Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor Guidelines
- Keep letters under 500 words.
- Include your full name, city or town, email and phone for verification.
- Must be factually accurate and free of libel, personal attacks, hate speech or offensive language.
- Letters should be constructive — no back-and-forth personal arguments.
- Publication is not guaranteed; editors reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and style.
We will publish no more than one letter from the same reader within 30 days. No exceptions.
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Letter To The Editor: The January 29 Wind Open House Is About More Than One Project
Dear editor: We are confronting a growing industrial corridor stretching across southeastern Wyoming, built one permit, one appeal, and one workaround at a time. The proposed Laramie Range Wind Project sits squarely inside that pattern.
January 26, 2026
Letter to the Editor: Wyoming's Budget Debate Misses the Issue
Dear editor: When a young professional in Gillette, Sheridan or Rock Springs can't afford to buy a home because retirees/refugees from California, Colorado etc. have driven up prices, we're watching our future leave the state (me being one of them).
January 14, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Don't Kill The Wyoming Business Council
Dear editor: We have been closely following the actions of the Joint Appropriations Committee regarding its opposition to funding the Wyoming Business Council. We are deeply concerned that the committee is moving too hastily to dismantle a critical asset to Wyoming’s economy and future businesses.
January 14, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Cheatgrass Is Nothing New But It Wasn't Addressed Properly
Dear editor: Maybe we should research holistic methods and not just throw more money and chemicals at it, especially when money in Wyoming is at the forefront of all talks right now.
January 14, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Enough With The Hypocritical Legal Lecturing, Please
Dear editor: I read with some dismay this morning’s opinion piece dealing with the perceived loss of constitutional guardrails where executive power is concerned. I suspect that a lot of what people find objectionable in our president is his style.
January 13, 2026
Dear Editor: Congress Isn't Blocking Trump's Runaway Power Grab
More than 70 Wyoming lawyers and retired judges write: "The recent dramatic deterioration of our constitutional guardrails is the unprecedented assertions of executive power by President Trump and the accompanying unwillingness of our Congress to restrain him."
January 13, 2026
Letter To The Editor: We Need To DOGE Secretary of State Gray’s Big Bureaucracy, Voter Bills
Dear editor: Sec. of State Chuck Gray and others are advancing an agenda that grows government, increases unnecessary regulations and imposes government overreach and unfunded mandates.
January 13, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Abortion Is Indeed Healthcare
Dear editor: The recent ruling confirming that abortion is protected under our state constitution is a victory for the rule of law and the plain language of our founding documents.
January 09, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Supreme Court Justices Bent Themselves Into Pretzels
Dear editor: The Wyoming Supreme Court bent themselves into a pretzel and ignored the rest of the Wyoming State Constitution to find that abortion fits the definition of “health care” to keep abortion legal.
January 09, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Gordon Must Be Having A Bobby Knight Moment
Dear editor: I remember the story that Bobby Knight told at the Lander One Shot Antelope Hunt about him throwing a chair.
January 09, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Cassie Craven Doesn't Have To Worry About Zohran Mamdani In Wyoming
Dear editor: This is about three things. Why New York isn’t a threat to Wyoming and vice versa, where Craven’s argument doesn’t quite hold up, and what we actually mean when we use words like individualism and collectivism.
January 08, 2026
Letter to the Editor: Wyoming Can’t Afford Performative Economics
Dear editor: Let’s be blunt. Wyoming isn’t competing against a textbook free market. We’re competing against 49 other states, many of which use incentives, infrastructure investments, and innovation programs to land employers and keep local companies from leaving.
January 08, 2026