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: Gold Should Be Better Appreciated By Cowboy State Daily
Dear editor: I take umbrage at the way your article was written to dismiss the usefulness of gold in the marketplace and which, maybe inadvertently, casted aspersions on my business partner and employer Josh Phair.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Grab Your Skirts and Lipstick, Ladies
Dear editor: thanks to Wyoming Representative Jayme Lien and her absurd “What Is a Woman Act” (HB0032), simply existing in public as a woman might require you to pass a gender inspection.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Casper Kids Should Be Celebrated For Engineering Success
Dear editor: Students from CY Junior High School in Casper worked tirelessly, won first place at regionals, and earned their way to Washington, D.C., to go head-to-head with some of the brightest young minds in the country.
February 20, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Linda Burt's Letter Is Riddled With Errors
Dear editor: Linda Burt’s letter to the editor criticizing my opinion piece with state Senator Cheri Steinmetz is riddled with errors.
February 18, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Let's All Rally Together To Support Olivia
After the tragic event in Byron earlier this week, let's all rally together and show our support for Olivia -- the lone survivor of the shooting in Byron. We are organizing candlelight vigils at 5:30pm in every county on Friday, February 14.
February 13, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Free Market Does Not Work In Education
Dear editor: There are some fallacies in the Letter to the Editor "The Free Market Works -- Even In Education" about the free market and how it applies to education.
February 12, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Is Your Columnist Dave Simpson Happy Now?
Dear editor: Dave Simpson is overjoyed with the return of “common sense” under President Trump. The common sense of giving an erratic, unelected billionaire and his geeks access to the personal banking information of millions of Americans?
February 12, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Must Take a Stand Against Animal Cruelty
Dear editor: Two statewide polls have shown strong public opposition to using vehicles to harm wildlife. In fact, a poll by sportsmen found that 75% of respondents believe wildlife should be killed only with a clean, humane shot.
February 11, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Gun Lobby Pushing Gun Bills Wyoming Citizens Don't Want
Dear editor: A guest column written by Sen. Cheri Steinmetz and John Lott, the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, uses the fiction that 94% of mass public shootings occur in gun free zones.
February 11, 2025
Letter To The Editor: A Love Letter to Public Lands
Dear editor: I am incredibly disheartened that instead of celebrating our nation’s great mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, and forests, Wyoming legislators are leading the charge to sell off public lands to drill and mine beloved lands.
February 10, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Legislature Failed With Not Addressing Snowmobile Wolf Killings
Dear editor: It is shameful that the Wyoming Legislature refuses to pass Mike Schmid’s amendment to house bill 275 or House Bill 331, both of which would prohibit the intentional killing of wildlife with snowmobiles.
February 10, 2025
Letter To The Editor: The Wyoming Legislature -- A Political Spectacle at the Expense of Trans Lives
Dear editor: The larger issue at hand is the cruelty behind these anti-trans bills, not to mention the sheer volume. These measures are not about policy — they are about ensuring that transgender people, especially transgender women, do not have the right to exist in public spaces.
February 07, 2025