The first issue of the Sublette Examiner hit the newsstands on April 5, 2001, featuring a front-page photo of a new mother cow and her calf taken by Deanne on the ranch where Rhonda still lives. The June 27, 2023 Sublette Examiner, will be the last one printed, ending with Volume 23 Issue 26.... more
The GRRPA would like to thank all who supported our position and who provided input on the discussion with the town council and Main Street Committee. GRRPA extends its appreciation to the town council and Main Street Committee for their consideration and resolution.... more
The decision was based on the following factors: Safety for all the parade participants while creating less impact on businesses and residents and the inclusion of senior citizens at the Sublette Center. ... more
Medicaid provides health coverage to 83.1 million Americans or more than 20 percent of the population, including low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. In Wyoming, there were more than 83,000 people receiving health insurance through Medicaid at the start of 2023. Health coverage helps people fulfill needs that might not otherwise be met. It plays a vital but also complicated role. After all, it’s difficult to keep up with expectations, especially when the rules are regularly rewritten.... more
In 2008, Kniffy Hamilton, the supervisor of Bridger-Teton National Forest, designated “The Path of the Pronghorn” in the section of this important migration corridor that went through Bridger-Teton National Forest. After this designation, many optimists thought that the BLM, private landowners and the state of Wyoming would take steps to continue the designation, which would offer this thousands-of-years-old migration a degree of protection from development and overuse. That did not happen.... more
Did you know that 70 percent of the food that we eat benefits from pollination? Plants cannot produce a fruit or a seed without fertilization – pollinators are a vital part of this process. Pollination helps the plant to produce viable seeds, increases production and promotes more variety within our food supply, with better nutritional qualities. Plants like fruit trees, berries, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, melons and flowers depend on pollinators.... more
Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from interim work of the 66th Legislature.... more
My name is Vern McWilliams and I’ve been in and around the cattle, horse and general ranching lifestyle for 60 years.... more
As I researched expenditures versus income in Sublette County, I found that we’re spending far more than we make and while a few of our county commissioners find it acceptable to continually use our reserves, that is not sustainable. ... more
On Oct. 26, both houses of the Wyoming Legislature convened for a special session.... more
The Grand Canyon boating community — devoted to each other and to the Colorado River — was shocked to learn this fall that we’d lost two of our own.... more
Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from Cheyenne and the Special Session of the Wyoming Legislature.... more
Take it or leave it. I had just completed some marvelous carnie feat that allowed me to present to this girl that I had known since first memory, one of the finest pieces of jewelry that we, me or her, had ever seen before.... more
If Jim Howell, a fourth-generation rancher in western Colorado, has a guru, he’s Allan Savory, the champion of intensive cattle grazing even on semi-arid land.... more
Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you on Thursday, Oct. 21, prior to a Legislative Special Session.... more
From Gov. Mark Gordon.... more
What did we learn this summer and fall? We learned that people who’d been cooped up, thanks to COVID-19, flocked to our national parks and forests. Once there, many were eager to empty their bucket list of must-do activities in the outdoors.... more
“I can’t believe that person is getting that close.”... more
The rain was falling in sheets. The wind was howling. The temperature was 40 degrees and I could see my breath. My raincoat was soaked through and my umbrella was inside out. It was late at night and I was standing on a street corner in Cardiff, Wales, waiting for a bus.... more
Democrats in Washington are planning a far-reaching Big Brother initiative to squeeze every last penny out of everyday Americans. They need more money to pay for their reckless spending programs. Their targets are middle-class families in Wyoming and across the country.... more
For eight months, the Democrats have been in control of the White House and Congress. In that time, America has veered from calamity to calamity.... more
“Like No Place on Earth” was the official slogan for Wyoming’s tourism division a few years ago. I liked the slogan but thought it referred more to Yellowstone National Park than anywhere else in the state.... more
It is not an exaggeration to say that New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park is under siege. A surge of oil and gas development threatens this ancestral site, recognized as one of the architectural marvels of the world and revered by Native Americans who consider it a living presence.... more
Donald Trump made a big Cowboy State splash this past week when he anointed Harriet Hageman as his choice to run for Wyoming’s lone Congressional seat against three-termer Liz Cheney.... more
The Pleistocene epoch that began 2.6 million years ago sent ice in waves through Yosemite.... more
Hello Sublette County this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from interim work of the 66th Legislature. On Sept. 1, the Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce met in Casper, and I am a legislative member of that taskforce.... more
And by the way, the Pokes won last Saturday! But there was so much more going on besides a football game.... more
Dr. Dan Surdam, MD, is an emergency medicine physician at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Amy Surdam, FNP, is the COO of Stitches Acute Care Clinics and Lt. Col. in the Wyoming Army National Guard.... more
One thing that can be safely said about the Biden administration is that when you think they could not become even more extreme, they make clear that you underestimate them at your peril.... more
On May 9, protected by neoprene, I bobbed around in a flooded canyon in Utah’s Lake Powell.... more
This originally ran as an op-ed in the July 19 edition of USA Today.... more
This past spring, I noticed that Wyoming’s black-footed ferret is a rock star at the Phoenix Zoo. In fact, you might think the elusive little critter was native to Arizona.... more
True stories with Vern.... more
The latest installment in stories from Vern.... more
Wyoming has always boasted pioneers.... more
When the siren went off in the little town where I went to school, just like in any other small metropolis, the volunteer fire putout crew sprang into action.... more
From Sen. John Barrasso.... more
From Wyoming State Superintendent Jillian Balow.... more
I write today to offer my opinion on recent legislation before Congress.... more
Sens. Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso... more
When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.”... more
On Thursday, Feb. 25, SF103 a 90/10 license allocation and fee increase bill was filed by Sen. Larry Hicks.... more
House Rep. Albert Sommers provides context and corrects the record.... more
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.... more
From Rep. Eric Barlow and Sen. Dan Dockstader... more