IN OUR OPINION

It’s time to get down to business

The election is over.  Now, it’s time for those we’ve elected, or who were elected in spite of our votes, to prepare for the work ahead.  An election doesn’t solve anything. …
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Proposition 1, the measure to exempt 50% of the value of primary residential homes from property taxes and thereby giving homeowners more relief from the recent years of quickly rising rates, fell …
Hopefully by the time you’ve read this you have voted or preparing to, as today (Tuesday) is Election Day, one which will have some big implications for our community, the state and the …
Cody pediatrician Dr. Peter Sidor is Park County’s new public health officer, and I agree with the commissioners and public health staff in thinking he’ll be a good fit for our county.  …
Last week we wrapped up a three part series from Park County Assessor Terry Call on property taxes, including information on Proposition 1 on the November ballot, as well as publishing the last of …
Today (Tuesday) begins what could very well be the final stretch of time the county will accept comment — both via email and in person — regarding the county’s development standards and …
Columns
I offer this narrative because I wish someone had offered it to me — because I wish this as a story we tell and retell in our local community, and that echoes in local communities all over our …
The Irish poet W. B. Yeats wrote over a century ago that “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity,” in a starkly apocalyptic poem, the same one where he …
After being in Wyoming almost 19 years as the pastor at Glad Tidings Church, we have seen the seasons come and the seasons go many times.  My favorite time of year is the spring, because we …
I stood in a large, open concept studio in downtown Laramie with the setting sun pouring in through the massive, paned window, viewing the mountains of the Snowy Range in the distance with a train …
For generations, the celebrated independent spirit of the West seemed anchored by an unspoken expectation: buck up, pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get on with it; but that is the stuff of …
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Letters to the Editor
Beyond the Ribbon Foundation deserves community support
Dear editor: My wife and I attended the Boots and Blooms Cancer Benefit Dinner & Auction Saturday evening. This was their second benefit dinner and it was great. It was very well organized …
Democrats in disguise
Dear editor: In a letter in the Oct. 20 Tribune we are assailed by a letter entitled “Blue wave in election is because of Trump” written by Karen Miller. In the same paper there is a letter …
Vote for 1 cent tax for all our communities' benefit
Dear editor: I am writing to urge a YES vote on the special purpose 1-cent sales tax. Everyone connected to the Powell Senior Center agrees on the urgent need for a larger and more user-friendly …
On the 1% sales tax proposal on the ballot
Dear editor: Paying an additional 1% on taxable purchases is a question of perceived value to the voters of Park County. The total tax expected to be collected is $19.278 million. Voters …
Trump is trying to fix what Democrats broke
Dear editor: I would like to comment on a recent Letter to the Editor titled “Blue wave in election is because of Trump.” With the exception of one Letter to the Editor from the Graffs, …