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Recently, while chatting with a friend, I was bemoaning my dislike of Mondays and how it affected my attitude. Looking skeptical, Kathy chided me that the only thing any of us can control is our own …
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By Trena Eiden
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8/20/20
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It was the worst of the worst. Good young men. Nowhere to hide. The fire was relentless.
This week marks the 83rd memorial anniversary of the worst forest fire disaster in Wyoming history when it …
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By Bill Sniffin
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8/20/20
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When I was little my mom taught us, God is love. The Bible (the Old Testament and the New Testament) is the story of God’s insane love for his children. At Jesus’ time, however, folks had …
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By Autourina Mains
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8/20/20
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As I began reading the July 30 bicycle-crash column, “Looking for Heather,” I began thinking, “Hmmm; I didn’t know my brother Paul was a writer.” The photo wasn’t …
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By Doug Blough
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8/18/20
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Ironically, considering our desert climate and dry surface terrain, water aplenty lies in the gravel substrata of the benches below Heart Mountain on its southeast side, seldom making it to the …
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By Pat Stuart
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8/18/20
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On Monday, the Mountain West Conference announced its decision to postpone fall sports. There’s a lot to digest here, but to me, there’s one major thing that I can’t figure out: Why now?
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By Carson Field
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8/15/20
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The COVID-19 virus has hopelessly scrambled the world of sports.
Because of the pandemic, baseball players are playing before crowds of cardboard cutouts instead of real people, and plays are …
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By Don Amend
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8/13/20
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Hello, neighbors! My name is Janita Krayniak. I am originally from Perry, Georgia, but have lived all over the world, including Germany, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (Washington, D.C. area), …
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By Janita Krayniak
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8/13/20
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What type of plant produces multitudes of seeds, establishes rapidly, and can flourish in conditions where other plants would fail? I am referring to a weed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson described a weed …
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By Katherine Clarkson
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8/7/20
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Farmers and ranchers feed our state, our nation, and in fact, our world. You work long hours to provide essential resources for us all, and in these challenging times, I want you to know that USDA is …
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By Lois Van Mark
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8/7/20
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Folks like me with 30 years covering sports under their belts — if indeed any remain extant — cannot help but be “up to here” in Cougars and Tigers and Hawks. Not to mention …
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By Steve Moseley
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8/6/20
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When it comes to the virus we’re enduring, we have decisions to make. Do we call it the corona, Wuhan, COVID-19, simply Covid, Chinese, just virus or, like most Wyomingites, “This …
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By Trena Eiden
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8/6/20
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In the Old Testament we read a lot about the nation of Israel. This nation was chosen by God for a purpose. That purpose was to let all other nations and people know who the true God of Israel was …
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By Kevin Schmidt
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8/6/20
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Wilford Brimley had a lot of stories to tell. I’m glad he shared several of them with Powell Tribune readers.
Brimley, a veteran character actor, died Saturday in Utah, at the age of 85. He …
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By Tom Lawrence
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8/4/20
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The primary election is just weeks away and even though this campaign season seems more subdued than those in past years, it is no less important.
As we all know, the primary election in Wyoming …
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By Khale Lenhart
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8/4/20
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In 1988 I watched as the grizzled ex-Marine Wilford Brimley approached the microphone at the One-Shot Antelope Hunt in Lander. He was one of the shooters that year and had entertained everyone with …
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By Bill Sniffin
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8/4/20
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Get on your bike,” they said. “It’ll improve your health,” they said.
I’m not new to cycling. I used to race mountain bikes and have done some long distance road …
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By Mark Davis
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7/30/20
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I’ve been quite irregular as of late, due to a column roughage deficiency. My writing has been so infrequent, I feel I should introduce myself, pending the blessings of my Tribune superiors, …
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By Doug Blough
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7/30/20
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We live in tumultuous times, don’t we? I’m not even going to mention the thing we are all tired of hearing about and with which we are dealing. But, aside from the obvious, we have had, …
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By Jon Allen
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7/30/20
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Jim Hillberry and I have had many long and thorough discussions about Powell, always coming back to our love for the community and desire to see it grow. Jim was a huge proponent of economic …
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By John Wetzel
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7/28/20
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