Juan Santos: 1947-2008
Juan Santos, who covered Alamance County and the Guilford County commissioners while he worked here in the late 1980s, passed away Sunday. Cancer. Juan moved to Raleigh and served for years as communication director with the state Department of Labor, but while he was here, he was a crackerjack investigative reporter.
He and I didn't have any interaction while he worked with the state, but my guess is that he told it like it was in a way that reporters covering the department weren't familiar with. He'll be missed.