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: None Of Us Have A License To Speak For Troops, Dead Or Alive
Dear editor: Cassie Craven's newest opinion piece seeks to co-opt the experience of dead veterans in a reprehensible way.
July 07, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Fort Bridger's Fourth Of July Parade
Dear editor: Uinta County's semi-quincentennial committee ruled that the 2026 parade would be held in Evanston. "Over our dead bodies," the Ft. Bridger American Legion cried.
July 05, 2025
Letter To The Editor: We Tuscaloosans Love Wyoming!
Dear editor: Reading Bill Sniffin’s column on Wednesday made me stop, smile, and reminisce about this Alabama girl’s joyful times in Wyoming.
July 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Why Wasn't Trans-Person Arrested?
Dear editor: Is the governor going to charge this trans-person with a crime or what? What was the point of making the law if it is not going to be enforced?
July 04, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Targeting The Vulnerable
Dear editor: Oh please, Sen. Barrasso, M.D., long out of practice – you and Sen. Lummis and Rep. Hageman keep fibbing to us about Medicaid cuts.
July 02, 2025
Letter To The Editor: State Can Handle The Public Lands Much Better Than The Feds
Dear editor: My years of working with federal agencies as a county commissioner and state senator have taught me one thing. If we ever have an opportunity to control our own destiny by taking control of the federal lands as a state, we should take it.
June 26, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Don't Hurt Small Business
Dear editor: 86% of small business owners are concerned that legislation handcuffing American technology companies and U.S. innovators could harm their ability to grow.
June 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Harriet Hageman Has Joined Barrasso And Lummis As A Sell-Out
Dear editor: Harriet Hageman has now very clearly joined all the other sell-outs in Washington, DC, including Sens. Barrasso and Lummis. They, too, have "gone along to get along," much to our detriment.
June 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Laramie County Commissioners Should Have Blocked Cell Phone Tower
Dear editor: Our Laramie County Commissioners had a chance to block a 150’ tall 5G Tower from our beautiful neighborhood, 130 feet from Iron Mountain Road. They choose to go for the special interests of Verizon and Rocky Mountain Tower, a California Company.
June 25, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Another Way To Deal With Charging Moose
Dear editor: After hiking through a slight bend in the trail, I heard the sounds of snorting and pounding hooves behind me. From about 50 feet away, a cow moose came at me full bore.
June 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: Hey Gramps, Take Me To The Fishin’ Hole!
Dear editor: I’m sorry son, I sure want to go, but the land’s been bought and they say no. I’ve been goin’ there since ‘54, but we can’t go there anymore.
June 24, 2025
Letter To The Editor: We Don't Need Lecturing From Out-Of-State Environmentalists
Dear editor: Trevor Neilson can go on back to California, or Washington, or wherever, and keep spreading his leftist nonsense out there. But he shouldn’t come into Wyoming and presume to speak for us after being a resident for about ten minutes.
June 24, 2025