On June 3 in Gillette, the Joint Revenue Committee passed a motion, 11-3, to draft a bill to eliminate property taxes from the Wyoming Constitution. The motion was made by Natrona County Republican …
It’s commencement season, where friends and family gather to celebrate those that just graduated. While one chapter of these student’s lives has concluded, another is about to begin. …
You probably don’t see wildland firefighters on the job because they usually work in remote areas. But with wildfires moving from the backcountry to backyards, the public is becoming more aware …
Flag Day, celebrated every June 14, is one of America’s lesser-known holidays, but my father never forgot it. June 14 marks the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress officially adopted …
I recently read an article on the intelligence of animals, but I already knew dogs could count and that they have a basic understanding of math. They can do simple addition and subtraction and also …
During World War I, four of baseball’s most accomplished, most celebrated Hall of Famers volunteered in The Great War, specifically in the Chemical Warfare’s “Gas and Flame” …
There is much to love about spring in Wyoming, and I would like to suggest one more way to appreciate the natural beauty of our state. On May 9 some 440,000 birds migrated across Carbon County. …
It has become a predictable annual event, like the first tourist getting tossed ass over teacup by a Yellowstone buffalo. It is the “free space” on the Cowboy State’s political …
A lbert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” I’m a little sad about that because I only …
As Wyoming faith leaders, we are deeply concerned by potential cuts to federal funding for Medicaid. The program provides health care coverage to tens of thousands of our low-income Wyoming neighbors …
The power to choose judges is one of the most important powers in government. Judges help decide what the law means, what our rights really cover, and can make rulings that change lives and laws for …
A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted by telephone scammers. “Grandma,” said a young man pretending to be her grandson, Jerrod, “I’m in trouble.” …
I grew up in the 1990s. It wasn’t perfect — there were a lot of cultural trends we’d probably all like to forget — but one thing my generation tried to get right was this: We …
Cheaters never prosper. But people who expose cheaters make out like bandits. According to USA Today, “loyalty tests” are blowing up online. That’s because an …
I know for a fact that I’m my own worst enemy, and I also know that I do everything to excess. It’s a disorder. Maybe I need wormed. I’ve flown lots of zany stuff across the …
Picture the playground scene: the Brutes pummeling the Mutes. The crowd accordions in on victim and tormentor. The dunce from down the street — you know the one, that kid who’s always …
I once read, “The best thing about old age is that a person only has to go through it once.” I’ve obviously reached a “certain” age, because people I haven’t seen …
W yoming must be thoughtful when it comes to its future, as we are in a perilous position. The economic drivers of our state are changing, and cracks are showing in our economic foundation. We must …
By Rod Miller WyoFile.com Generally defined as a problem or controversy that cannot be resolved by the Constitution, we in the good ol’ U.S. of A. have had our share of …
When our team couldn’t make it through 500 pushups, my cross country coach would laugh. And he meant every word of it. I used to run cross country in high school, not because I …