Still 'time For responsibility'

It's up to the people now

The U.S. Supreme Court has rendered perhaps its most momentous decision in decades in upholding the Affordable Care Act on a 5-4 vote Thursday.

Council avoids tough decision

When politicians try to avoid making hard decisions because they worry about how it will affect their popularity, that’s when government either grinds to a halt or staggers to its most inefficient worst.

Election reforms needed

If you are feeling dissatisfied in the wake of the recent primary election, consider yourself in the majority.

Hospital makes the grade

The recent round of honors bestowed on Kalispell Regional Medical Center by HealthGrades, a leading health-care ratings organization, is a clear indicator that our medical facilities here are top-notch.

A critical shift in forest lawsuits?

We’ve long been detractors of theoretical, hugely expensive “critical habitat” designations by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and now we are even more so.

Tax rebate or campaign reboot?

Politicians giveth, and they taketh away, and sometimes you have to watch their hands to know whether they are taking away even when they say they are giving you something.

Great news for the economy

There was welcome news on the local economic scene this week with construction beginning on a new $8.5 million Hilton Homewood Suites in north Kalispell.

Roll out red carpet for Molen

The recent decision of a Ronan school principal to deny Bigfork resident and Oscar-winning producer Gerald “Jerry” Molen an opportunity to speak to graduating seniors sure raised a fuss, and it should have.

Let the early voter beware

First things first: The voter turnout in Flathead County for Tuesday’s election was abominable. Just 33.77 percent of voters cast ballots in an election as significant as any in recent memory.

KMS plan comes to fruition

Don’t mess with Kalispell Middle School — at least not when it comes to online voting!

Vote early? Or vote informed?

Tuesday is Election Day in Montana’s primary, an event which all citizens should welcome as an opportunity to exercise their most important responsibility in a free society.

We need you, Class of 2012!

Congratulations, Class of 2012.

Interim commissioner has lost trust

In the recent Inter Lake investigation into the financial pasts of Flathead County commissioner candidates, two numbers stand out, according to reader feedback.

'Honor the brave' this Memorial Day

Every Memorial Day there are more flags to fly at cemeteries across our great nation; more wreaths to place, more lives lost to remember.