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Dennis Sun: Corner Crossing -- What Do We Do?
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "For the last couple of years, corner crossing has been a hot topic causing a lot of concern with farmers and ranchers in Wyoming. The latest judge’s ruling has not helped this concern."
Dennis SunAugust 20, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Basin To Basin To Basin Trip Is Easy To Do In Wyoming
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Wyoming could be called the Basin State. Because of its big mountains and wide-open spaces in-between, a typical journey can find you doing a basin-to-basin-to-basin trip, like I did this past week."
Bill SniffinAugust 19, 2023
Charlie Spiering: It's The Inflation, Stupid
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, "The president only has a 34 percent approval rating on the economy, despite his aggressive push to remind Americans of his $370 billion spending bill in subsidies for electric cars, solar panels, and green energy just one year ago."
Charlie SpieringAugust 16, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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Wendy CorrAugust 16, 2023
Wolf Advocates Succeed in Getting FWS To Waste More Time On Gray Wolves
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, "While the Center for Biological Diversity is expected to seek to expand wolf recovery efforts to other states, the court ruling doesn’t settle the matter, as the case is set to continue in the D.C. federal court. One thing is certain: we can expect more years of litigation."
Cat UrbigkitAugust 15, 2023
Dave Simpson: Not A Place For The Faint Of Heart
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Yogi obviously climbed onto a picnic table at one end of the porch, and reduced a large hummingbird feeder to shards of red plastic. Yellow spouts, red perches and empty bottles littered the deck. He even took a swig of tiki lamp fuel."
Dave SimpsonAugust 15, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio News: Monday, August 14, 2023
This is Cowboy State Daily Radio news for Monday, August 14, 2023. Listen to today's newscast and read to see what radio stations are airing our newscasts.
Wendy CorrAugust 14, 2023
Rod Miller: U.S. Women's Soccer Team Comes Across Like Spoiled Losers
On the U.S. women's soccer team collapse, columnist Rod Miller writes, "Leave the politics to folks who are a lot better at it than you are, and forget about scoring points with identity groups who might look at you as their champions while the world looks at you like spoiled losers."
Rod MillerAugust 13, 2023
Dennis Sun: It's Still Not Meat
Ag columnist Dennis Sun writes, "For beef, lamb, pork, poultry and other meat producers, the good news is these “alt-meat companies,” as they like to be called, have seen a decrease in capital raised by 42 percent in 2022 compared to 2021."
Dennis SunAugust 12, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Mentioned In Movie ‘Oppenheimer’ And TV Show About Jerry Buss
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, “Wyoming got some mention in the movie “Oppenheimer” and in the HBO series “Winning Time,” which is about the rise of the Los Angeles Lakers and its owner, Kemmerer native Jerry Buss.
Bill SniffinAugust 12, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Saturday, August 12, 2023
Good morning, and welcome to Cowboy State Daily radio for Saturday, August 12, 2023. Listen to Saturday's newscast and for a listing of the radio stations airing our newscasts.
Wendy CorrAugust 12, 2023
Rod Miller: That Time I Lost A Bet To A White Supremacist Knuckle-Dragger
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "This is a sordid tale about the doomed path of mixing gambling with fringe politics. There must be some obscure warning in Leviticus about this sort of dangerous behavior. Ma must have cautioned me about the risks. If so, I’ve clearly forgotten."
Rod MillerAugust 11, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Friday, August 11, 2023
Welcome to Cowboy State Daily Radio for Friday, August 11, 2023. Listen to this morning's newscast and check to see the stations airing it in your area. Stay tuned for Cowboy State Daily Radio on podcast platforms.
Wendy CorrAugust 11, 2023
Clair McFarland: I Can't Watch The Barbie Movie (Not After What I Did To Her)
Clair McFarland writes, “My boisterous cousin Michael materialized out of nowhere and showed us how to pop off Barbie’s head and stick a firecracker into her neck. We lit the doll, threw her in the air and ran backwards."
Clair McFarlandAugust 11, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Thursday, August 10, 2023
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Wendy CorrAugust 10, 2023
Charlie Spiering: Biden’s Big Battery Bus Boondoggle Bust
Columnist Charlie Spiering writes, "Despite Democrats echoing the siren song of an all-electric public vehicle program that would protect children from diesel fumes, all the president’s shills and all the president’s subsidies could not keep Proterra from going bankrupt."
Charlie SpieringAugust 09, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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Wendy CorrAugust 09, 2023
Cat Urbigkit: Power Line Bird Deaths From Shooting: What Was Reported, What’s the Truth, What Was Omitted
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes, 'The New York Times reported, “A survey of power lines in four Western states found bullet fragments and shotgun pellets in most of the dead birds that were collected” (not true) and 'Two-thirds of birds found dead beneath power lines had been shot' (also not true).
Cat UrbigkitAugust 08, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Wendy CorrAugust 08, 2023
Dave Simpson: These Guys Don't Take Prisoners
Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Not selecting how-to manuals on sex for a school or public library does not constitute 'book banning.' Caring what your little one is exposed to is not Nazi Germany."
Dave SimpsonAugust 07, 2023
Cowboy State Daily Radio: Monday, August 7, 2023
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Wendy CorrAugust 07, 2023
Rod Miller: A Connecticut Yankee At Frontier Days
Columnist Rod Miller writes, "I just returned from the strangest journey. You’ll recall that more than a century ago, Mr. Twain rapped me sharply on the noggin and sent me back in time to Camelot. Maybe you’ve read about it."
Rod MillerAugust 06, 2023
Dennis Sun: John Kerry Is At It Again
Agriculture columnist Dennis Sun writes, "Once again John Kerry, the current U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, is attacking American ranchers and farmers by criticizing food production’s contribution to carbon emissions."
Dennis SunAugust 05, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Seeing Green River Was Like Visiting An Old Friend
Bill Sniffin writes: "For some time, Green River has celebrated Expedition Island as the launching place for the famous expedition by John Wesley Powell, which mapped the Green River, the Colorado River, and ultimately the Grand Canyon in 1869. What an adventure!"
Bill SniffinAugust 05, 2023