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.
A guest column and a letter to the editor are considered the same thing.

We will publish no more than one letter from the same reader within 30 days. No exceptions.

Letter To The Editor: Progressive Ideas From Progressive Leadership

To the editor: After years of inaction, Wyoming State House leadership has finally realized that the people are fed up with rising property taxes.

January 26, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Optimistic About The BLM Resource Management Plan

To the editor: As someone who has been working on this planning process for well over a decade, I am pleased that so many are now so interested in the future of southwestern Wyoming’s public lands.

January 26, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Enviros Haven't Destroyed Forest, Climate Change Has

To the editor: "A column by Karl Brauneis, explaining that the demise of the timber industry, brought about by environmentalists... It’s a thought-provoking column, but I think that Mr. Brauneis misdiagnoses the problem."

January 21, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Unintended Consequences Of The BLM Plan In Southwest Wyoming

To the editor: Kudos to Cat Urbigkit, who has been trying to let people know of the intended and unintended consequences of the BLM’s plan for southwest Wyoming.

January 13, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Thank You Rep. Ward For "What Is A Woman" Bill

To the editor: Rep. Provenza needs to understand the reality of this world and realize there are those who will use transgender identities to prey on young men and young women. They are sick individuals, and their behavior is criminal.

January 12, 2024

Letter to the Editor: Taking Representation Away From Smaller Counties Is Un-American

To the editor: Gradually, through many years, our republic has eroded somewhat. The one person one vote concept has crept into our thinking. It’s a philosophy of pure democracy where 51 percent of us can ignore the rights of 49 percent.

January 11, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Faithful GOP Must Be Sickened At Campbell County Party Activists

To the editor: Many long-standing and faithful Republicans in Campbell County and elsewhere must be sickened by what they see happening to their party by activists who have largely taken over the political machinery of the GOP in Wyoming..."

January 11, 2024

Letter To The Editor: Why The Proposed LDS Temple In Cody Should Be Stopped

To the editor: The Planning And Zoning Board voted too quickly in their first meeting favoring a Conditional Use Permit on a biased seemingly conflicted city planner’s report and a seemingly conflicted non-city resident board member’s pressure.

December 22, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Colonial Stupidity And The Ignorant Lander Protestors

To the editor: I read with interest and dismay that people in my hometown (Lander) have created a group that is defending Hamas’ brutal attack upon Israel. I knew there were ignorant people around the world but never thought I would read of such ill-informed nonsense coming from Lander, Wyoming.

December 22, 2023

Letter To The Editor: We Need All Kinds Of Energy To Meet Rising Demands

To the editor: As it stands, 80% of the world’s energy comes from coal, oil and natural gas resources. Wyoming produces 40% of our country’s coal and ranks 8th overall in crude oil production and 9th in natural gas production.

December 21, 2023

Letter To The Editor: Pro-Palestine Protestors In Lander Are Not Smart People

To the editor: Let me take a moment to help educate the “Pro-Palestinian” protestors in Lander. It is always better to act with the correct knowledge instead of irrational emotions.