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Editorial

To find our opinion based editorials, see below. We'll share opinion based editorial articles regularly for interested viewers.

Updated 4 days, 21 hours ago

Dispute threatens to shelve new library branch

Is the Flathead County Library Board serious about building a new facility in Kalispell?

Updated 1 week, 4 days ago
Class of 2025 takes on life’s challenges

We’re filled with hope after talking with members of the Class of 2025.

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Turn the tide on MMR vaccine hesitancy

Montana’s measles outbreak reached Flathead County last week as the total cases statewide climbed to 10 so far this year.

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Zinke draws a ‘red line’ on public lands

The U.S. House last week launched the new bipartisan Public Lands Caucus, and it couldn’t have happened at a more critical time.

Updated 1 month ago
Slimmed down Main Street the right path forward

A transformative vision to put Kalispell’s Main Street on an oh, oh, oh Ozempic-like diet program has some residents howling, “oh, oh, oh no!”

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
It’s time to finally say ‘yes’

Athletics, FFA, speech and debate, theater, trades classes like welding and mechanics, internships, apprenticeships, music and 20 full-time teacher positions.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mitchell’s flag bill doesn’t fly

Property tax reform can wait. The Montana Legislature has far more pressing matters at hand — like flag displays.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Trump order gives Colstrip ownership a chance to do better

The 40-year-old coal-fired power plant in Colstrip lives to see another day.

Updated 2 months ago
DOGE puts Montana nonprofits on the ropes

The consequences of indiscriminate federal cuts are hitting home in all the wrong places.

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Lessons learned from prerelease settlement

The Flathead County Board of Adjustment last October shot down a proposal by the state to open a prerelease center in Evergreen, overriding county commissioners’ approval to move forward with the 90-bed facility.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Don't dismiss code enforcement so quickly

Talk of launching a code enforcement program in Kalispell among city councilors last week ran aground on two obstacles — funding and philosophy.

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Bill amendment changes our tune

Sen. Carl Glimm’s property tax-relief plan is riding a swell of support as it floats closer to a final vote in the House.

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
For DOGE, the buck stops at the White House

If you thought Ol Sleepy Joe Biden was napping away retirement from his Delaware home, you’d be sorely mistaken.

Updated 3 months ago
Legislator dismissive of nonprofits’ impact

Montana’s arts and culture organizations not only enrich our communities with live theater, music, literature and history — they wield a massive economic impact.

Updated 3 months, 1 week ago
Uncertain times for Medicaid benefits

About 75,000 low-income Montanans will continue to have access to critical health benefits thanks to a coalition of moderate lawmakers who rallied last week to permanently renew the state’s Medicaid expansion progr…