<div class="row hero_container">

  <div class="col-md-12">
  <h2>
  Latest Blog Post
  </h2>

  {{ range first 1 ((where .Pages.ByDate "Section" "blog").Reverse) }}
    {{- with .Params.truncate -}}
      {{- $.Scratch.Set "truncate" . }}
    {{- else -}}
      {{- with .Site.Params.truncate -}}
        {{- $.Scratch.Set "truncate" . }}
      {{- else -}}
        {{- $.Scratch.Set "truncate" 600 -}}
      {{- end -}}
    {{- end -}}
    {{- with .Params.blog_banner -}}
      {{- $.Scratch.Set "blog_banner"