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Reid Rasner is a businessman from Casper and is running for Senate for the Cowboy State. He talks about why his opponent isn’t doing the people of Wyoming anything that is memorable, how he would handle Russia, and why term limits for Congress is a good idea.
Rick Ridgeway, a self-described “adventurer, writer, photographer, marketer, and adventure capitalist,” was joined by Corey Anco, The Willis McDonald IV Curator of Natural Science for the Center of the West, to talk about a multi-media presentation, meet-and-greet and book signing at the Center of the West. Rick spoke about his life as conservationist, including 15…
Brad Cline, from the Wyoming Veterans Commission, spoke about changes in VA benefits. Changes that affect the PACT Act, Veteran Pensions, Survivor Benefits, as well as state benefits. He also spoke about becoming a life coach and how that he is using his skills in that area to help veterans in the Big Horn Basin.
Aaron Buck, Director of Yellowstone Regional Airport, spoke about the airport’s upcoming event named, “Once In A Blue Moon – Run The Runway Event” which is a 5 or 10K run or walk on the runway that will be closed. Since a rare, super moon will be in the sky, the event is at night. …
Powell native, Charlie Spiering is now a successful conservative writer who lives in “The Swamp” of DC. He is currently working on a book about Vice President Kamala Harris and writes a weekly column for Cowboy State Daily. He spoke about his writing habits, why he chose to write a book and how the GOP…
Cody native, Matthew Taggart, is a film maker who has a new movie entitled, “Counterfeit Kid.” Matthew spoke about growing up in Cody, graduating from Cody High School and how his hometown can be seen in his work. He also spoke about his favorite directors, how his wife helps him in the movie-making process, and…
Tam DeRudder Jackson is a very successful romance novelist who has lived in Cody for over 30 years. Starting out as an English teacher at Cody High School, it wasn’t until recently she decided to publish a romance novel. She also spoke about how big the romance novel market is and an event at the…
Janie Curtis and Tiffany Mannion from That Other Project spoke about wanting the City of Cody to have an Active Transportation Plan that can be utilized by everyone. Hike, bike, horse trails and green spaces would all connect Cody. The 501c3 says they’ve hired an engineering firm out of Lander and will work with Engineering…
Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Megan Degenfelder, back in May of this year, came up with a strategic plan for Wyoming Department of Education for 2023-2027. The plan includes six key goals: parental empowerment, career and technical education, citizenship, efficiency, teachers and literacy. We spoke about all these things and more about how she plans…
Ben Williams, owner of the W Arena, and Albert Dines, a band member of the house band at the W, spoke about the history of the W Arena and how, as musicians, they’ve played all over the country, and now they’re hosting a house-band-session once a month where people can come with all levels of…