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Joan Barron: Small Towns Will Get Penalized If They Don't Submit Audit Reports
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "Wyoming small towns would face stiff penalties if they fail to provide the state with annual audit reports. A new bill would block government entities from getting sales, use & lodging taxes if they don't submit audit reports"
Joan BarronJuly 04, 2026
Bill Sniffin: Data Centers And Nuclear Plants – Wyoming Is The Envy Of The World
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Right now, three of the hottest sectors in America's economy are data centers, advanced nuclear energy, and robotics. Wyoming is batting .667. We are becoming a national leader in data centers and advanced nuclear power."
Bill SniffinJuly 04, 2026
Jonathan Lange: Honoring The Founding Means Accountability To God
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Every single delegate to the Continental Congress understood that personal responsibility. So, they did not issue the Declaration as a work of a committee, or of the congress as a whole. They insisted on unanimity. And each was personally accountable."
Jonathan LangeJuly 04, 2026
Dennis Sun: Celebrating America’s Semiquincentennial
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Take time during coming weeks to get to know the history of where you live – you will be surprised about the amount of history close by."
Dennis SunJuly 03, 2026
Rod Miller: Chuck Gray’s Pickle Over Wyoming Voter Info
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Why did Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray roll over and so readily provide that information to the feds based on a simple request, and not a formal subpoena?"
Rod MillerJuly 03, 2026
Tom Lubnau: Splitting the Field — Why Chuck Gray Might Win With Only One in Five Votes
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Chuck Gray, fresh with another boxcar load of family money, is the statistical leader in the congressional race, according to polling information shared with me."
Tom LubnauJuly 02, 2026
Ken Buck: Socialism And The Deceptive Online Housing Scheme
Columnist Ken Buck writes, "Homeowners are more likely to vote and more likely to support free-market principles. It's no wonder so many young people have bought into the lie of socialism. It's an appealing facade for those who feel fenced out of the American dream."
Ken BuckJuly 01, 2026
Ray Hunkins: The Art Of The (Iran) Deal
Columnist Ray Hunkins writes, "Conventional wisdom suggested the U.S. should have press its advantage and not interrupt its momentum. Victory appeared close at hand. So why the dichotomy between Trump’s advice and Trump’s actions?"
Ray HunkinsJuly 01, 2026
Fred Harrison: If We're Going To Make It, We've Got To Channel Our Founders
Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "We have tolerated judges enamored with the so-called Living Constitution, treating our founding document not as a binding legal text but as flexible material the current preferences can reshape."
Fred HarrisonJune 30, 2026
Dave Simpson: Soccer Fans Bring A Breath Of Fresh Air
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "If ever there was a much-needed breath of fresh air in this country, it has arrived in the form of thousands of soccer fans reveling in how wonderful America is."
Dave SimpsonJune 30, 2026
Gail Symons: Who Gets To Define What A Republican Is?
Columnist Gail Symons writes, "A party that repeatedly attacks traditional Republicans risks losing their support and willingness to defend it in their communities. Ask whether you’ve surrendered your political identity's definition to the loudest people in the room."
Gail SymonsJune 28, 2026
Rod Miller: Welcome To The Allemand Show
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Saturday Night Live writers could have stayed up all night at Burning Man, eating peyote and howling at the moon, and they wouldn’t have written a sketch as funny as the body cam video of Rep. Bill Allemand getting busted for (allegedly) driving drunk."
Rod MillerJune 28, 2026
Joan Barron: Carcinogen Cleanup Stalled In Cheyenne
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "A project to clean up an abandoned Atlas missile site west of Cheyenne has been at a standstill for the past two years. At issue is a carcinogen that airmen used to scrub nuclear warhead rockets during the 1950s and 1960s."
Joan BarronJune 27, 2026
Bill Sniffin: Married For A Billion Seconds! Reflections On 60 Years of Marriage
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Some 60 years ago over a three-week period in locations almost 1,000 miles apart, three young couples got married in May and June of 1970. Now, these three couples are celebrating their Diamond Anniversaries in Lander."
Bill SniffinJune 27, 2026
Dennis Sun: The New World Screwworm Is One Expensive Parasite
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The New World screwworm is causing trouble and costing dollars in Texas and New Mexico. "Twenty cases have been found so far, and if there are 20 cases in livestock and pets, there are probably another 20 cases or more in wildlife."
Dennis SunJune 26, 2026
Jonathan Lange: Parental Rights Are Children’s Rights
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “Every enforcement tool from the federal DOJ and DOE to the local school board should be protecting a child’s right to be raised by his or her own parents.”
Jonathan LangeJune 26, 2026
Rod Miller: A Bleak Future for the Chemtrail Caucus
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "The Wyoming Freedom Caucus’ two years in power have exposed their fumbling ineptitude, their disconnect with the values of Wyoming citizens, and their continuing lust for power. Their performance has doomed their movement."
Rod MillerJune 26, 2026
Tom Lubnau: The Wyoming Republican Party Is Eating Itself
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The Wyoming GOP's move to endorse primary candidates, demand loyalty oaths, and favor campaigns is a violation of Wyoming law, short-sighted, and self-destructive. Their actions will lead to the party's eventual collapse."
Tom LubnauJune 25, 2026
Ken Buck: Vice President Vance Is Hunting Fraud
Columnist Ken Buck writes, "This spring the White House launched the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, the largest-ever governmentwide effort to root out fraud, waste and abuse from federal programs."
Ken BuckJune 25, 2026
Fred Harrison: The Stolen Veto — How Wyoming Voters Can Take Back Our Courts
Columnist Fred Harrison writes, "Increasingly, after the votes are counted and the laws are passed, those laws are quietly erased. Not by the voters, and not by the legislature. They are vetoed by unelected lawyers wearing black robes."
Fred HarrisonJune 24, 2026
Dave Simpson: When Is The Death Penalty The Only Option?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "I once saw two young men sentenced to death. I was in the courtroom in Laramie in August of 1974 when Judge Bentley sentenced Billy Cloman and Julian Turner to the gas chamber for murders of two Laramie County ranchers."
Dave SimpsonJune 23, 2026
Gail Symons: Waiting Tables Woke Me Up Pretty Fast
Columnist Gail Symons writes, "After tuition and expenses, my flexibility hinged on tips. Those tips reflected how well I served people. There was a direct connection between effort and result, and good service mattered."
June 22, 2026
Clair McFarland: Y'all Could Learn A Thing Or Two From My Dad
Clair McFarland writes, "To me, the valiant man of our world is the one who makes things run, makes things last, makes things hold their purpose under pressure. That’s my dad.”
Clair McFarlandJune 21, 2026
Joan Barron: Revisiting Ebola, And 'The Hot Zone'
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "That old horror disease, Ebola, is back in the news, most unfortunately and prevention is on high alert. Given that there was nearly an outbreak of Ebola in this country years ago, these precautions are understandable."
Joan BarronJune 20, 2026