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“Hey, I am going to the lake, what about you?” says 7-year-old Bella, a black lab mix, as she pokes her head out of a car window at a stop light on a warm sunny day in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
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The Wyoming State Museum’s traveling exhibit, “Suffrage Wyoming,” will be on display at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs through May 31, 2021. The exhibit is available for public view whenever the college is open.
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Western Wyoming Community College was able to use CARES funding for educational advancement and to help faculty accommodate students both in and out of the classroom.
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She didn’t try to escape from my arms, maybe because she felt safe with me. I could feel her heart beating right next to mine when I carried her from Norbest turkey processing plant (slaughterhouse) to a farm sanctuary. The most beautiful 25 pounds I ever carried!
With everyone aboard, we can get through this
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Dear Governor Gordon,
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As a high school senior, my parents told me they could not afford college. So I worked hard to obtain a scholarship through Western Wyoming College. I was the only member of my family to go to college. Western was the only way to accomplish my college education.
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Where do you go when you feel lost and hopeless? How do you ground yourself when everyone around you expects you to fail?
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Dear Governor Gordon:
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An open letter to the Wyoming governor and state health officer,
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Dave Simpson, a newspaper man for 40 million years, is snarky but not insightful. In an editorial in the Rocket-Miner, April 11, 2020, he was right to characterize the broad, constant, and increasing opposition to Trump as hate. It is well deserved, however, and it is even mathematically log…
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With the coronavirus outbreak, we have all had to adapt to new ways of doing things. The majority of you are adjusting to online or remote learning from your homes, faculty are transitioning to virtual classrooms from their homes, and staff are supporting you through the use of technology fr…
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Sweetwater County strongly recommends that the Bureau of Land Management postpones publishing its draft Rock Springs Resource Management Plan until the COVID-19 health restrictions are lifted and in-person cooperator and public workshops and meetings can once again be held. The county believ…
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Wild horses exude the spirit of freedom and independence and all the good things we wish for in ourselves. Seeing wild horses transports viewers into the pages of Western novels and old movies, and to history and awe-inspiring vistas. Wild horses are both an intangible asset to southwestern …
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One of the many things I love about living in Western Wyoming is the abundant amount of public land that is available for recreation. As an avid sportsman who relies on access to public lands, I was relieved to see that the Sweetwater County Board of Commissioners sent a letter to the Bureau…
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Melissa Ohden is a survivor. She was born at 31 weeks of gestation, weighing just 2 pounds and 14 ounces. Severe respiratory and liver problems, along with seizures, made her doctors doubt she would survive. But she did survive.
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Whether you’re a boomer, a Gen X/Y/Zer or a Millennial, you’ve only got one heart. No matter your age, right now is the perfect time to make the lifestyle choices that can keep your heart as strong and healthy as possible.
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The very wild Greater Little Mountain (GLM) region, south of Rock Springs, has long been a locally favored hunting area. It is now, however, facing the release of a new Resource Management Plan (RMP) by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This may include many new roads and oil and gas deve…
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Rocky Mountain Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan outlines how we plan to meet the electricity needs of our Wyoming customers safely, affordably and reliably over the next 20 years. As I visit with customers and community leaders around the state, they have questions about what this means…
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The mayor wrote a letter to the public. He said they only kill aggressive or sick animals. He said they fight Mike Kiggins, so they're the only ones who have to be killed.
A thank you from a veteran on vacation
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The Economic-Panel Discussion on Boom and Bust Cycles came to Rock Springs on Oct. 9. It was held at Western Wyoming Community College, and generously funded by the American Heritage Center. In attendance were about 75 people from the area. On the panel, acting as moderator was former Wyomin…
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