The odd couple is still alive and well
You know how they say opposites attract? Maybe it’s true.
Updated: 6 days ago
These are the political dog days for Hageman and Cheney
Columnist Bill Sniffin discusses the Republican primary race for Wyoming's lone Congressional seat.
Updated: 2 weeks ago
It’s a pleasure to meet you, Sublette County
As journalists, we are educators, truth-seekers and watchdogs. The work is far from easy, but the concept is simple: we uncover information, verify it, and then bring you all the facts so that you, our beloved readers, can make an informed decision on the issues that impact you and the community you hold dear.
Updated: 3 weeks ago
Legislative Update - July 11
The Bureau of Reclamation is the watermaster in the Lower Basin states, but not in the Upper Basin where Wyoming sits. Wyoming controls Wyoming water, unless the flows at Lee’s Ferry are reduced to the point curtailment happens. However, the Bureau of Reclamation has control of flows from Flaming Gorge, Fontenelle and a few smaller reservoirs in Wyoming, because the Feds built and operate most of those reservoirs.
Updated: 1 month ago
Mosquitos: reality vs. utopia
*Editor's note: a July 8, 2022 Letter to the Editor authored by Linda Baker, of Pinedale Pollinator Positive, and published by the Pinedale Roundup may have led readers to believe Baker is a member of the Sublette County Mosquito Abatement District No. 1. Baker is not a board member.
Updated: 1 month ago
Peaceful protest
A peaceful protest for women's and LGBTQIA+ rights was staged in front of the Wind River Brewery during Governor Mark Gordon's visit on Thursday, July 14.
Updated: 1 month ago
The Intrepid Explorer - July 8
Exposure to the natural world is not about the frequency and duration spent in green space, or really where you live; it's whether you use it or not.
Updated: 1 month ago
Letter to the Editor - Claims about mosquito spray up for debate
Concerns about chemicals in mosquito spray.
Updated: 1 month ago
Barrasso: Irresponsible Democrats pushing for U.S. to follow California's failed energy model
Democrats are trying to impose California‘s unreliable energy policies on the rest of the country. Americans are responding, “Don’t turn America into California!”
Updated: 10 months ago
Eiden: Fear not – your children will always need you
Parents are never unemployed.
Updated: 10 months ago
Lummis: The West is burning and politics are fanning the flames
As smoke from summer Western wildfires spreads all the way to Maine, the entire country finally realizes what the West has long known: America’s forest-management policies are not working.
Updated: 11 months ago
Contributing to the chaos - Sept. 17
As I look at the illusion of reality, brought forth by the incompatible deeming that to be you must be compatible with incompatible, I slow my steps.
Updated: 11 months ago
Eiden: I'm understanding a few things better
I’m understanding a few things better as time goes by. It takes longer for me because I’m a little hardheaded.
Updated: 11 months ago
9/11 retrospective: A different country now
This is a column from Roundup editor Brady Oltmans as part of the Roundup's anniversary coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Updated: 11 months ago
9/11 retrospective: Why it's called terrorism
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Roundup has published columns from its Sept. 13, 2001, edition. This is from Rob Shaul, editor and publisher of the Roundup at the time.
Updated: 11 months ago
9/11 retrospective: Land of the Free...Home of the Brave
A guest column from Aidan M. Mullett II, that was originally published in the Pinedale Roudup's Sept. 13, 2001, edition.
Updated: 11 months ago
Legislative Update – Aug. 31
Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from the 2021 interim work of the 66th Legislature.
Updated: 11 months ago
Contributing to the chaos
Local commentary from contributor Dan Abernathy.
Updated: 11 months ago
Our body has a wired set point
I recently read an article stating, “Don’t scold yourself for gaining weight, your body is wired to return to a natural set point.”
Updated: 11 months ago
Relationships are hard
Gar and I are still married after 42 years, even after spending two winters in a 30-foot camper.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – Aug. 1
Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from interim work of the 66th Legislature.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
Due to the what, of what is, we as small-town dwellers are seeing firsthand a seemingly no end to the new disembarking from urban arenas. Because we were raised this way we, for the most part, accept them with open arms.
Updated: 1 year ago
Sublette Centennial 'pioneers' sought
The search is on for residents of Sublette County for at least 50 years to be recognized as a “Sublette Centennial Pioneer.”
Updated: 1 year ago
Proposed ordinance bringing out the worst in us
This is an editorial from the staff at the Pinedale Roundup.
Updated: 1 year ago
Parents are never done helping kids
I do think 4-H is a hecka lotta work for mom and dad.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
It’s not that I’m totally rebelling against the ways of now.
