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Bill Sniffin: Terrifying Tales Of Treacherous Driving On Interstate 80 In The Winter Time
Bill Sniffin writes: Two and a half years ago, a horrific crash involving hundreds of big trucks and dozens of cars and pickups found themselves slamming into each other on Interstate 80. Four people were killed and dozens were injured. I-80 in the winter time is not to be dismissed."
Bill SniffinNovember 29, 2022
Dave Simpson: What’s The Name Of That Paper Again?
Columnist Dave Simpson got his start at the Laramie Boomerang 49 years ago this week. He covered everything from cattle mutilations and UFOs, failed prison escapes, and an intoxicated Easter bunny getting arrested.
Dave SimpsonNovember 28, 2022
Dave Walsh: It’s A Time For Family, Which Is What The Pokes Are
Dave Walsh writes: Your team becomes your family. Your teammates are your brothers and sisters. Coaches are often looked upon as father or mother-figures, or even older brothers or sisters.
Dave WalshNovember 25, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Lots To Be Thankful For – Mainly That Pandemic Is In Our Rearview Mirror
Bill Sniffin writes: I recall seeing a Lander sportsman standing before a teller in a local bank, with his pistol on his hip, wearing a mask and making a withdrawal.
Bill SniffinNovember 23, 2022
Greg Johnson: How I Made My First Real Date Projectile Vomit The Night Before Thanksgiving
Greg Johnson writes: Before getting out of the car, she made me promise to never tell anyone about what happened that night. I held up my right hand: pinky swear, double-dog-dare I promise. Its our secret. Of course, the first thing I did when I got home was tell my mom.
Greg JohnsonNovember 23, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: We Grieve
Last weeks national news reported the killing of three young men at the University of Virginia, four university students killed in Idaho, and five killed in a shooting rampage at a nightclub in Colorado. All these tragic losses of human life were at the hands of others
Cat UrbigkitNovember 23, 2022
Dave Simpson: A TV Dinner For Thanksgiving? Yup.
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "One year we had TV dinners for Thanksgiving. The kids loved it. They could have whatever they wanted, and they chose macaroni and cheese."
Dave SimpsonNovember 22, 2022
Dave Walsh: ‘Safety Dance’ Was Born From Wyoming’s First And Only Win Over Boise State
Dave Walsh writes: The Cowboys had scored a safety with 1:25 showing on the clock. Josiah Hall shuffled across the end zone with his hands clasped above his head, signaling safety. The safety dance was born.
Dave WalshNovember 18, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Seasonably Reasonable? Difficult Time With Politics, Football, Weather, Kanye . . .
Bill Sniffin writes: The answer is that with politics being as polarizing as it is, voters would vote for a cabbage if it was portrayed as being on their side.
Bill SniffinNovember 16, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Working Lands Are Key to Migrations
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "My travels around the ranch bisect a major wildlife migration corridor. The corridor has been busy the last few weeks, with recent snowstorms bringing mule deer out of the mountains and streaming through this mixture of private, state and federal lands."
Cat UrbigkitNovember 16, 2022
Dave Simpson: Let’s Turn Our Frowns Upside Down
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina said a Republican wave would be tantamount to Hitler taking over the country. Maybe the limp showing by Republicans will result in some lesser despot emerging, say a Benito Mussolini, a Fidel Castro, or a Papa Doc."
Dave SimpsonNovember 14, 2022
Dave Walsh: For Wyoming Football, Nothing’s More Special Than A Border War Win
Dave Walsh writes: The Border War game is special for all Cowboy football players, dating back more than a century. Saturdays game will be the 114th Border War, and the teams will play for the 77th year in a row.
Dave WalshNovember 11, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: The Shifting Moon
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "I knew the livestock guardian dogs were gone because it was far too quiet, and Id dreaded what the morning might reveal..."
Cat UrbigkitNovember 08, 2022
Dave Simpson: Time To Forgive And Forget? Nope.
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "After almost three years of vilifying us over one often contradictory decree after another, the folks who made no secret of their frustration with us even firing some for not taking an experimental vaccine now those folks want understanding. I don't think so."
Dave SimpsonNovember 07, 2022
Dave Walsh: UW Football And Basketball On The Same Day
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "There were many times back in the '90's, and right on through present day, when a Cowboy Football game and a Cowboy Basketball game, somehow got scheduled on the same day."
Dave WalshNovember 04, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: WildEarth Guardians Advocates For Expansive Federal Authority Over State Wildlife
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "In two separate actions last month, the environmental group WildEarth Guardians asserted claims that federal laws preempt state laws when it comes to state wildlife management."
Cat UrbigkitNovember 01, 2022
Dave Simpson: Never A Better Time To Live In Wyoming
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Just once in the horrible surveillance videos we see of innocent people being beaten to within an inch of their lives, I long to see someone with the ability and the tools necessary to fight back."
Dave SimpsonOctober 31, 2022
Dave Walsh: When Barry Sanders And The Oklahoma State Cowboys Came To Laramie
Dave Walsh writes: It was during a 1987 pre-game discussion when the Oklahoma State SID told of a young back-up running back who, as he said, was even better than Thurman Thomas. Barry Sanders would win the Heisman the next season.
Dave WalshOctober 28, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Bearing Witness to Large Carnivore Conservation
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "For all Ive witnessed at kill sites, Ive never faced the trauma of a human death to a wild animal. But I know the trauma exists."
Cat UrbigkitOctober 25, 2022
Dave Simpson: You Say You Want More Of THIS?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Why WOULDN'T there be a big Republican wave on Nov. 8th? Imagine looking around and saying, 'I gotta get me more of THIS!'"
Dave SimpsonOctober 25, 2022
Dave Walsh: Much On The Line For UW Football With 3 Straight Trophy Games
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: The Wyoming Cowboys are entering a three-game stretch where they will play their three trophy game one after another."
Dave WalshOctober 20, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Wallop’s Use Of Port-A-Potty Ad Helped Make Biggest Wyoming Political Upset Ever
Bill Sniffin writes: "As a young editor-publisher in Lander back in 1976, I recall chatting with Gale McGee just before Election Day. McGee told me he was wrong about Vietnam."
Bill SniffinOctober 18, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Godsmack, Goatsmack
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "This week as my column is published on our 37th anniversary, Jim and I plan to be drinking German beers and jamming to an American rock band (Godsmack) in a foreign country before heading out to spend time with someone elses livestock.
Cat UrbigkitOctober 18, 2022
Dave Simpson: Scary Talk In The ‘Nuclear Sponge’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Call me paranoid, but when the president who can't figure out which side of the stage to exit from, and who shakes hands with people who aren't there when that guy talks about being on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, I get nervous."
Dave SimpsonOctober 17, 2022