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A poem I once read and taught from spoke to the heart about a trip by the poet to the home of his youth. In it he spoke of how much smaller than his...

The 2018-2019 school year and activities lie just around the corner. It is easy to see the hard work and dedication of student-athletes and coaches...

While watching an old rerun of a late 50’s TV show, I happened upon an old commercial about a soap product that was 99 & 44/100 percent pure. (I...

With the recent tragedy in Florida involving a school shooting, I find it appropriate to update our patrons about our ongoing efforts to upgrade and...

March 20 was National Agriculture Day – a day designated each year by the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) to celebrate the accomplishments of...

I was thinking the other day about a certain family member with whom the scales are decidedly out of balance to the tune of thousands of dollars in...

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of...

Several Thermopolites braved the elements last Sunday to join a Women & Allies march held in Cody, including Reggie and Cindy Dragon, Elizabeth...

Wyoming has amazing students and educators, some of the best in the country and even the world! Some may debate that first statement and when the...

Educational practitioner and researcher Dr. Rick DuFour coined the phrase “the genius of AND versus the tyranny of OR.” His theory can be applied...

Last week I shared about the idea that cuts mean different things to different people, and as long as your children/grandchildren are not affected,...

Is there room for more cuts and efficiencies with schools?  The answer depends on what is important to you. Big School/Small School: In small schools...

The 2018 Wyoming Legislature reconvenes on February 12, 2018 to begin the budget session.  Many legislators have shared publicly they have no...

What educational choices do we want for the children of our community?  Last week I shared in regard to fundamental rights provided by the Wyoming...

In my last column, I touched on the significance of our forefathers providing education as a guaranteed fundamental right to the citizens of Wyoming....

Greetings Hot Springs County Patrons, The new school year is off to a terrific start.  Students and staff are settling into their classes, and...

Annually, as we approach another Perseids Meteor Shower in August, I am reminded of a day back in 2000, and a wildfire. It was August 11. The Kates...

SHOP THERMOP! It is the war cry and basic marketing of our community’s businesses. We have all heard it, and we all have our own responses. The...

My freshman civics teacher, Mr. Cormack, assigned many writing projects throughout the year requiring him to repeat his favorite admonition to be...

There was a time in my life when the three necessities were a roof over my head, food on the table and a beat-up, well-used baseball mitt on my hand...

This is only my second time in Cleveland so the neighborhood I picked for lodging, while covering the Republican National Convention, was a crap...

The rest of this series will propose best solutions to dealing with the geologic hazards of the Bighorn River Floodplain. A previous column described...

It once was thought that a medical bill adding up to a million dollars was a catastrophic economic blow to a family from which it would likely never...

Trying to talk in a reasonable manner about gun legislation in Wyoming is like throwing rocks at a hornets’ nest from three feet and expecting the...

Transgender bathrooms are not something that most people like to talk about. In the news, we see that people are going to start bringing the law...