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Serving in the Wyoming House of Representatives for just one year has opened my eyes to what the future holds for the State of Wyoming. Coupled with my role as an economic developer serving to drive robust prosperity in Sweetwater County, I can confidently say Wyoming has big opportunities ahead....
It’s becoming a bit of a trend, but this winter (like this past fall), the Dogie sports teams are going to be small fish swimming in a pretty big pond.
With a population of 234 students, only 19 kids separate Newcastle High School from being in 2A, while the largest school in 3A has 630. That...
I tend to write these types of letters to Wyoming citizens around once a year. They seem to have a consensus and generally surround one simple concept – getting along with one another.
Here is my pledge to you and every person in the state of Wyoming. Regardless of our differences, I will listen...
As Wyoming conservatives, there are certain beliefs that define us. For example, we believe in protecting human life from beginning to end. We believe that we should be involved in all decisions regarding our children, including the choice of where they attend school. We believe in limited...
There’s a little old country churchyard
On the prairie where I lived as a child,
And the graveyard is still beside it,
With the grass growing over it wild.
The old Boyd church is gone now,
Just why was it taken away?
The graveyard and churchyard still stand there,
A reminder of a much...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to nominate William O. Douglas to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Louis Brandeis in 1939, but there was a problem, a geographical problem.
Douglas, a resident of Connecticut since his days as a Yale Law Professor...
We want to applaud Weston County Health Services Trustee Nick Johnson for representing his constituents well and slowing down a proposal from the hospital board’s leaders that would curtail free speech and disenfranchise voters and the board members they elect to represent them.
Johnson is...
Last week I fulfilled my constitutional duty when I submitted a balanced budget proposal for the next two years. Consistent with my approach since taking office, I presented a fiscally conservative budget that focuses on needs more than wants. It addresses the pressing challenges of today, but also...
In recent weeks, the staff at the News Letter Journal has been reminded once again how important our jobs are, and why newspapers are crucial to towns like ours — and we want to take this opportunity to thank Newcastle City Mayor Pam Gualtieri, Newcastle City Attorney Dublin Hughes and the...
The game of basketball has become faster and more physical over the years, so it shouldn’t be surprising that injuries seem to be more common.
One step that the National Federation of High School Sports has taken to attempt to address potentially dangerous situations is to lessen the opportunity...
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