Who would have thought the debate over Wyoming’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic would be defined by two University of Pennsylvania graduates?
The legislative committee that last week made the decision to recommend doing away with local government public notice requirements has made a…
In just over a week, Wyoming lawmakers will gather at the Capitol for one of the most consequential legislative sessions in recent memory. Muc…
In case you’re unawares, this past Thursday the Wyoming Senate committee advanced Senate File 17, a bill that calls for removing some of the p…
On the surface, it might not seem like a big deal. In April, 8,600 local students in grades 5-12 will be asked to spend about 30 minutes answe…
When I started as your managing editor with the Laramie Boomerang, I asked you, the readers, to let me know how am I doing.
Dear Steiner/You Are a Goon/Get Out of Laramie/And Be Gone by Noon.
Several years back, when I was a reporter and editor with the Polk County Democrat in Bartow, Florida, I seized upon an assignment. Then Agric…
On Christmas Eve I was watching the PBS program on Fred Rogers, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” I am thinking of him right now as I write this on …
Little by little, one step at a time, I am sure you will agree, improvements are being made at the Laramie Boomerang. From “putting our foot d…
I spent much of my 82 years as an advocate of education, environment and political causes. I wanted public lands protected so I could continue…
The last thing I expected when I arrived yesterday at approximately 8:30 a.m., was being confronted with the fact the truck delivering Friday’…
No doubt about it, this has been a difficult and sometimes contentious year.
It was May 2010. I had just moved to Bartow, Florida after having lived the previous 22 years in Hickory, N.C. That Thanksgiving I was invited…
The late, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch was known for frequently asking, “How am I doing?” He did well enough, obviously, to earn a secon…
Why was I applying for the managing editor position with the Laramie Boomerang was the gist of the email reply from Gary Loftus, the Laramie B…
This was not the column I had planned writing introducing myself to readers of the Boomerang, and to residents of Laramie. But as the saying g…
Early Casper entrepreneur and philanthropist Fred Goodstein used to say, “Beware of the person who knows the price of everything and the value…
Do it for your grandma or grandpa.
Wyoming legislators are fall on further erosion of public notices in newspapers.
For most of the coronavirus pandemic, Wyoming’s hospitals treated fewer than 20 coronavirus patients a day. The numbers would sometimes rise, …
During the heat waves this summer, Californians found themselves roasting in the dark when rolling blackouts left hundreds of thousands of res…
Good news has been hard to come by this year. But if you’re looking for something positive, consider what’s happening at the University of Wyoming.
The coronavirus pandemic and the economic downturn it has caused has been especially painful for the network of nonprofit groups that serve Wy…
This is a tough time for those charged with deciding whether and how to reopen the University of Wyoming campus to in-class learning. And we n…
Even during a global pandemic and a state budget crisis, a group of Wyoming lawmakers has a chance later this month to continue a conversation…
When Mark Gordon, now Governor of Wyoming, first ran for the office a couple of years ago, he didn’t know a huge part of his job would become …
As we enter the fifth full month fighting a stubborn pandemic, it is remarkable how many people have risen to the challenge. Despite some conf…
