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Water is the lifeblood of Montana ranching
Water is not just a resource in Montana — it is the lifeblood of ranching. It sustains our livestock, our land and…
Commission should reject gerrymandered congressional districts
Each decade our nation performs a census and congressional maps are redrawn to fit each state’s allocation of the 435 seats in our Nation’s House of Representative.
Abortion industry is a corrupt business
“If you reject the truth of God the danger is not that you’ll believe in nothing, but that you’ll believe in anything” —G.K. Chesterton
Letters to the editor Oct. 21
Letters to the editor Oct. 21
Stand on moral truth
Mr. Brown (Abortion at a crossroads, Oct. 10), I remember being a sassy teenager in the 1970s insisting to my father that abortion was acceptable. Then I read a letter to the editor by a local pastor and it changed…
Montana is not a pumpkin
October is here, leaves are falling, and perhaps Montanans should not be surprised that the Montana Democrats on the Districting and Apportionment Commission a…
Want better government? Then let’s change how we run our elections in Montana.
We’re political scientists, not partisans. We study electoral systems and voter behavior.
One for the campfire
The plan a couple of weeks ago was to meet the Flathead Paddlers group I belong to at the Glacier Park boat inspection station, then drive up to Sprague Creek campground to launch our kayaks on Lake McDonald — at l…
Kalispell Chamber tackles child-care dilemma at critical juncture
The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce is taking the lead in addressing a severe shortage of child-care providers in the Flathead Valley and we applaud the effort to see what solutions might be found.
Congressional districts need to reflect competitiveness
When the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission adopted criteria and goals for dividing Montana into two congressional districts it included a goal o…
Letters to the editor Oct. 17
Letters to the editor Oct. 17
It’s time to slam the brakes and re-evaluate in Whitefish
Whitefish is in a crisis bordering on an emergency, and two new proposed high-end developments by Averill Hospitality can only make things worse.
Letters to the editor Oct. 16
Letters to the editor Oct. 16
COLUMN: A spell-check of a name, and we’ll take it
About five minutes into his introductory press conference this week Rich Bisaccia gently corrected a writer on the pronunciation of his name.
What does Whitefish deserve?
It’s an important question. Especially these days as Whitefish grows exponentially and garners national media attention.
Face paint vs masks
Dr. Boharski wrote (The Rush To Restrict Freedom, Oct. 9) that painting one’s face blue and wearing a mask offer the same protection against the spread of the coronavirus and its illness, Covid-19.