As I was working on a story for our upcoming home improvement special section I happened to chat with a young woman only recently graduated from Northwest College. She was showing off how her …
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By Zac Taylor
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4/16/24
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Years ago, when I still lived in Colorado, I was goose hunting with my father and brother at a leased blind in front of a mostly well frozen pond.
We put a decoy spread of standing geese …
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By Zac Taylor
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4/11/24
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While the Northwest College student center construction nears the final stretch, fans of large building projects (such as my children when they were really young and loved excavators) will still be …
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By Zac Taylor
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4/9/24
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When Gov. Mark Gordon signed the biennium budget for the state after the recent legislative session, he approved a budget that included a line that will help the Northwest College Foundation in its …
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By Zac Taylor
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4/2/24
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The 2024 Budget Session is over and legislators have gone home, but this year they have unfinished business to attend to.
The state Legislature should hold a special session to once again pass …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/28/24
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Park County has a land use plan, and it seems everybody is unhappy with at least some aspects of it.
Sounds like a perfect compromise plan to me.
But I’ve …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/26/24
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It’s understandable the Park County Commissioners tend to favor keeping solid public board members they’ve appointed on those boards when they’re interested in another term.
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By Zac Taylor
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3/19/24
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In 2008 I brought a classic New York-style cheesecake to a Super Bowl party with my fiancé’s brother and his family. My future brother-in-law was hoping to see history — the …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/14/24
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Southside Elementary School students absolutely love French toast sticks — or cinnamon sticks, or sticks, or toast.
They love pancakes and, of course, cereal — especially the …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/12/24
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For a bit there, I was pretty excited about a bill being considered in Cheyenne.
The thought of no longer paying property taxes? Sign me up.
House Bill 204 failed on third …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/5/24
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A $100 bill remains an extraordinary piece of currency to hold. Even in an age of inflation, a Benjamin still represents some serious dough.
These days, the bill is also a veritable work of art, …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/27/24
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A funeral date is set for the celebration of a 33-year-old life taken too soon. Taken too soon from his wife and infant daughter. Taken from a family who saw their son battle an overseas war in …
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By the Sheridan Press
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2/22/24
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As this is being written Thursday morning, one of what I’m sure was one of the worst days in the history of Sheridan, and throughout the state, is over and a killing of a police officer that …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/20/24
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Within the next couple of months expect to see notice of an open house for the armory, now the home of Northwest College’s career and technical, non degree programs such as CDL and machinery …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/13/24
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After a near sleepless night on a hard-cushioned couch in a delivery room at a hospital in Athens, Georgia, I had the chance to see my wife hold our firstborn son for the first time. Soon after, I …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/6/24
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Take a look at the Park County Land Use Plan just certified by the county’s planning and zoning commission. I dare you to look through it and not find something that makes you …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/30/24
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Everyday at the Powell Tribune, as I walk from the editorial department in the back of the office to the breakroom to get coffee or tea, I pass by wall shelving holding bound copies of every edition …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/23/24
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More potential and current students are looking for programs that allow them to more quickly get out into the business world in their career of choice.
At Thursday’s State of the …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/16/24
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Solutions to quickly rising property taxes are coming in hot as the Wyoming Legislature prepares for a budget session in February. There’s a petition to cut taxes in half that, if enough …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/11/24
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I’m a sucker for long obituaries on important people, especially those who dealt with world affairs, such as presidents, prime ministers, generals and diplomats.
So, I spent the …
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By Zac Taylor
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1/9/24
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