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 Wyomings 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: Amy Wroe Bechtel Mystery Solved? We Can Only Hope. She Worked For Me
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “I knew Amy Wroe Bechtel very well. She was a good athlete, an outstanding person, and a wonderful photographer. Her disappearance was a huge tragedy.”
Bill SniffinOctober 25, 2025
Bill Sniffin: ‘I Drive Truck’ - Truckers Complain About Interstate 80 In Winter And Discuss Options
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “A column about moving Interstate 80 to the U. S. Highway 30 roadway a few years ago, generated an amazing number of comments. Just about all were positive about such a move. It seemed nobody in Wyoming like the current roadway.”
Bill SniffinOctober 22, 2025
Bill Sniffin: The Arrival Of ‘God’s Dog’ Had Huge Effect On Wyoming Indians
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Fort Laramie had a big problem. How do you accommodate some 45,000 horses owned by the 10 different tribes meeting there in 1951.”
Bill SniffinOctober 18, 2025
Bill Sniffin: Yellowstone In The Snow? In A Convertible? Sure, Why Not?
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Who in their right mind would risk driving through Yellowstone in the face of blizzards in a convertible with the top down? Well, duh, I guess it was me.”
Bill SniffinOctober 14, 2025
Bill Sniffin: Hard To Believe, Our State Was Once Part Of Texas, Y’all
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “Parts of Wyoming were once owned by four different countries, France, Mexico, Great Britain, and even Texas, back in the day.”
Bill SniffinOctober 12, 2025
Bill Sniffin: ‘Taking Chance’ Is Wonderfully Sincere Movie About A Wyoming Marine’s Death
Columnist Bill Sniffin writes: “This movie is the story about a young Marine from Dubois named Chance Phelps, who was killed in Iraq on Good Friday, April 9, 2004. The movie is about Lt. Col. Mike Strobl’s journey bringing the young man’s body home to Wyoming.”
Bill SniffinOctober 07, 2025
