Bill Sniffin
Bill Sniffin has been a publisher and author in Wyoming for 53 years. He formerly owned all or part interest in 20 different newspapers, magazines, print shops, ad agencies, and internet companies.
He is one of Wyoming's best-known columnists, having written a statewide column for more than 22 years and a local column for 38 years prior to that.
Sniffin has published six books including three Wyoming-themed coffee table books, called the Wyoming Trilogy. He lives in Lander with his wife Nancy.
Latest from Bill Sniffin
Bill Sniffin: Lots To Be Thankful For – Mainly That Pandemic Is In Our Rearview Mirror
Bill Sniffin writes: I recall seeing a Lander sportsman standing before a teller in a local bank, with his pistol on his hip, wearing a mask and making a withdrawal.
Bill SniffinNovember 23, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Is Tougher Than Shitium, According To These Periodic Tables
Bill Sniffin: In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.
Bill SniffinNovember 18, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Seasonably Reasonable? Difficult Time With Politics, Football, Weather, Kanye . . .
Bill Sniffin writes: The answer is that with politics being as polarizing as it is, voters would vote for a cabbage if it was portrayed as being on their side.
Bill SniffinNovember 16, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Big Red Wave Would Have Helped Wyoming; Our State Races Were Yawners
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: The House is now dominated by Republicans, which brings up the sad fact that Wyoming lost a golden opportunity for increased clout when Rep. Liz Cheney decided to vote to impeach President Trump.
Bill SniffinNovember 11, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Goodbye Clarene Law and Nancy Shelton – Leaders In Wyoming Tourism And Journalism
Bill Sniffin writes: What a pair of great Wyoming gals. Two of my favorite people in my two chosen careers left us recently."
Bill SniffinNovember 02, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Scary Times At The Bottom Of The Wild Food Chain
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: Much like a terrified cartoon character whistling to himself as he walks through a cemetery at night, I was expecting at any second to be devoured by a monster grizzly bear.
Bill SniffinOctober 28, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Wallop’s Use Of Port-A-Potty Ad Helped Make Biggest Wyoming Political Upset Ever
Bill Sniffin writes: "As a young editor-publisher in Lander back in 1976, I recall chatting with Gale McGee just before Election Day. McGee told me he was wrong about Vietnam."
Bill SniffinOctober 18, 2022
Bill Sniffin: What’s Killing Our Wyoming Folks Over 100 Years Old?
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: "The last four months appear to have been a terrible time for our folks over 100 years of age in Wyoming we have at least ten who have died."
Bill SniffinOctober 12, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Only One Job Left For Liz Cheney – She Can Be Joe Biden’s Attack Dog
Bill Sniffin writes: Liz Cheney could very well have occupied the Speaker of the House post at an incredibly young age of 56. She could have been speaker for the next 20 years. What might have been?
Bill SniffinOctober 05, 2022
Bill Sniffin: There Is A Lot To Like About Wyoming Roads – But A Few Things Could Be Improved
Bill Sniffin writes: One of the unwritten golden rules of Wyoming is that you NEVER drive past a stranded motorist. Especially on cold, dark wintry days.
Bill SniffinOctober 03, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Where Did Rattlesnakes Go In The Rattlesnake Hills? Does Rattler Taste Like Chicken?
Bill Sniffin writes: Seems that rattlesnakes love to move into dens created by other critters. When they crawled into these seemingly bottomless drill holes, they were never seen again.
Bill SniffinSeptember 29, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Fall Colors, Girl In A Box, Dry Lakebed And Bikes – Lots Of Bikes
Bill Sniffin writes: This day and place were extra special to my wife Nancy and me. It was right there in Sinks Canyon in September 1970 where she said: Oh my God, Bill, I think I could live here in Wyoming!
Bill SniffinSeptember 25, 2022