from leaving handgun accessible
- 03:14 p.m., October 21, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- A 63-year-old Dinosaur man turned himself in this morning at the Moffat County Jail in connection to an accidental shooting earlier this month in the town 90 miles west of Craig. A warrant was issued Wednesday for Terry Warren Billings, the grandfather and guardian of a 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl. On Oct. 4, the boy allegedly shot the girl in the arm with Billings’ handgun, according to authorities.
- Life behind the lens
- Craig resident’s calling to photography blooms in retirement years
- August 31, 2010
- There aren’t a lot of comparisons to be drawn between Janele Husband’s two most recent trips. The first was a three-week sojourn through various parts of Alaska. The second was a weekend reunion with childhood friends in her native Nebraska, one nicknamed “The Chill,” and forbidden to spouses and children. But, for the 53-year-old Husband, scenery is irrelevant. Everywhere, no matter the location, is a potentially palette-rich environment for her photographer’s eye.
- Fire destroys cabin in Wilderness Ranch north of Craig
- August 30, 2010
- Upon arriving Saturday afternoon at the scene of a cabin fire in Wilderness Ranch, firefighters found a structure fully-involved in flames with little chance of being saved. However, the nearly 50-person crew from several responding agencies was able to contain the blaze to the cabin, and keep it from spreading to the surrounding forest. Given the close proximity of trees and the ease in which the fire could have spread to them, containing the fire to the cabin can’t be downplayed, Craig Fire/Rescue Chief Bill Johnston said.
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Question of the week
Is the playing field level for women in the workforce in Craig and Moffat County?
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