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.
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Letter To The Editor: Don't Insulate Voters From The Full Cost Of Government
Dear editor: "We shouldn’t try to 'protect' a majority of our voters from the cost of government. More voters need to scrutinize the things we spend money on."
September 14, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Why Is The City Of Laramie So Secretive?
Dear Editor, So far the city has refused to answer [my questions] and they have not shown me the law where they are not required to answer these questions.
September 13, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Don't Forget Beavis And Butthead Visited Wyoming
Dear editor, I enjoyed Andrew Rossi's September 10 feature, Why is Thermopolis, Wyoming, in a Looney Tunes Movie?'
September 13, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Wyoming Game And Fish Should Not Let Animals Starve This Winter
Dear editor, I’m asking the Wyoming Game & Fish Department to feed our wildlife this winter. It is terribly upsetting to many native Wyomingites to know that so many antelope and deer were lost to starvation.
September 13, 2023
Letter To The Editor: When There’s a Gap, There’s Deceit
Dear editor, "Mail-in voting is a major opportunity for fraud. It extends the voting and counting process from a single day, to as much as 30 to 60 days in some states. The more time, the more time to falsify results."
September 12, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Another Way To Think Of A State Income Tax
Dear editor, "The Tax Reform 2000 commission appointed by Republican Governor Jim Geringer noted that, in Wyoming, extremely rich people currently pay a far smaller share in taxes than most working people do."
September 08, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Wyoming Has Spoken Loud And Clear On 30% RMP Rate Hike
Dear Editor: “As voiced by numerous Wyoming residents, business owners and elected officials, a rate hike of this magnitude, or even far less, would devastate local Wyoming households and cripple local Wyoming businesses, in some cases crushing our ability to be competitive with foreign nations (i.e. China).”
August 31, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Agency Proposes Sensible Plan To Protect The Northern Red Desert
Dear editor, “Wildlife is hard-wired to the habitat occupied for thousands of years. Places, sounds, views, smells and even the solitude afforded by the Northern Red Desert are testimony to who we are as humans.”
August 30, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Grave Concerns Over Rocky Mountain Power Rate Increase
As a Hospital District, operating on razor thin margins in rural Wyoming, this rate increase cripples our ability to offer competitive medical services to our residents in Western Wyoming.
August 24, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Rocky Mountain's Power Rate Increase Will Wreak Havoc
Dear editor: Rocky Mountain Power has proposed to increase electric rates by an average of nearly 22 percent. Large industrial operations, including mining operations, are facing a whopping 33 percent hike between the two rate increases. If approved, these rates will wreak havoc across Wyoming..."
August 21, 2023
Letter To The Editor: Don't Californicate Wyoming
Dear Editor: Has Richard Johnson ever been to San Francisco, Portland or Seattle to observe what his type of suggestions yield?
August 20, 2023
Letter To The Editor: David Weiss And The Biden Disaster
Dear editor: "The Democrat Party should pay a price at the ballot box for foisting, under false pretenses, a geriatric, mendacious, unethical, politician off on the American people. Hopefully, that will happen in November of 2024."
August 16, 2023