Opinion

Chamber Chat

Published by admin on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 10:14am

You can watch the Wyoming legislative sessions online

Cooks Corner

Published by admin on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 10:14am

I did it again, or maybe I didn’t do it

Show your support for local pharmacies

Published by admin on Thu, 02/29/2024 - 10:13am

With the 2024 legislative session underway, it is time to show your support for local pharmacies.

Devotions: Living on borrowed time?

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 9:05pm

Waiting is powerful. Banns, which gave anyone within hearing the right to state why two named people should not be married, used to be published for about a month followed by a three month waiting period before a wedding could be held.

What’s in a name

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 9:04pm

Have you ever wondered how you got your name? What it means?

Letter to the Editor :Why are we even debating women’s reproductive healthcare?

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 9:01pm

Dear Editor:

We can all be ‘saints’ by behaving decently

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 8:59pm

“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” — Kurt Vonnegut 

The night my grand-cat called her mom

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 8:57pm

On the nights our daughter, an EMT, works, she doesn’t get off home until after 10 p.m., so I go down about 6:30 p.m. to feed her dogs and cats, and build her fire up so her house is toasty when she gets home. Sometimes, the animals can be over dramatic. 

Small Town Wyoming

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 8:53pm

The saying goes, “Wyoming is a small town with long streets.” This is inherent in the Cowboy State’s identity. Our state’s small towns make up its collective spirit and are directly tied to our values of independence, resilience, family and stewardship. Each community in Wyoming is unique and binds us together as friends and neighbors – as Wyomingites.

‘No Man is an Island’

Published by admin on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 8:51pm

“No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” This is the beginning of a poem from 1624. In it, the poet John Donne appreciates how humans are all connected. Indeed, humans are social beings, and social connection is a factor in our health.