Updated: 1 year ago
Bears and I have a lot in common
Bears are not my favorite animal; in fact I really dislike bears, but I’ll admit, we have a lot in common.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
Pole Creek is a small river that was born in the high granite cracks of the Wind River Range.
Updated: 1 year ago
It's Christmas in July, in letter form
In case you hadn’t noticed, every year the Eiden’s Christmas letter gets later and later, until this year, it’s an epistle for Christmas in July. Lucky you.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
On May 9, we celebrated Mother’s Day amidst the turmoil of weak people offended by the name of the day. During this invasion of offensive terminology, I introduced my mother.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative update – The Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce
I am in Casper for meetings of the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce.
Updated: 1 year ago
My hiking partner
The first time I took my best friend up on a mountain, he was a shivering puppy in the snow.
Updated: 1 year ago
Let conservative states lead on reducing national debt
From Sen. Cynthia Lummis.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
In the movie “Forrest Gump,” Forrest was asked if he was stupid. He replied, “Stupid is as stupid does,” meaning that a person should be judged by his actions, not his appearance.
Updated: 1 year ago
I talk to myself while I walk
At my and Gar’s age, not to mention our activity level, which is less than any sloth on planet earth, we’re certain we should be moving our joints every day, so I walk and Gar swims.
Updated: 1 year ago
Once a mother - always a mother
Recently, sleep physiologist Rachel Markwald set out to study fatigue on a Navy warship.
Updated: 1 year ago
Brunette chose as regional Volunteer of the Year
Des has been a part of our MESA program since its inception nearly 10 years ago.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
There are people who find anger with who you are for speaking your truth.
Updated: 1 year ago
Highway Patrolman problems
It was a Monday morning so I naturally didn’t have a joyful spirit, similar to how I am on all the other days of the week.
Updated: 1 year ago
Wyoming 66th Legislature – Update No. 5
From Rep. Jim Roscoe, House District No. 22
Updated: 1 year ago
Lummis: Call it a crisis
Night after night, Wyoming citizens are turning on the news to see a national security and humanitarian crisis unfolding at our southern border.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – April 3
From Rep. Albert Sommers, House District No. 20
Updated: 1 year ago
It's not easy living with a brown-haired blonde
I use a hair product called “Freeze-It” to keep my mop in place and my motto is, “One can never, no not ever, use too much hairspray.”
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – March 26, 29
From Rep. Albert Sommers, House District No. 20.
Updated: 1 year ago
Wyoming 66th Legislature Update 4
From Rep. Jim Roscoe, House District No. 22.
Updated: 1 year ago
Daytime habits that affect your sleep at night
Local commentary from Trena Eiden.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – March 20
From Rep. Albert Sommers, House District No. 20
Updated: 1 year ago
Ricketts: The fight for Wyoming's economy
From Bondurant resident and former TD Ameritrade CEO Joe Ricketts.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the chaos
An underlying problem I feel, in this masked world we exist in right now, is not seeing faces anymore.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – March 12, 16
Rep. Albert Sommers, House District No. 20
Updated: 1 year ago
Wyoming 66th Legislature Update No. 3
From Rep. Jim Roscoe, House District No. 22
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – March 7-9
From Rep. Albert Sommers, House District No. 20
Updated: 1 year ago
A chat with 10-year-old me
I’ve often thought what I’d say to my 10-year-old self if I could go back in time.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the Chaos
Mindfulness is awareness. It is to know, feel and see what is happening in the moment.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – Feb. 28, March 1-2
From Rep. Albert Sommers, House District No. 20
Updated: 1 year ago
Church people are much too trusting
We try to attend church everywhere we visit.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the Chaos
Some of us stay up way too late at night, but for myself, I get up way too early in the morning.
Updated: 1 year ago
Sommers: Funding Wyoming's K12 education program
A brief history and the situation the Legislature faces this session.
Updated: 1 year ago
Eiden: The first week is always the hardest
After arriving in Florida, we stayed with our kids for a few days while setting up the camper.
Updated: 1 year ago
Legislative Update – Feb. 3-6
From House Rep. Albert Sommers, District No. 20.
Updated: 1 year ago
OP-ED: Presidential suspension on mineral development bad for Wyoming’s wildlife
Brian Nesvik is the director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. He has worked on behalf of Wyoming wildlife and people for over 25 years.
Updated: 1 year ago
Contributing to the Chaos
I do believe it is time that we begin to put the pieces back together, if in fact we are not beyond fixable.
Updated: 1 year ago
Robinson: GOP purity test
A letter from Sublette County Republican Party Chairman Jim Robinson.
Updated: 1 year ago