“It was rejuvenating,” VFW Post #2516 Vice Commander Tom Streeter told the News Letter Journal in the aftermath of the annual Veteran’s Dinner the organization held for the community on November 11.
Far too often elections bring out the worst in people, so it is refreshing every other year to be able to ask our readers to shift their focus to the best in people immediately after the election and start submitting their nominees for the News Letter Journal’s annual Person of the Year recogniti
Twelve score and 2 years ago, our fathers set forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that the best government is one that rules only with the consent of the governed.
You will notice in the second section of this week’s newspaper that we changed our format for the voter primer that we provided for you in preparation for next week’s general election.
It is being widely reported that Governor Matt Mead’s office signed a $1.8 million contract this month with an out-of-state management consulting firm whose public services division in Washington D.C.
In today’s technological world, it’s hard to imagine just how much receiving a handwritten letter from home meant to a serviceman or woman who was stationed far away (and likewise a letter sent in return letting those at home know the soldier was okay.)
We can tell you from experience, military life doesn’t begin with kind words. Nor is the existence often quiet. Loud, profane, and in your face is how it is going in, and largely how it remains until it’s over.
Our page one story about the attempt to hire an athletic trainer signals good news for Weston County.
The hospital and school district boards have been pursuing the hire for months. While the deal is not done, it is close, and you can chalk that up to teamwork.
We applaud the decision of the Wyoming Attorney General to ask the Laramie County District Court to dismiss the state’s case against Republican gubernatorial candidate Taylor Haynes, and agree with Secretary of State Ed Buchanan’s assertion that the election issues in question should not be resol
