Travis Deti, assistant director of the Wyoming Mining Association was polite, astute, factual, comprehensive, knowledgeable and forthright in his assessment of the Obama administration’s continuing … more

My son got one of his first lessons in marital bliss this week. He just doesn’t know it yet. more

People get power and it goes to their heads and they become dictators as some board of directors, City Councils, mayors and city administrators have when they ruin peoples lives by being fire happy … more

We’re less than a month away from what was supposed to be the start of the city’s annual spring cleanup as we knew it. Since the mid-’80s, the city has gone through neighborhoods on assigned days in the spring and hauled away what citizens can’t fit in the Dumpsters the rest of the year. The amount picked up last year totaled 170 tons. more

I am outraged that our county sheriff procedures would allow for deputies to use a taser on a child. Since when is using a taser on a child, or anyone for that matter, not excessive force? Almost … more

I just read a couple of days ago that the city was dumping millions of gallons of water, down Donkey Creek! Millions! This was done to hook part of our water line to the Madison pipeline. Then I … more

Value of Frosty, $25. Value of candy canes, $15. Value of the look on our granddaughter’s face when she sees all of the decorations, priceless. You must be proud of yourselves for stealing … more

It is souring to think of paying $100 or more because we choose to irrigate a thirsty lawn on a Monday. It is also distasteful to contemplate total watering restrictions — meaning goodbye lawns, goodbye flowers and goodbye to that tomato plant you’ve been nurturing — because the town’s water supply hits crisis mode. more

What a stupid idea for the city of Gillette to allow fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Did they honestly think people would obey the rules and not light them in the city? When our police and … more

Who says our Congress is grid-locked and can’t get anything done. Just watch as they get a pay raise on the down-low while asking the rest of the country to bite the bullet. Duffy … more