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Teens, young adults still need guidance with social media
It has long been the mantra of parenting gurus for adults to monitor social media posts for the children in their lives and have access to their...
If an emergency strikes, let's be better than Texas
by Steven R. Peck, Publisher Riverton Ranger, Feb. 18 The cold-weather emergency in Texas is more than a typical case of warm-weather residents...
Presidential suspension on mineral development bad for Wyoming's wildlife
by Brian Nesvik, director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department For decades, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has stood out for our ability to...
Don't turn out the lights on Wyoming's energy
For decades, Wyoming workers and the rest of our country enjoyed a mutually beneficial arrangement. Oil workers and coal miners provided the nation wi...
Content with cardboard
Most parents recall this prototypical Christmas morning scene, when the youngest offspring clumsily ripped open a large gift box, that was carefully...
Do not vote blindly or by name recognition
WE THE PEOPLE have been abandoned by our elected representatives. It matters not which side of the political aisle your ideals fall; we can all agree...
Will the 66th Wyoming Legislature choose to be bold?
This editorial ran in the Jan. 17 edition of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, If anyone ever gets bored enough to write a history of the 65th Wyoming Legisl...
Wyoming hardest hit by pledge to ban development
by Ryan McConnaughey Petroleum Association of Wyoming A ban on oil and natural gas development on public lands by the U.S. President-elect would...
Small Business Saturday
by Dan Nordberg, SBA’s National Director for Rural Affairs and Region VIII Administrator Small Business Saturday is a relatively new American...
Wait for the results
In an unprecedented year, it’s only natural that we have an unprecedented election. It’s the first in our lifetimes to occur during a global...
Leave 'legals' alone
Wyoming legislators have been working this fall on further erosion of public notices in newspapers. This time the target is the publication of the...
By Dedication to Hot Springs County
The late Jack Johnson’s obituary in your Aug. 27 edition gave a fine summary of a life well lived. Jack would have liked that modest treatment....
Let's exercise our brains
by Kenneth A. Bartholomew, M.D. Albert Einstein conducted thought experiments to figure out theoretical problems. Let’s do one of our own. Suppose...
COVID scams high
by Sam Shumway AARP Wyoming State Director Scammers are on the prowl with Americans’ increased anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic. This is of...
That's love
by Jill Kruse, DO When my mom called me and said that my dad found four N95 masks in the garage and she wanted to send them all to me since I’m a...
Reasons to be thankful
It used to be in my younger days (which were a long time ago) that November was primarily the month before December, which meant it wasn’t that...
A word about Youth Alternatives
I wanted to note a clarification regarding my Youth Alternatives monthly report to the Commissioners as reported in last week’s paper. There were...
Lights On Afterschool update
By definition “grant” means to agree to give or allow. It can also be defined as a sum of money given by a government or other organization for a...
Remember the basics
Having had several severe thunderstorms this summer has taught us a lot. Some are good things like the fact that storms seem to miss us more than...
Perception is Reality
How do you experience your world? Is the glass half full or half empty? Do you observe the worst in a situation or the best? Do you justify...
Father's Day dates back 110 years
Father’s Day began when a young woman wanted to honor her dad. In May of 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Wash., sat in church listening to a...
Granny's Old Recipe Box
Hello my friends. Hope ya’ll are up for a few good recipes today. Yessiree, Granny’s got some mighty good recipes to share with you. Some are so...
Shopko closings are opportunities to re-build
Some 13 cities and towns in Wyoming are reeling after the closure of one a main local business outlet. Shopko closed its general stores in Wheatland,...
Course not just for golfers
My wife Lindsay and I are fans of the game of golf. She grew up in a family where golf was important. Honestly, her love of the game is one of the thi...
Fun times on the road
Not only does the calendar say so, all we have to do is look outside to see touches of green and watch as the robins and rabbits are dancing and roman...
