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Cat Urbigkit: A Lesson in Self-Determination. From a Dog.
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "When she was ready, Leckie shared her little blessings with us, her caregivers. I sat down nearby, stroking her head, feeding her treats, admiring her pups without touching them."
Cat UrbigkitAugust 24, 2022
Dave Simpson: Ahab Institute Coming To Jackson?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Unless Liz opens the Captain Ahab Institute for the Pursuit of The Great White Donald Trump Whale in Jackson Hole, I predict our news media appeal will quickly fade."
Dave SimpsonAugust 23, 2022
Dave Walsh: Wyoming College Football Is One Week Away
Cowboy State Daily columnist Dave Walsh writes: "Im actually excited about watching and enjoying Cowboy Football without having to describe it. I cant wait to let out a cheer, or sing Cowboy Joe, whenever I want."
Dave WalshAugust 19, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Rewilding is Earth First! With Lipstick
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "This latest rewilding proposal is just one proposal being put forth by activists who want large swaths of public lands set aside as reserves, with other uses limited or restricted."
Cat UrbigkitAugust 16, 2022
Dave Simpson: I’d Crawl Over Broken Glass To Vote
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "We're witnessing all-out efforts on multiple fronts to keep the guy 70 million of us voted for from ever being president again, despite the many good things that happened when he was president."
Dave SimpsonAugust 14, 2022
Dave Walsh: Wyoming Football Starts In 2 Weeks
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "Two weeks from now, Wyoming plays Illinois to start things in the much-anticipated 2022 season."
Dave WalshAugust 11, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Wildlife Funding Under Fire
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Funding for wildlife conservation and management nationwide is currently under threat, as advocates on both the right and left target provisions of an 85-year-old federal law."
Cat UrbigkitAugust 09, 2022
Dave Simpson: Merle Was Right About These Years
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "I was 67 when my first grand daughter was born, and 69 when her little sister arrived. Suddenly, things like highchairs, stuffed toys, and a wayward pacifier found under a bed, started showing up at our house."
Dave SimpsonAugust 09, 2022
Dave Walsh: Wyoming’s 1988 Football Team Heading To Hall Of Fame
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "The 1988 Cowboy football team is a most worthy entrant into the Hall of Fame. Many will say that it has earned the right to be considered the greatest Cowboy team ever."
Dave WalshAugust 04, 2022
“The Laramie Project” Tackles Hard Issues in a Conservative Community
In a community as conservative as Cody, putting on "The Laramie Project" that highlights controversial social issues was a challenge, according to director Bethany Sandvik.
Wendy CorrAugust 04, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Conservative Values, or Extremism?
Discussing the House District 20 race, columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Im going to give Mr. Schmid the benefit of the doubt that he doesnt want to see physical harm come to any American because of their political beliefs, despite his flirtation with extremism."
Cat UrbigkitAugust 02, 2022
Dave Simpson: The Mind Just Keeps On Boggling
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Now we're begging the Saudis to boost oil production, instead of unleashing our domestic energy industry. The mind boggles."
Dave SimpsonAugust 02, 2022
Dave Walsh: My Favorite University Of Wyoming Basketball Games
Columnist Dave Walsh is always asked his favorite UW basketball game was. In this column, he counts down his "Elite 8."
Dave WalshJuly 28, 2022
Cody’s Art Scene Named As One Of 10-Best In Country
Codys vibrant arts community was singled out last week as one of the ten best small town art scenes in the country.
Wendy CorrJuly 27, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: On Character — Is This Who We Want To Be?
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "As I drove down the street, just a few blocks from the elementary school was a 'Fuck Joe Biden' sign hanging on the side of a building (not the less obscene 'Lets Go Brandon' that carries the same meaning)."
Cat UrbigkitJuly 27, 2022
Green River Man Who Saved Family In Burning House Receives Hero’s Welcome At Cheyenne Frontier Days
A Green River man who risked his life earlier this year by entering a burning house to save the lives of a woman and her youngest child was honored on Tuesday by Cheyenne Frontier Days.
July 27, 2022
Dave Simpson: Plenty Of Good News Up At Buford
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "This past weekend, gas at Buford was $4.15 a gallon. I never thought I'd see that as a bargain, but then we'd never had fossil fuel-hostile Joe Biden as president before."
Dave SimpsonJuly 25, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: From Sheep to Shinedown
What does the band Shinedown and sheep have in common? Both were part of columnist Cat Urbigkit's week. From the concert in Casper to the Wyoming Wool Growers summer meeting, Cat is one of the few that ever brought these two entities together.
Cat UrbigkitJuly 19, 2022
Dave Simpson: These Are The ‘Adults In The Room?’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "If this is the best the adults in the room can do runaway inflation, gasoline prices through the roof, chaos at the border with Mexico, enough deadly fentanyl streaming in to kill us all, a thwarted murder plot against a Supreme Court justice, prosecutors who don't prosecute, and a nonstop stream of confusing word salad from our president and vice president?"
Dave SimpsonJuly 19, 2022
Dave Walsh: My Top 10 Favorite Wyoming Cowboy Football Games
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "I thought Id answer the question that I have been asked most over the past week or so: What are your favorite UW Cowboys football games?"
Dave WalshJuly 14, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Questioning Republican Candidates
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "There I was, all excited that the Wyoming GOP had sent out an email with substance (rather than its usual forwarding of links to The Epoch Times). What the document accomplishes is the need to strengthen our states educational system."
Cat UrbigkitJuly 12, 2022
Dave Simpson: A Couple Very Tough Nuts To Crack
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Cheyenne guy and Casper guy can't figure out why Liz Cheney is on such a crusade against Trump, while representing a state where the former president got 70 percent of the vote highest of any state."
Dave SimpsonJuly 11, 2022
Dave Walsh: It’s Time
Columnist Dave Walsh explains why he's retiring from being the Voice of the Wyoming Cowboys...
Dave WalshJuly 08, 2022
Cody’s Buffalo Bill Center Reassembling Gigantic Grizzly Bear Skeleton; “It’s Adult Legos”
The Buffalo Bill Center in Cody is building a gigantic grizzly bear skeleton as part of a new exhibit. The bone-builder, an Alaskan who has assembled whale & moose skeletons, says it's like "adult legos."
Wendy CorrJuly 06, 2022