DIL Editorial
Thoughtful perspectives from the Daily Inter Lake editorial board—local viewpoints on issues shaping Northwest Montana.
Reckless cruisers jeopardize Main Street pastime
Kalispell’s downtown cruisers are dealing with a few rotten apples that threaten to spoil the bunch.
Be polite: Take down your signs
The primary election is over, but political signs still linger along some highways and byways.
County goes backward on recycling
The Flathead County Solid Waste District is taking steps to decrease the number of recycling sites at green-box collection facilities from eight to four. We can’t help but feel this approach is extremely short-sigh…
D-Day: Our debt can never be repaid
Today is the 70th anniversary of a day that should live in the hearts of free people for all time.
Country's future in good hands
When we consider the cumulative accomplishments of this year’s graduating seniors throughout the Flathead Valley, it quite frankly leaves us exhausted.
Vote like your future depended on it
Finally, the time has come for voters to decide, if they haven’t already, their choices for many offices in the Flathead Valley and the rest of Montana.
Commemorating the Flood of '64
1964... That year is etched forever in the minds of people living in the Flathead Valley at the time.
Special session? Why not wait?
It certainly is Gov. Steve Bullock’s prerogative to call for a special legislative session to deal with what he regards as priority issues, but this year, he may not get what he wants and he may get more than he as…
Follow example of WWII heroes
(EDITOR’S NOTE: McKenzie Hemp of Columbia Falls, a senior at Stillwater Christian School, submitted the following essay as a letter to the editor. We thought it so poignant and so appropriate for this Memorial Day …
Making air show fly takes volunteers
It takes a lot of people to make an air show happen. The volunteer corps needed for the Mountain Madness Air Show Aug. 30-31 featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds is 1,000 people willing to do what it takes to …
Want change? Then vote for it
If you’re unhappy with the way your local government is run, voters have an opportunity this year to set the wheels in motion for potential changes in the way their city or county is governed.
Federal land transfers: How the West was won back?
It’s actually pretty easy to imagine that if given the opportunity, the state of Montana could better manage some national forest lands if they were transferred to become state trust lands. What’s harder to imagine…
Vets deserve answers, quality care
It is ironic indeed that our nation’s veterans, many of whom have survived the rigors of combat, may well feel as if they are being sent “into harm’s way” once again when they enter the Veterans Affairs health syst…
Good news: Dads who are D.O.G.S.
People are always telling us they want to read more good news in the paper, but frankly we think we do a pretty good job already of highlighting success stories in the community.
Benghazi: We know a lot, but not nearly enough
There is some irony behind Speaker of the House John Boehner’s move to appoint a select committee dedicated to the investigation of events in Benghazi, Libya, in September of 2012.
A well-deserved Honor for our vets
Every day, more and more World War II veterans are lost to history, as time and age take their toll.