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Add Mark Jenkins to List of Legendary Wyoming Adventurers

By Bill Sniffin on Mon 06/17/2013 09:51am
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Who are Wyoming’s greatest adventurers?
 
First there was the mountain man Jim Bridger.  Then add the explorer John Fremont.  Maybe include the one-armed expedition leader John Wesley Powell.

Is This the Future of Family Communication? Or Will Some Remain Committed Luddites?

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 06/11/2013 09:30am
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Communication may be even more vital among family members when you live in Wyoming, the lowest populated state in the country.
 

The Last Days of Firstboomers

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 05/21/2013 11:58am
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I am the oldest baby boomer.  By my reckoning, my parents conceived me sometime in June 1945 and I born somewhat early on March 21, 1946.

Wyoming Stories Involving Moose, Faux Elk and Other Exciting Adventures

By Bill Sniffin on Wed 05/15/2013 12:49pm
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My recent column about various moose adventures prompted stories from several friends:

Wyomingites in the News

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 05/07/2013 09:38am
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For a state with such small population, people with strong Wyoming ties have been in the news lately:

Adventures in Publishing - Looking Back on the Past Year of Selling Books

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 04/30/2013 01:42pm
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 It has been awhile since we updated readers about our most amazing adventure of 2012 – the publishing of the book Wyoming’s 7 Greatest Natural Wonders.

Wyoming Parks Offer Lifelime Memories for Young and Old

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 04/23/2013 08:53am
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Some of my earliest childhood memories of my dad loading up all of us kids and heading off to a state park for a day of play and relaxation.

Living in the Heart of Country’s Gun Culture

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 04/16/2013 08:55am
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Some 63 percent of the 579,000 residents in Wyoming own guns.  This is the highest percentage of any state in the USA.

Perhaps it makes some sense to describe what living in the heart of America’s “gun culture” can be like during this time of national debate about guns and whether or not there is a need for national registry of gun owners.

And Now for Some Good News...

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 04/09/2013 09:07am
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It always seems Wyoming is an island of good news surrounded by worldwide bad news spewed forth by the major networks and national media.

All we hear about nationally is bad news.  It is like the USA is in an economic funk, which is exacerbated by the gridlock in Congress. 

Wyoming Hero Died for Tragic Reasons

By Bill Sniffin on Mon 04/01/2013 03:15pm
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The name Lester Hunt is not that prominent in Wyoming these days.

Oh, it can be found on a building at the Wyoming Life Resource Center in Lander.  Our local airport is named Hunt Field, although most folks think it was named after the world-renowned One Shot Antelope Hunt.

But Lester Hunt was a great citizen of our state.  At times, he was even heroic.

Wyoming All Over National News

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 03/26/2013 09:17am
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Good going, Dick, Rulon, Christy and Kenny and sorry to hear about Jerry’s passing. These are all Wyoming folks who have been in the national news in recent weeks. How could I have missed all this?

Wyoming Moose Stories

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 03/19/2013 09:16am
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For some reason, “moose have been in the nooze” this winter in my part of Wyoming. There have been some good news stories, some crime news, some locked antler battles and even two moose rescue stories.

In Wake of Dual Disasters, Gulf Coast Recovering from Katrina and Oil Spill

By Bill Sniffin on Mon 03/11/2013 03:35pm
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It was a cold, brisk evening on Bourbon Street when we visited New Orleans March 2.  In fact, it was their chilliest night of the year.  We were bundled up like Wyoming people know how to do, while the locals were shivering and barely covered.

Ancient Wyoming Mountain Residents Lived During the Times of the Pyramids

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 02/26/2013 11:40am
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Some months ago in this space, we repeated a fantastic rumor about a Machu Picchu-type place deep in the Wind River Mountains. The story was far-fetched, and it just could not be verified.

Big Fire, Heavy Snow, Ice, Wind, Cheers, Jeers During Brief Trip

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 02/19/2013 09:43am
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A mid-winter trip from Dallas, Texas, to Lander, Wyoming should be routine. Almost boring.

Well, not so fast.

The Future of Power in the USA Was Glimpsed During Super Bowl

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 02/12/2013 04:53pm
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That 34-minute power blackout during the Super Bowl gave the world a glimpse of the future of how electrical power outages will be occurring in the United States

Ten Years of Writing a Statewide Column

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 02/05/2013 11:23am
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This statewide column-writing idea started when Wyoming Tribune Eagle Managing Editor Reed Eckhardt asked me to write a weekly commentary about the 2002 statewide political races.

What was eating this dog?

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 01/29/2013 10:23am
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Our old family dog, Shadow, had been listless and seemed not well. A Wyoming native, this dog had been with us for 14 years.  In dog years, she was  pushing 90.

If I Don't Catch a Fish Soon, I Am Going to Start Cheating

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 01/22/2013 04:34pm
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“Seems I am enduring the horrible life that living in a blue state can portend I've noticed that whenever you do an “I love Whyoming” column, you take a cheap shot at other parts of the country, mostly my home state. Why is Whyoming the least populated state?

Popsicles for firefighters. Lots of elk. A thousand fish. A Cold War park?

By Bill Sniffin on Tue 01/08/2013 09:29am
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Elk harvests, a Cold War state park, a governor laments and lots of other news kept popping up for me over a two-day period last fall at a meeting in Casper.

My reporter nose was twitching with all this news.