Paul Krza

Longtime Wyoming journalist Paul Krza also taught school in Cody, wrote sports news at American Forces Radio in Germany and spun records in his hometown, Rock Springs, where he learned journalism when Sweetwater County boomed in the 1970s. He worked in local radio news, then as bureau reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune. In Casper, he was state editor and wrote weekly columns on Wyoming culture and politics. As a freelancer, he’s written for Albuquerque-area publications, High Country News and the Denver Post. He and spouse Kate Padilla have traveled independently to Slovenia, where he recently gained citizenship, the Balkans, Central America, Cuba and Vietnam.

Wyoming tilts right, and further adrift

Opinion

March 19, 2021 by Paul Krza 32 Comments

Writer and former Wyoming resident Paul Krza reflects on his home state’s political evolution over the last half-century.

The little tree that could: Lessons from a bonsai cottonwood

Opinion

May 15, 2020 by Paul Krza 7 Comments

My Wyoming cottonwood saga began in the late 1990s in Casper, where I was nurturing all flavors of flowers in various pots scattered about the yard. Gardening is in my genes, thanks to Slovenian grandparents who grew vegetables and planted …

History tells us we will get through this

Opinion

April 28, 2020 by Paul Krza 6 Comments

In the context of historical trials like the ones his family faced as immigrants in Wyoming 100 years ago, Paul Krza writes, the pandemic looks more like a crisis we can overcome.