Opinion

Literacy Awareness Month: Wyoming must lead the way

Published by admin on Thu, 09/25/2025 - 8:00am

September is National Literacy Month, a time to reflect on the importance and impact of literacy in our day-to-day lives. According to ProLiteracy, in the U.S., approximately 48 million adults cannot read above a third-grade level. That staggering number reminds us that literacy is not just an educational issue—it’s a matter of equity, opportunity, and human dignity.

Letter to the Editor: Gun violence in our schools is undeniably indefensible

Published by admin on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 8:00am

Dear editor:

Bountiful blessings

Published by admin on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 8:00am

I had planned the headline for this week’s At Random on Sept. 6.  Lucille had flown in from Laramie on the 4th, and her return ticket was not until the 11th. That is longer than she usually stays, so that was the first of my blessings.

Adam, Adam where are you?

Published by admin on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 8:00am

Have you ever lost anything? Something inconsequential? Or something vital?

80 Years Ago Five Sisters sold — and then sold again

Published by admin on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 8:00am

100 Years Ago:

Kirk’s assassination shows need for civility

Published by admin on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 8:00am

While our editorials usually address local matters, we live in a precarious time period when our democracy – and our country – feels more fragile than it has since the 1960s or even the 1860s.

Bigger than football

Published by admin on Thu, 09/11/2025 - 8:00am

If you didn’t attend Friday night’s football game, you not only missed a thrilling contest between evenly-matched, small-town teams. 

A great start to fall

Published by admin on Thu, 09/11/2025 - 8:00am

It’s been a good week, from start to finish.  Friends Dave and Pam Seratt took Son No. 4 and I out to dinner Tuesday evening. A belated birthday for Scott who turned 39 again for the umpteenth time. Hadn’t seen them for weeks so was good to catch up once again.

80 Years Ago: Car 'borrowers' land in jail

Published by admin on Thu, 09/11/2025 - 8:00am

100 Years Ago:

Question of the Week

Published by admin on Thu, 09/04/2025 - 8:00am

Compared to recent years, was overcrowding an issue on the Bighorns this summer or has that improved?  Where does mountain time rank on your Best Things of Summer list?