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I think I’ve finally reached a turning point with my oldest. I don’t mean he seems to be...

Its out there, I know it is. Elusive Spring. Understandably, its hard to believe we are just a few...

“Ten years” were the two words I both fell asleep ad woke up thinking. It’s hard to believe...

The possibility of there being drugs in our school system should be a worry for everyone in Hot...

This past weekend was the 2019 Wyoming Press Association Winter Convention in Cheyenne. The annual...

I’m proud to say, I’m not a quitter. That’s why you won’t hear me say anything about New...

It’s strange to think that we’re nearly into 2019 already. When I was in school, it seemed like...

In just a few days, Santa will be making his annual trek around the globe and boys and girls...

It seems that Christmas and the holiday season gets here faster and faster each year. It’s not...

Granted, we’re still a few weeks away from Christmas, but so far I’ve been really lucky in...

Christmas is half way over for me. That deserves some explanation. For more than 10 years, holidays...

Yes, I am one of those weird people that already has all my Christmas shopping done. Well, with the...

Tuesday night I took in the annual Fall Showcase put on by the Hot Springs County High School Drama...

We awoke Wednesday morning after a long, hard battled election, some feeling wonderful about the...

Well, Halloween has come and passed once again. The holiday has always been a favorite for me, even...

Halloween marks the start of the holiday season, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve, with...

When I was graduated from high school and college, I thought I was done repeatedly going over lines...

Its here! That smell of fall is here! You can step outside in the morning and the air actually smell...

The adage about March coming in like a lion certainly didn’t take Octobers like this one into...

We have hit that time of year when some days it feels as if Mother Nature is having some kind of...

Everyone who has lived here through a summer knows how crazy the traffic can get during tourist...

One of my favorite times of the year is here...football season! Although I love sitting on Sunday...

Tuesday marks the 17th anniversary of one of the most horrific attacks on U.S. soil, a day that will...

I could tell this last weekend that there was a touch of fall in the air. Not because it was cooler...