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Cat Urbigkit: Gun Violence And Silencing the Language of Hate
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Just as predictably as Republicans pointed to mental health issues and the presence of evil in society as the cause for gun violence, Democrats pointed to gun ownership in America as the root cause. Both sides are busy issuing statements, attempting to score political points while blaming the other party."
Cat UrbigkitMay 31, 2022
Dave Simpson: Dave’s Hard-Learned Lessons For The Grads
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "A high school graduation party for a young man I shadowed on his first day walking home from grade school reminds me that it's time for Dave's Hard-Learned Lessons for the Grads."
Dave SimpsonMay 31, 2022
Dave Walsh: University of Wyoming Sports, A Family Affair
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "I just think it is so interesting, and a great show of respect, when a next-generation of Cowboys and Cowgirls end up representing Old U-Dub in competition. We see it in all sports at Wyoming, and its especially out front and a common occurrence for Wyoming football."
Dave WalshMay 27, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Game & Fish Compensation Program Shortchanges Livestock Producers
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Sympathy doesnt pay the bills, and its past time for Game and Fish to take action to re-evaluate its compensation formulas, and for state and federal lawmakers to try to figure out how to pay for these large predator species that the nation wants but are financially impacting ranchers."
Cat UrbigkitMay 24, 2022
Dave Simpson: A Time When Every Day Is Saturday
Columnist Dave Simpson write: "We're lucky in Wyoming, where most who head off to Washington stay for a few terms, then come home to the state they've professed to love for years. Most don't go native in Washington, and that's a good thing. (Sadly, Mike Enzi didn't get much time to enjoy life back home before his tragic accident.)"
Dave SimpsonMay 23, 2022
Dave Walsh: Big Game, Big Crowd, Great Venue? 2002 MWC Basketball Championship Had It All
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "This Cowboy Basketball game, this special game, took place a little more than 20 years ago. Wyoming was to play its Mountain West Conference rival, Utah, in the Arena-Auditorium. Great league match-up on the Cowboys home court! Thats special right there.
Dave WalshMay 20, 2022
Buffalo Bill’s Grave, Part 2: National Guard Called Out To Protect Buffalo Bill’s Body
According to reports, the Colorado National Guard was called out twice -- in 1917 and again in 1948 -- to protect Buffalo Bill's body from being stolen.
Wendy CorrMay 18, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Wolves Create Landscape of Fear for Prey, Landscape of Stress for Farmers
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "According to a new scientific study, 'The landscape of stress for sheep owners when coexisting with wolves and other large carnivores suggest that sheep owners behavior is somewhat similar to behavior described for prey in the ecology of fear.'"
Cat UrbigkitMay 18, 2022
Dave Simpson: They’ll Call You Every Name In The Book
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Crazy increases in property values shouldn't result in crazy windfalls to government. Taxing bodies need to live in the real world, with the rest of us."
Dave SimpsonMay 17, 2022
The Question Persists: Where Is Buffalo Bill Really Buried?
Buffalo Bill Cody, once the most famous man in the world, was buried on Lookout Mountain in Colorado despite specific instructions to be buried near Cody, Wyoming. Although some believe Bill's body was stolen from his Colorado grave and moved to Cody after all.
Wendy CorrMay 17, 2022
Dave Walsh: Remembering Wyoming’s First Football Game Under the Lights
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "1988 was a magical season for the Cowboys, one in which the Pokes would win a record 11 games. And still, some 34 years later, and after 125 years of Cowboy football, it holds the Wyoming record for most wins in a single season."
Dave WalshMay 12, 2022
William Perry Pendley: Backing The Blue+
Former BLM Director William Perry Pendley writes: "If we believe in law and order, in a civil society, and civilization itself, we must support law enforcement, we must back the blue, and we must fund the vital role they play in our society."
William Perry PendleyMay 12, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Yellowstone Stirs Controversy Over State Management of Predators, Part 2
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Yellowstone park officials know that wolf and grizzly bear populations have saturated available range inside the park and that these large predator populations will continue range expansion outside the parks borders. YNP created this mess, but looks to the states to fix it."
Cat UrbigkitMay 10, 2022
Dave Simpson: Conspiracy Theorists, You Say?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: State party politics is sort of a hobby like spelunking, or flying model airplanes with little connection to everyday conservatives who just want smaller government, fewer regulations, lower taxes, secure borders, less crime, inflation relief, and a whole lot less of this woke insanity.
Dave SimpsonMay 10, 2022
Dave Walsh: Following The Pokes In The Pros
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "The Josh Allen craze that continues here in the Cowboy State is certainly not the first example. The Logan Wilson infatuation will not be the last. Will there be a flurry of Jacksonville Jaguar jersey sightings coming soon?"
Dave WalshMay 06, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Yellowstone Stirs Controversy Over State Management of Predators, Part 1
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "It was a damning revelation: wolf hunting outside of Yellowstone National Park had 'altered pack behavior, damaged research.' I'm calling bullshit on that claim."
Cat UrbigkitMay 04, 2022
Dave Simpson: Sponging Up Those Russian Nukes
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "We're the expendables, and as the home of Warren Air Force Base, overseeing 150 silos here and another 300 in Montana and North Dakota, we're no doubt leading the list of expendables."
Dave SimpsonMay 03, 2022
Delta Stops Cody Airport Service Because Of Pilot Shortage; Air Service Cut In Half
A shortage of pilots has caused Delta Airlines to cancel all of its flights in and out of Cody. This means air traffic will be reduced by nearly half this summer.
Wendy CorrMay 02, 2022
Dave Walsh: The Wyoming Cowboys Played The First-Ever American Football Game In Australia
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "In Australia, all on-air radio announcers are members of a union. And until Wyoming Sens. Al Simpson and Malcolm Wallop got involved on our behalf, we were not allowed to do the broadcast. But we were finally cleared to broadcast and were off to Melbourne for the 85 season finale."
Dave WalshApril 29, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Profiles in Political Cowardice — WyoRino and WyoVote
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "While the anonymous folks behind the websites WyoRino and WyoVote portray themselves as bastions of Conservatism (with a capital C), Im calling out both for political cowardice."
Cat UrbigkitApril 26, 2022
Dave Simpson: Our Last Dog? That Jury’s Still Out!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "'This is absolutely the LAST DOG we're ever going to have,' my wife proclaims on a pretty regular basis. 'And I mean it!'
Dave SimpsonApril 26, 2022
Dave Walsh: Remembering Joe Dowler And George Kay, Two Wyoming Sports Legends
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "Joe Dowler and George Kay were two icons who were exceptional in their chosen fields for many years and were even more impressive as genuinely kind and caring people."
Dave WalshApril 22, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Tracking Bird Flu
Avian influenza is spreading with the spring migration of wild birds. The bad news is that the outlook for domestic flocks and a variety of wild birds that contract the virus is glum.
Cat UrbigkitApril 19, 2022
Yellowstone Actor Cole Hauser To Lead Cody’s Stampede Parade
Cody Stampede officials announced that Yellowstone actor Cole Hauser will serve as grand marshall for the Cody Stampede parade on July 4.
Wendy CorrApril 19, 2022