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Cat Urbigkit: Wolves Create Landscape of Fear for Prey, Landscape of Stress for Farmers
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "According to a new scientific study, 'The landscape of stress for sheep owners when coexisting with wolves and other large carnivores suggest that sheep owners behavior is somewhat similar to behavior described for prey in the ecology of fear.'"
Cat UrbigkitMay 18, 2022
Dave Simpson: They’ll Call You Every Name In The Book
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Crazy increases in property values shouldn't result in crazy windfalls to government. Taxing bodies need to live in the real world, with the rest of us."
Dave SimpsonMay 17, 2022
The Question Persists: Where Is Buffalo Bill Really Buried?
Buffalo Bill Cody, once the most famous man in the world, was buried on Lookout Mountain in Colorado despite specific instructions to be buried near Cody, Wyoming. Although some believe Bill's body was stolen from his Colorado grave and moved to Cody after all.
Wendy CorrMay 17, 2022
Dave Walsh: Remembering Wyoming’s First Football Game Under the Lights
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "1988 was a magical season for the Cowboys, one in which the Pokes would win a record 11 games. And still, some 34 years later, and after 125 years of Cowboy football, it holds the Wyoming record for most wins in a single season."
Dave WalshMay 12, 2022
William Perry Pendley: Backing The Blue+
Former BLM Director William Perry Pendley writes: "If we believe in law and order, in a civil society, and civilization itself, we must support law enforcement, we must back the blue, and we must fund the vital role they play in our society."
William Perry PendleyMay 12, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Yellowstone Stirs Controversy Over State Management of Predators, Part 2
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "Yellowstone park officials know that wolf and grizzly bear populations have saturated available range inside the park and that these large predator populations will continue range expansion outside the parks borders. YNP created this mess, but looks to the states to fix it."
Cat UrbigkitMay 10, 2022
Dave Simpson: Conspiracy Theorists, You Say?
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: State party politics is sort of a hobby like spelunking, or flying model airplanes with little connection to everyday conservatives who just want smaller government, fewer regulations, lower taxes, secure borders, less crime, inflation relief, and a whole lot less of this woke insanity.
Dave SimpsonMay 10, 2022
Dave Walsh: Following The Pokes In The Pros
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "The Josh Allen craze that continues here in the Cowboy State is certainly not the first example. The Logan Wilson infatuation will not be the last. Will there be a flurry of Jacksonville Jaguar jersey sightings coming soon?"
Dave WalshMay 06, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Yellowstone Stirs Controversy Over State Management of Predators, Part 1
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "It was a damning revelation: wolf hunting outside of Yellowstone National Park had 'altered pack behavior, damaged research.' I'm calling bullshit on that claim."
Cat UrbigkitMay 04, 2022
Dave Simpson: Sponging Up Those Russian Nukes
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "We're the expendables, and as the home of Warren Air Force Base, overseeing 150 silos here and another 300 in Montana and North Dakota, we're no doubt leading the list of expendables."
Dave SimpsonMay 03, 2022
Delta Stops Cody Airport Service Because Of Pilot Shortage; Air Service Cut In Half
A shortage of pilots has caused Delta Airlines to cancel all of its flights in and out of Cody. This means air traffic will be reduced by nearly half this summer.
Wendy CorrMay 02, 2022
Dave Walsh: The Wyoming Cowboys Played The First-Ever American Football Game In Australia
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "In Australia, all on-air radio announcers are members of a union. And until Wyoming Sens. Al Simpson and Malcolm Wallop got involved on our behalf, we were not allowed to do the broadcast. But we were finally cleared to broadcast and were off to Melbourne for the 85 season finale."
Dave WalshApril 29, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Profiles in Political Cowardice — WyoRino and WyoVote
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "While the anonymous folks behind the websites WyoRino and WyoVote portray themselves as bastions of Conservatism (with a capital C), Im calling out both for political cowardice."
Cat UrbigkitApril 26, 2022
Dave Simpson: Our Last Dog? That Jury’s Still Out!
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "'This is absolutely the LAST DOG we're ever going to have,' my wife proclaims on a pretty regular basis. 'And I mean it!'
Dave SimpsonApril 26, 2022
Dave Walsh: Remembering Joe Dowler And George Kay, Two Wyoming Sports Legends
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "Joe Dowler and George Kay were two icons who were exceptional in their chosen fields for many years and were even more impressive as genuinely kind and caring people."
Dave WalshApril 22, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Tracking Bird Flu
Avian influenza is spreading with the spring migration of wild birds. The bad news is that the outlook for domestic flocks and a variety of wild birds that contract the virus is glum.
Cat UrbigkitApril 19, 2022
Yellowstone Actor Cole Hauser To Lead Cody’s Stampede Parade
Cody Stampede officials announced that Yellowstone actor Cole Hauser will serve as grand marshall for the Cody Stampede parade on July 4.
Wendy CorrApril 19, 2022
Dave Simpson: Always Ask For The ‘Wisdom Discount’
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Let's talk about something other than war and politics this week, because, like, everyone needs a ding-dong break now and then."
Dave SimpsonApril 19, 2022
Dave Walsh: Springtime In Wyoming Means Only 19 Weeks Until Cowboy Football!
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "I am so lucky to have had Kevin McKinney as my partner on Cowboy Football broadcasts. We did 36 years of Cowboy Basketball together, and will head into the 39th consecutive year of announcing Cowboy Football together."
Dave WalshApril 15, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Court Affirms Plan For New 3,500-Well Gas Field in Sublette County
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: "What the case demonstrates is that when environmental groups dont have a federally protected species to hang their litigation hats on, their arguments arent nearly as effective at stalling or halting projects when a case makes it to the federal court."
Cat UrbigkitApril 13, 2022
Dave Simpson: Let’s Give The Legislature A Gentlemanly C-
Columnist Dave Simpson writes: "Seven out of ten Wyoming voters supported Trump. But on some important issues, the majority of lawmakers are far more squishy, more milquetoast, more spineless than your average Trump supporter."
Dave SimpsonApril 12, 2022
Dave Walsh: NCAA Tournament Brings Back Memories Of Wyoming’s ‘Sweet 16’ Season
Columnist Dave Walsh writes: "The mens championship on Monday night was the classic finale for all of it. This years Final Four took me back to the Cowboys final game of the 1986-87 season."
Dave WalshApril 08, 2022
Cat Urbigkit: Buffalo Commons, Version 2022
Columnist Cat Urbigkit writes: The American Prairie Reserve, a non-profit Montana-based organization that has built up more than $100 million in assets, is buying up property to create the largest nature reserve in the contiguous United States and the federal government is helping them.
Cat UrbigkitApril 06, 2022
Dave Simpson: Good News, The Legislature Got An F
Dave Simpson writes that the Cheyenne newspaper gave the Legisature an F because they failed to raise taxes, cash-in on free Medicaid expansion money, didn't spend as much humanly possible on American Rescue Plan Act money, and talked about silly issues like prohibiting guys from competing on girls' athletic teams.
Dave SimpsonApril 05, 2022