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Bill Sniffin: How To Deal With 2,000 Hippies When They Invaded Wyoming Over July 4 Holiday?

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Bill SniffinAugust 30, 2025

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Jonathan Lange: Department of Health Caught Violating Federal Law

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Jonathan LangeAugust 29, 2025

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Dennis Sun: There Are No Crystal Balls When It Comes To Beef Prices

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Dennis SunAugust 29, 2025

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Tom Lubnau:  One Instance Where the 2025 Legislature Got it Right

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Tom LubnauAugust 27, 2025

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    Dave SimpsonPolitical, Wyoming Life Columnist
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    Candy MoultonWyoming Life Columnist
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Bill Sniffin: Serving As ‘Bear Bait’ May Have Been Worst Job In The World?

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Ranger Steve Frye waited for a bear to enter the cage, while squatting in putrid garbage. It was him or the bear. Yikes.”

Bill SniffinAugust 27, 2025

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Dave Simpson: The Death Of Gerry Spence, A True Wyoming Legend

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Gerry Spence and [partner] Ed Moriarity were larger than life, courtroom legends, a fearsome combination. That trip to Jackson was the most fascinating afternoon I ever spent in a news career that has spanned five decades."

Dave SimpsonAugust 25, 2025

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Cassie Craven: Get Ready For School Discipline To Get Political

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “The counseling issue in schools and how teachers should handle discipline will be one of the most complicated and hotly contested issues in Wyoming politics this year.”

Cassie CravenAugust 24, 2025

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Gail Symons: They’re Making Laws About You. Show Up

Columnist Gail Symons writes: “Civic education is not about memorizing the Federalist Papers. It is about knowing whom to call, what meeting to attend, and how to make your voice count when decisions affect you.”

Gail SymonsAugust 24, 2025

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Bill Sniffin: My Very Own Wyoming Painted Morning – Just Me And The Ducks

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Walking along a Wyoming river during the early morning hours is perhaps the most therapeutic thing you can do during the best time of the day.”

Bill SniffinAugust 23, 2025

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Dennis Sun: Wyoming State Fair, Another Great One

Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Juan Reyes, a rancher out of Wheatland, and Doug Miyamoto, director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, were honored as the 2025 Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductees at the Wyoming State Fair."

Dennis SunAugust 22, 2025

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Jonathan Lange: Rescued Newspapers Can Help Their Communities

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes: “That is the real tragedy of small-town life. Most townsfolk know nothing of what is happening on their local school board or city council. But they can recite every detail of distant scandals and outrage du jour. Local newsprint can affect this...”

Jonathan LangeAugust 22, 2025

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Tom Lubnau: Wyoming’s Not So Free Market Economy

Columnist Tom Lubnau writes, "Recent political events indicate a trend in Wyoming away from a free market economy into a bureaucratic government economy where those in power pick the winners and losers."

Tom LubnauAugust 20, 2025

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Bill Sniffin: My Friend Buck Valdez Died On One Of My Favorite Roads – US 287

Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "This column was going to be my love letter to U. S. Highway 287, which I drove this past weekend from central Wyoming to Fort Worth, Texas. I paused to say a prayer for my friend when I came over that hill and drove down to the site where the horrible collision occurred."

Bill SniffinAugust 20, 2025

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Dave Simpson: Stay Put, Harriet. We Need You In DC!

Columnist Dave Simpson writes, “Harriet Hageman, in two short terms in Congress, has established herself as a powerful voice in Washington in support of Donald Trump's ambitious and vitally important agenda.”

Dave SimpsonAugust 18, 2025

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Gail Symons: Wyomingites Are Smart Enough To Look Past Flippant Insults

Columnist Gail Symons writes: "One legislator accused another of not being a 'conservative leader.' But I’ve watched both lawmakers in action. The one being criticized leads with skill and substance. It got me thinking."

Gail SymonsAugust 17, 2025

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Cassie Craven: Here Comes A Governor's Election Across Republican War Camps

Columnist Cassie Craven writes, “The problem with the establishment Republicans, while they may be likable enough on the surface, lies deep within their voting records. They have no interest in your rights over the establishment."

Cassie CravenAugust 17, 2025

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