Letters to the Editor | Powell Tribune

State statutes determine how irrigation districts operate

To the editor: With the irrigation season upon us, I would like to put some information out there and respond to Rob Stevens’ multiple letters to the editor earlier this year. Mr. Stevens … more

Submitted by Pat Nelson | 5/13/25

Tax rates determined by use

Dear editor: To clarify: Our Park County property tax rates are determined by the use of our property. The percentage changes when we transform our use by permit and activate it. The current … more

Submitted by Kay Anderson | 5/13/25

Update on Shoshone Irrigation District

Dear editor: I would like to update everyone on the status of the various matters that I have been tracking and following up regarding Shoshone Irrigation District (SID). After the annual … more

Submitted by Rob Stevens | 5/8/25

Higher taxes and less use — your choice?

Dear editor: DEADLINES! Friday, May 30, 2025 is the last day for Park County property owners to comment on zoning changes in person, and Saturday, May 31, 2025 is the last day for comments on … more

Submitted by Kay Anderson | 5/8/25

Wonderful hosts

Dear Northwest College and the entire Powell community: My wife and I would like to thank you all for taking care of our son. These past two years our son Preston has attended Northwest College … more

Submitted by Curtis and Wendy Condie | 5/6/25

Postal food drive May 10

Dear editor: Powell Valley Loaves and Fishes is kindly asking our generous community to participate in the Postal Food Drive on Saturday, May 10. Ideally, our postal carriers are hoping that … more

Submitted by Powell Valley Loaves and Fishes Board | 5/6/25

Vanata, not Hill, divides

Dear editor: What really has been happening at our local county GOP meetings? In his recent letter to the editor, county chairman Vince Vanata takes issue with a motion that I made to suspend … more

Submitted by David M. Hill | 5/6/25

The first 100 days

Dear editor: When I wrote Sen. John Barrasso some months ago, asking that he reject Robert Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to the Department of Health and Human Services, he wrote back to say, "The … more

Submitted by Phil Anthony | 5/6/25

Hill encourages divisiveness in Republican Party

Dear editor: After recently reading an article in your newspaper published by Mr. Hill, I was taken aback by his perspective on the very meetings we both attended, both March special meetings. … more

Submitted by Vince Vanata | 5/1/25

Stick to true journalism

Dear editor: I took the time to carefully read the article titled, “Interior Secretary gives up oversight of Interior Department” by Mark Davis in the hopes of becoming better … more

Submitted by Ken Klemm | 5/1/25

80/20 GOP platform adherence not conservative

Dear editor: President Ronald Reagan famously said 54 years ago: “The person who agrees with you 80% of the time is an 80% friend and not a 20% enemy.” Reagan’s … more

Submitted by Scott Weber | 4/29/25

Re: Dictating morality and counterfeit Republicans

Dear editor: "If you throw mud against a wall, eventually it falls off, but the smear remains." Anonymous Still reeling from his blistering defeat last summer, yet attempting to remain … more

Submitted by William Flittie | 4/29/25

Wyoming Rising welcomes all

Dear editor: Labels could be the culprit. They are certainly divisive. Recent letters to the editor slamming the grassroots organization Wyoming Rising labeled it leftist, liberal and … more

Submitted by Edie Phillips | 4/22/25

Postal Food Drive planned for May

Dear editor: Powell Valley Loaves and Fishes is kindly asking our generous community to participate in the Postal Food Drive on Saturday, May 10. Ideally, our postal carriers are hoping that … more

Submitted by Powell Valley Loaves and Fishes Board | 4/22/25

PCAS donor: Don't allow spay abortions, reinstate Harris

My name is Lisa and I am a recurring monthly donor at the moment. Before I cancel my donation I respectfully request that you as the board please clarify the following concerns that have come to … more

Submitted by Lisa Kness | 4/15/25

Wow! PHS 110th reunion this June

Dear editor: In 1909, the community of Powell was formed and named after John Wesley Powell. From that small establishment, this wonderful little city has grown to well over 6,000 people today. … more

Submitted by Gerry Wilkins | 4/15/25

Wyoming Rising is not nonpartisan

Dear editor: As we all know, there is presently a trust crisis in the media. No one knows what to believe when they see it in print or hear it on the radio or TV, because of obvious bias … more

Submitted by Lisa Price | 4/15/25

Commissioners, staff need to remember who pays their salaries

Dear editor: I have requested and listened to recorded CDs of recent public land use meetings scheduled midweek and midday. The meeting times seem deliberately arbitrarily and poorly scheduled, … more

Submitted by Margaret Lohman | 4/15/25

Let's solve issue of horses whose owners are jailed

Dear editor: News of not so recent events causes me to ask the following question: What happens to horses whose caregiver goes to jail, leaving the herd without food and water? The answer is … more

Submitted by Nicole Kukuchka | 4/10/25

Why are Wyoming policies set by Washington?

Dear editor: Thanks to the political climate today, I am ashamed to be an American and for the first time in my life, thanks to Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., I am also ashamed to be from … more

Submitted by Kathleen Holtzer | 4/10/25