Bill Sniffin
Bill Sniffin has been a publisher and author in Wyoming for 53 years. He formerly owned all or part interest in 20 different newspapers, magazines, print shops, ad agencies, and internet companies.
He is one of Wyoming's best-known columnists, having written a statewide column for more than 22 years and a local column for 38 years prior to that.
Sniffin has published six books including three Wyoming-themed coffee table books, called the Wyoming Trilogy. He lives in Lander with his wife Nancy.
Latest from Bill Sniffin
Bill Sniffin: The Horrible Winter Of 2022-23 Will Go Down In History – It Was Awful Everywhere We Went
Bill Sniffin writes: We have endured minus 39 temperatures in Lander, snow in Dallas, bitter cold winds in Las Vegas, and snow-packed highways through Denver.
Bill SniffinFebruary 16, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Al Simpson Recalls His Dad Was Upset At The Corner Of Simpson And ‘Millard’ – Doh!
Bill Sniffin writes: They held the street-naming ceremony for Milward Simpson at the corner of Simpson and Milward Streets, but when they unveiled the signs, the signs read Simpson and Millard.
Bill SniffinFebruary 06, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Remembering Susie McMurry
Mick and Susie McMurry looked around and everywhere in their beloved Wyoming they saw needs that were not being met. They saw projects that needed to be done or projects that were stymied because of a lack of dollars.
Bill SniffinJanuary 31, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming Has More Guns Than People, And Lots Of Crazy Stories
Bill Sniffin writes: Wyoming is Gun Central in the United States. Two-thirds of the residents own guns and there may be more guns than citizens of this fine state."
Bill SniffinJanuary 27, 2023
Bill Sniffin:Â Legislature Just Not The Same Without Hank, Clarene, Leland, and Jimbo
Bill Sniffin writes: "The ghosts and/or spirits of Clarene Law, Leland Christensen, Hank Coe, and Jim Angell seem omnipresent when I think of the Wyoming Legislature."
Bill SniffinJanuary 19, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Our Town Has Been Buried In Snow And Enduring Freezing Temperatures This Winter
Bill Sniffin writes: Our first decade in Lander saw the brutal winters of 1972-73 when 216 inches of snow fell, and 1978-79 when the mercury spent most of winter below zero really!
Bill SniffinJanuary 16, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Looking Ahead To 2023
Bill Sniffin writes: The nations short-sighted view of using our vast (and clean) fossil fuel resources will provide blackouts and brownouts across the country.
Bill SniffinJanuary 05, 2023
Bill Sniffin: Looking Back At 2022 – Politics And Weather Were Two Biggest News Explosions
Bill Sniffin writes: The second big news explosion was the weather bomb that buried Wyoming, and most of the country, just before Christmas.
Bill SniffinJanuary 01, 2023
Bill Sniffin: This Christmas, Let’s Remember Two Heroes Who Also Became Victims
Bill Sniffin writes: The people of Wyoming need to give thanks to first responder Tyeler Harris, 29, of Saratoga and to Safety Officer Bruce Lang, 68, of Pine Haven, who lost their lives trying to save others.
Bill SniffinDecember 23, 2022
Bill Sniffin: How Does Minus 63 Sound? That Was 44 Years Ago In Jackson Hole
Bill Sniffin writes: Most amazing thing he saw was the use of portable barbecue kits to warm up vehicle engines. Folks would fire them up and set them under their car engines, hoping to warm them up enough to get started.
Bill SniffinDecember 21, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Here’s A Love Letter To My Wife Nancy On Her Birthday
Bill Sniffin writes about his wife Nancy: I never liked walking in the snow. Until I walked in the snow with you.
Bill SniffinDecember 15, 2022
Bill Sniffin: Worst Winter Road In America – Who Named Our Snow Chi Minh Trail?
Bill Sniffin writes: Some recent research credits a couple of old codger newspapermen as being responsible for coming up with the Snow version of this name for this treacherous stretch of interstate highway.
Bill SniffinDecember 09, 2022