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Dave Simpson: Always Ask For The ‘Wisdom Discount’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Let's talk about something other than war and politics this week, because, like, everyone needs a ding-dong break now and then."
Dave SimpsonApril 19, 2022
Dave Walsh: Springtime In Wyoming Means Only 19 Weeks Until Cowboy Football!
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "I am so lucky to have had Kevin McKinney as my partner on Cowboy Football broadcasts. We did 36 years of Cowboy Basketball together, and will head into the 39th consecutive year of announcing Cowboy Football together."
Dave WalshApril 15, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Court Affirms Plan For New 3,500-Well Gas Field in Sublette County
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "What the case demonstrates is that when environmental groups dont have a federally protected species to hang their litigation hats on, their arguments arent nearly as effective at stalling or halting projects when a case makes it to the federal court."
Cat UrbigkitApril 13, 2022
Dave Simpson: Let’s Give The Legislature A Gentlemanly C-
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Seven out of ten Wyoming voters supported Trump. But on some important issues, the majority of lawmakers are far more squishy, more milquetoast, more spineless than your average Trump supporter."
Dave SimpsonApril 12, 2022
Dave Walsh: NCAA Tournament Brings Back Memories Of Wyoming’s ‘Sweet 16’ Season
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "The mens championship on Monday night was the classic finale for all of it. This years Final Four took me back to the Cowboys final game of the 1986-87 season."
Dave WalshApril 08, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Buffalo Commons, Version 2022
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: The American Prairie Reserve, a non-profit Montana-based organization that has built up more than $100 million in assets, is buying up property to create the largest nature reserve in the contiguous United States and the federal government is helping them.
Cat UrbigkitApril 06, 2022
Dave Simpson: Good News, The Legislature Got An F
Dave Simpson writes that the Cheyenne newspaper gave the Legisature an F because they failed to raise taxes, cash-in on free Medicaid expansion money, didn't spend as much humanly possible on American Rescue Plan Act money, and talked about silly issues like prohibiting guys from competing on girls' athletic teams.
Dave SimpsonApril 05, 2022
Bureau of Land Management Yesterday and Today: Energy Independence
Former BLM Director Perry Pendley writes: "In July 2019, America, for the first time since 1957, achieved energy independence. Sadly, it did not last long. President Biden began on his first day in office by killing the Keystone XL Pipeline, cancelling all federal oil and gas lease sales..."
William Perry PendleyApril 05, 2022
Dave Walsh: A Radio Guy Takes A Dive Into The Written Word
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "Ive been fortunate enough to call Cowboy games for almost four decades now, thats more than 1,500 game broadcasts. And now, it is my great privilege and honor to write this column and tell my stories."
Dave WalshApril 01, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Ending Federal Wolf Oversight, or Permanent Protection?
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Regardless of the naysayers seeking permanent wolf protections, Wyoming should celebrate its success on the 5-year anniversary of the removal of its gray wolves from the list of species federally protected under the Endangered Species Act. Weve earned it."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 30, 2022
Dave Simpson: Please, Spare Us The Swashbuckling
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Years ago, I asked some off-duty airmen if they could turn the keys required to launch nuclear missiles, and one said, 'By the time I get that order, I figure my girlfriend is already dead and my stereo is toast. So yes, I could.'
Dave SimpsonMarch 29, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Biden Steps Away From Protectionists’ 30 x 30 Plan
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Perhaps Bidens Democratic colleagues in Congress will eventually leave the protectionist camp and join the social conservationists in the realization that conserving biodiversity should be paired with sustaining human livelihoods and communities."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 23, 2022
Dave Simpson: He Has More Important Work At Home
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I was a couple days early in my visit to the Senate gallery, and missed the action-packed afternoon when they tied my senator to the mast and flogged him with the cat of nine tails, removing him from his committees for being an unrepentant scoundrel."
Dave SimpsonMarch 22, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Tom James & Wyoming’s Boondock Saints
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "In a bizarre St. Patricks Day salute, Senator Tom James of Green River likened himself and five other state senators to the violent religious extremists featured in the cult classic film The Boondock Saints."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 19, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Government in Sunshine — Your Right to Know
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "This is Sunshine Week, a week in which news organizations across the country highlight the importance of government transparency and celebrate the publics right to know the workings of its government a critical principle in democracy."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 15, 2022
Dave Simpson: Biteman’s Right – It’s ‘Pretty Childish’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "The guy who represents me, and other constituents from eastern Laramie County clear up to Torrington, is held in serious contempt by the powers that be, and that's why our senator no longer serves on any committees. You might say he got 'Pelosied.'"
Dave SimpsonMarch 15, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Energy Industry Exits Russia, While ExxonMobil Relaunches Wyoming Project
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes "ExxonMobil estimates that the expansion project will involve an average of 162 construction jobs over 29 months, with a peak workforce of 388, and creation of 11 new permanent positions added to its existing 200-person workforce in the area."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 09, 2022
Dave Simpson: Bumpgate — A Case of Weak Sauce
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Surveillance video of that bumping incident in February between two Wyoming state senators, both Republicans, is downright underwhelming. It's clearly no Zapruder film."
Dave SimpsonMarch 08, 2022
Cody Builds Six 150mph Wind-Proof Geodesic Domes
Six clear geodesic domes, designed to withstand 150mph wind gusts, have been constructed in Cody to provide people a way to gather outside but remain sheltered from the elements.
Wendy CorrMarch 04, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: What the WYGOP Stands For
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "The Wyoming GOP's pursuit of "Riding for the Brand has turned authoritarian, requiring strict obedience to its authority at the expense of personal freedoms."
Cat UrbigkitMarch 01, 2022
Dave Simpson: The Mind Just Keeps On Boggling
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Last week young persons from Laramie were over here at the Legislature, threatening to leave Wyoming if the state passes a law that biological males (we called them 'guys') can't compete against biological females (we called them 'girls') in athletics."
Dave SimpsonMarch 01, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Wyoming Wildlife Advocates Deceives to Support Wolf Relisting
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: The Wyoming Wildlife Advocates' assertion that here in Sublette County we are killing wolves ahead of any conflicts is pure fallacy, as is the assertion that lethal control wouldnt be needed "if livestock producers were using preventative, non-lethal methods to avoid losses."
Cat UrbigkitFebruary 23, 2022
Dave Simpson: You Take Your Lumps And Move On
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "moved on to a spirited debate about some issue. A reporter for another paper got the names mixed up, and her story had the deceased lawmaker participating enthusiastically in the debate."
Dave SimpsonFebruary 21, 2022
Karen Budd-Falen: It’s An EPA “Miracle”—Turning Your “Dry Land” into a “Wetland?”
Columnist Karen Budd-Falen writes: "I will be supporting the private landowners in this case because while I believe that Jesus did and can perform miracles, under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government should not have that same power."
Jimmy OrrFebruary 17, 2022