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Editor: I love Uinta County and Wyoming and want the very best for the citizens of Uinta County and Wyoming. Because of my love for the community and my extensive community involvement, I am …

John F. Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Profiles In Courage,” a series of essays that focused on eight senators throughout U.S. history who — despite serious pressures …

Editor: Many of you have seen and supported the American Legion “Be the One” initiative to raise awareness of veteran suicide. Here in Uinta County, we see the problem as a community …

Politicians and public commentators talk a lot about economic diversification in Wyoming, and with good reason. Economic diversification is likely the single most important issue for the long-term …

W hat a good week it should have been for Republicans. Dozens of campuses from UCLA to Columbia University were being wracked by pro-Palestinian protestors who set up “Gaza …

In 2004, I was a single mom raising three daughters on my own. I worked three jobs, including an overnight shift as a translator at our local hospital, to make ends meet. Every time I stood in line …

A nother week, another round of Republicans attacking each other. This time it was over the Ukraine funding bill that was passed by the House and ultimately became part of the big military aid …

I can’t help but wonder if Forrest Gump’s mother had the Freedom Caucus in mind when she said “stupid is as stupid does.” I have to give the Freedom Caucus credit for its …

T oday’s topic is regret. And yes, I realize that doesn’t sound like a typical topic for what is allegedly a humor column. But I’m experiencing regret right now and writing is good …

Gov. Mark Gordon recently rejected a proposed rule change to Wyoming’s election laws submitted by Secretary of State Chuck Gray. The Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council determined …

I was intrigued to read the front-page story in the Uinta County Herald on April 10 entitled “Conrad Confronts Williams” with the subline “Mayor calls residents and officials trying …

It’s challenging to find a silver lining to the situation unfolding in Sublette County after a man allegedly tortured and paraded a wolf in public before finally killing it. The …

I’m pretty sure that the number of people who are mourning the death of OJ Simpson can fit into the trunk of the smallest car Hertz ever rented. He was a man who killed his wife Nicole, as …

T he voluntary exodus from the Wyoming Legislature has begun, like it does every election year shortly before candidates start filing to run. Several prominent lawmakers have announced they …

As people from Wyoming and beyond join in righteous indignation over an ugly incident in which a man tortured and killed an animal simply because it was a wolf, we would do well to examine the policy …

“Death to Israel!” “Death to America!” It sounds like something you’d hear chanted by hundreds of brainwashed young people in the streets of Tehran. But …

In 1989, Boris Yeltsin, then a newly elected member of the Soviet Parliament and two years away from becoming the last leader of the Soviet Union and first president of Russia, visited the United …

I didn’t see “Barbie,” but I was happy to learn that by the end of it, Barbie had gone from being a doll in high heels to a real woman wearing Birkenstocks. I don’t know what …

On March 28, the BLM published their draft environmental impact statement (EIS) and plan amendments for sage grouse conservation and management. This EIS is approximately 2,428 pages long and …

I don’t blame the public for not wanting to put the Republican Party back in power in Washington. As the GOP proved again in the House this week, it’s incapable of accomplishing …

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