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: Budget Cuts Should Be Reconsidered
Dear editor: I am writing to express serious concern regarding proposed budget cuts that, while framed as fiscally responsible, risk undermining Wyoming’s workforce, economy, and long-term stability.
February 10, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Let's Pay Our Wyoming State Employees What They're Worth
Dear editor: State employee compensation is behind the national average by between 7 and 10 percent. Those employees continue to contribute in more ways than just serving the public in a departmental capacity.
February 10, 2026
Letter To The Editor: The World Needs Cowboys, Eco-Feminists And Everyone In Between
Dear editor: Rep. John Bear says the world needs more cowboys and fewer “eco-feminists.” It’s a catchy line, but catchy doesn’t mean correct. What it really offers is a false choice: tradition or education, grit or intellect, Wyoming or the wider world.
February 08, 2026
Letter To The Editor: It's Our Land, We Can Develop It How We'd Like
Dear editor: We make our living on land that our families have worked for generations here in the Cowboy State. Ranchers who voluntarily participate in energy development are not undermining Wyoming values. They are exercising them.
CSD StaffFebruary 07, 2026
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming First, Not Washington
Dear editor: Wyoming has never been shy about distrusting the federal government. That is why Secretary of State Chuck Gray’s decision to disclose voter roll information to the Department of Justice should trouble every Wyomingite, regardless of party.
February 05, 2026
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: 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: 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: 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