By Sarah Pridgeon As you are enjoying firework displays and sipping cocktails on New Year’s Eve, my family will be hovering on the front doorstep in our overcoats, waiting on midnight to (in the absence of a tall, dark stranger) shove my father across his own threshold. As he lands on the welcome mat,...
Dear Editor, In the December 13th edition of your paper I was interested by the editorial by Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Eitel making the case for an increase in two taxes. The sales tax on fuel and the vehicle registration fees (smooth way of not calling it a tax), and how beneficial it will...
By Sarah Pridgeon This week’s column is brought to you at the behest of your police chief, whose requests I seldom feel inclined to ignore. I must remain in his good books for the inevitable day on which I skid across the ice into a tree and it decides to have me arrested for...
We broke ground on our new transfer station and immediately hit rock. The site had been drilled to check for rock but the rock resided between the drill holes. It is going to drive the price up but it is all we can do. The Land Use Planning Commission has introduced a new a...
By Sarah Pridgeon This week, I should like to tell you the story of The Day I Was Nearly Murdered (and then definitely wasn’t). I’m not generally prone to panic. On the other hand, I am English and should not be placed in the vicinity of firearms without a very good reason. Because, this:...
By Sen. John Barrasso, M.D. With the election over, Congress is now in the middle of a busy lame-duck session. With only a few weeks left until the end of the year, we still need to address many important challenges. Some of the biggest issues that will affect Wyoming include the “fiscal cliff”, ensuring...
By Travis Deti Election Day has come and gone, and America has made its choice about who will lead the nation for the next four years. As a result, the anti-coal policies of the last four years we’ve seen out of Washington will continue. In other words, the “War on Coal” led by the...
By Sarah Pridgeon If you see the wheels of a small, white car spinning from the middle of a snowdrift this winter, please do not be alarmed. It is nothing more worrying than the attempts of an Englishwoman to master the art of snow driving – which, thus far, is not going terribly well....
By Sarah Pridgeon Those of you I have not yet had the privilege to meet may be unaware that your dedicated roving reporter is not, as they say, from around these parts. Originally from England, I have been doing my best to embrace the Cowboy Code for two years… with varying degrees of success....
The Governor of the great state of Wyoming, Matthew H. Mead, has proclaimed that Friday, December 7, 2012 be remembered as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It is earnestly recommended by the few remaining veterans in Wyoming, of the attack on Sunday, December 7, 1941 that we all honor the more than 2000 heroes that...
