<em>Dear Editor,</em>

Thank you for the invitation to submit opinions in last week’s paper. Appropriate discussion during the political decisions should be part of every voter’s day.

<strong><em>The Sheridan Press, Oct. 19</em></strong>

As the Elk Fire continues to rage and the situation changes daily, if not hourly, you’ve likely spent some time on The Sheridan Press’ social media pages. During your time there, you’ve likely seen a recurring question, or even asked the question yourself: Why do we have to subscribe for this content? Why can’t it be available for free to the community?

A few weeks ago I wrote that words matter, referring to verbal words, and this week, as we observe National Newspaper Week I am going to discuss other words that matter — printed words in newspapers.

This year’s theme is Tell Our Stories, meaning for us newspaper folk to tell why we got into this business and for me the theme says it all. That’s why I do this — to tell our stories.

Though a few months away, the next session of the Wyoming Legislature will likely showcase the recent powershift towards the Wyoming Freedom Caucus if the general election goes the way of the primary election.

It may come as a shock to members of Gen Z, but there was once a way to communicate with others before the days of social media.

If there’s any segment of our society that should be most concerned about young people leaving Wyoming after high school or college and not coming back, it’s business owners.