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Bill Sniffin: Holy Cow! Did A Quarter Of A Century Just Go By? Here Are Some Reflections
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Right now marks the end of the first quarter of the 21st century. Where does the time go? These past 25 years have been very very interesting.”
Bill SniffinDecember 03, 2025
Dave Simpson: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - On Our Chins
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “I'm talkin' whiskers, folks. Some men got 'em. Some men don't. I got 'em. No brag. Just fact.”
Dave SimpsonDecember 01, 2025
Cassie Craven: The Great Danger In Our Country That's Not Being Talked About Enough
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, "Now we find ourselves in a dangerous time. But what should happen? Should we all hold our breath and see where the chips fall after these reckless liberal policies that let millions of unvetted people into our country?"
Cassie CravenNovember 30, 2025
Gail Symons: Two Governors, Two States, One Western Way
Columnist Gail Symons writes, "While Congress seems more interested in viral clips than in governing, Gov. Mark Gordon and Gov. Spencer Cox talk about nuclear compacts, wildlife crossings, and how to keep kids in rural communities. The difference is hard to miss."
Gail SymonsNovember 30, 2025
Bill Sniffin: Bill, Del, And Barb Keep Shoshone Forest Going During Tough Times
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Dedicated-forest volunteers like Bill Lee, Del Nelson, and Barb Gustin just quietly do their jobs helping out. It is so appropriate that they get this recognition.”
Bill SniffinNovember 30, 2025
Joan Barron: Cheyenne's New Children's Museum Is A Gem
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "While Cheyenne residents continue to debate whether the influx of gambling outlets is good or evil, no one is questioning the positive nature of another new project. It is a special gem — the Children’s Museum of the Capital City."
Joan BarronNovember 29, 2025
Dennis Sun: Big News For Regional Beef Producers
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "The big news this week is the Tyson packinghouse in Lexington, Neb. closing down. The packinghouse has operated over 30 years, employs over 3,200 people and processes around 5,000 fat cattle a day."
Dennis SunNovember 28, 2025
Tom Lubnau: A Wyoming Thanksgiving for Our Politics
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Every state has its share of sky-watchers who believe contrails hold mysterious powers. But most folks in Wyoming know that if the government truly wanted to influence the weather, they’d start by figuring out how to stop the wind in Rawlins..."
Tom LubnauNovember 26, 2025
Bill Sniffin: Unique Wyoming Gifts Should Be On Your Gift List For Christmas This Year
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “What to buy for Christmas? How about items made in Wyoming by your friends and neighbors? Here is my annual list for you to consider.”
Bill SniffinNovember 26, 2025
Dave Simpson: Seven Months After Surgery, So Far, So Good
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “You breathe a little easier when the first test comes back with a number the doc calls 'undetectable.' But, they don't have a bell for you to ring that soon, celebrating the “defeat” of the disease. Way too early for that."
Dave SimpsonNovember 24, 2025
Gail Symons: Wyoming Better Jump On This Energy Market
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "The future looks different from the old, extraction-only mindset. It means manufacturing components instead of only shipping fuel. It means hosting data centers and research labs not just the wells and the mines."
Gail SymonsNovember 24, 2025
Cassie Craven: Welfare Was Supposed To Be Our Job
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “The shift of society away from the church-based and community welfare efforts, toward the government was no good for our fellow man. Neither were the technological advances that made us distant, isolated, and serotonin-addicted."
Cassie CravenNovember 24, 2025
Clair McFarland: What I Want To Say Before The Bots Take Over
Clair McFarland writes: "Artificial intelligence is threatening to replace real human beings with the sum of our least complete thoughts. But for the space of this column, let me be an individual."
Clair McFarlandNovember 22, 2025
Joan Barron: UW Tax Exemptions Have Laramie Steamed
Columnist Joan Barron writes, “The amount of property tax income lost to the City of Laramie and to Albany County from the University of Wyoming exemption totals about $4 million to more than $5 million a year. And the citizens would prefer the payments be in cash."
Joan BarronNovember 22, 2025
Jonathan Lange: Annoying Emails Are Not Exempt From The First Amendment
Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "We still don’t know how many emails are being diverted. And we don’t know what percentage of them are constitutionally protected communications from Wyoming citizens to their elected officials."
Jonathan LangeNovember 21, 2025
Dennis Sun: It was a Good News Week
Columnist Dennis Sun writes, "It’s not often agriculture has a week where good news abounds, but this was the case last week."
Dennis SunNovember 21, 2025
Scott Clem: The Spoiled Mob And Spooked Alarmists Have Been Here A While
Columnist Scott Clem writes: “It may seem new that our political culture looks like part spoiled mob, and part spooky-conspiracy-theory, tin-foil hat club, but it's not. The historical terms are modernity and post-modernity. They’re not new, and they’ve shaped our politics, morality, and spirituality."
Scott ClemNovember 21, 2025
Tom Lubnau: Clear Creek Wood Bank – Making Wyoming Better
Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "The Clear Creek Wood Bank is a charitable project out of Buffalo. Its mission is to 'ensure no one ever has to choose between eating and heating.' Last year it distributed 128 cords of cut/split firewood to 892 families in northern Wyoming.
Tom LubnauNovember 19, 2025
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Is Where The Wild Things Are
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Badgers, bears, wolves, elk, deer, beavers, wild horses, plus just about every other critter. Here in Wyoming, we live in the wildest of places.”
Bill SniffinNovember 18, 2025
Dave Simpson: Don't Bet The Farm On 'Coming Together'
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “This whole 'coming together' thing is a pipe dream anyway. Last time it happened, after 9-11, the togetherness only lasted a couple months before we were back at each others' throats.”
Dave SimpsonNovember 17, 2025
Gail Symons: Leadership Wyoming Turns The Awkward Into Empathy
Columnist Gail Symons writes: "The payoff for Leadership Wyoming does not surface in a single headline. It shows up in quieter ways, years later. When a decision crosses their desks, the alumni conjure memories of coal dust, hospital waiting rooms, tribal offices, and rural main streets."
Gail SymonsNovember 17, 2025
Cassie Craven: Dumb Watchdogs Beware
Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “Don’t put your belief in people. Trump, leadership, a governor. They will all let you down. Put your belief in God. Something that is pure and true and good. Something that doesn’t involve killing and pretending to be what we are not."
Cassie CravenNovember 17, 2025
Bill Sniffin: Four Of Wyoming’s Television Icons Are Gone
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "If Wyoming had a Mount Rushmore for large Wyoming personalities who were on the national TV news constantly, it would be Al Simpson, Dick Cheney, Gerry Spence, and Foster Friess. All were constantly appearing on national TV programs in their prime."
Bill SniffinNovember 16, 2025
Joan Barron: Will We Let Wyoming's Small Towns Die?
Columnist Joan Barron writes, "Could we, in good conscience, let Lost Springs die? Or Manderson? Or Hyattville? I think as long as Wyoming has money in the bank, they will get state help. Whether that is wise or not is debatable."
Joan BarronNovember 15, 2025