Jordan Smith

Oct 28, 2024 | trib.com | Jordan Smith

Zabrina Johnson’s day begins and ends with her boys. Like many small children, Rayden and Sorin wake up needing attention. On a Friday in May, soon after school ended, the boys fill their morning with play. They watch Firebuds on YouTube. They look at their flashcards. They make noise. They run. Zabrina carefully watches them while – like many other mothers – doing approximately five other tasks.

Oct 27, 2024 | trib.com | Jordan Smith

Zabrina Johnson’s day begins and ends with her boys. Like many small children, Rayden and Sorin wake up needing attention. On a Friday in May, soon after school ended, the boys fill their morning with play. They watch Firebuds on YouTube. They look at their flashcards. They make noise. They run. Zabrina carefully watches them while – like many other mothers – doing approximately five other tasks.

Oct 25, 2024 | trib.com | Jordan Smith

Nobody wants to admit it, but leaving the first postgrad job you landed is sometimes harder than actually getting it. By the time you're reading this, I've likely already packed up my stuff and walked out of the office for the last time as an employee. October 25 was my final day. Though I'll still be in Casper for the foreseeable future, I won't be a Star-Tribuner anymore.

Oct 23, 2024 | trib.com | Jordan Smith

Casper City Council pondered redesign ideas for Metro Animal Shelter on Tuesday evening. Councilors seemed curious and indicated support for the ideas. Metro Animal Shelter is the first proposition for the sixth-cent tax on city residents' ballots. The proposition asks voters to decide whether or not they'd like to implement a sixth-cent tax — two more pennies on the state's 4% sales tax — to redesign and rebuild the shelter.

Oct 19, 2024 | trib.com | Jordan Smith

The City of Casper decided earlier this year to ask Natrona County commissioners to add eight sixth-cent tax propositions to the general election ballot. The commissioners approved. With Nov. 5 rapidly approaching and early voting having started on Oct. 8, the Star-Tribune has summarized what each sixth-cent proposition is for your consideration below. But first, a recap: The city last summer tried and failed to extend the county’s current one-cent tax indefinitely.