Oil and Gas in the Wyoming Range

The proposed oil and gas drilling in the Wyoming Range west of Pinedale, Wyoming presents a new wrinkle in the permitting process. It seems the oil and gas companies are trying to strike a deal with potential opponents before they come to the table with federal land agencies.  As long as the public review process…

Wyoming Winter Sunrise

We are almost to the shortest day of the year. This is the time of year I can truthfully say I am always up before sunrise. At this time of the year, the days feel shorter than anywhere else I have lived. I got to wondering just how much shorter..   the amount of daylight on…

Musgrave Speaks at Wyoming Lego League

The First Lego League Wyoming state competition kicked off tonight with a talk from Story Musgrave. Mr. Musgrave has led a very interesting life. Thirty some years with NASA, more flight time in a Northrop T38 than anyone else on the planet, and six space flights. He oversaw the maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope…

Still Have Coffee Money

If the incredibly long line at Starbucks this morning is any indication, people in Casper, Wyoming still have coffee money. Coffee seems to hover somewhere nearer ‘necessity’ than ‘luxury’ for many Americans. I’m not given to exaggeration, so I won’t claim coffee is anything near a real necessity- like water, food and air, but it…