Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
Flathead Lake stewardship is a generational responsibility
It’s no accident that Flathead Lake is world class for clarity and water quality. It has been protected over time …
A chance to support the rights of elderly
We are making progress, but we are still trying to figure it out decades later.
Alternative to nurses' union
After almost 26 years of nursing here in the valley, much research, and many discussions with coworkers, union reps, management and attorneys, I feel compelled…
Forest Service encouraging reckless behavior
Flathead Forest Supervisor Chip Weber ignores the advice of his own staff and grizzly bear experts, suggesting we consider all recreational activities to have an equal basis of risk when deciding whether to promote…
Nurses' union? Yes, and why
This is in support of voting yes to nurses who are trying to locally organize a union in part in response to corporate decisions from Kalispell Regional Healthcare. I am a working medical health-care professional i…
Letters to the editor July 7
As a retired individual, I found the comments made at this past week’s Democrat candidate debates to be most interesting. Montana history tells us that in the early 1900s, political candidates often stood outside o…
Union will test faith and moral convictions
As a registered nurse currently employed with The HealthCenter at Kalispell Regional Healthcare, I am writing to explain my opposition to SEIU unionization of nurses employed at KRH.
Letters to the editor July 4
Flathead Forest Supervisor Chip Weber has provided a thoughtful response to the controversial foot races that are being proposed for Big Mountain and the Foys-…
Total exoneration
On the morning of April 18 I was sitting in front of the television, watching MSNBC. Attorney General William Barr was scheduled to make a statement and possibly answer questions at a press conference, during which…
Letters to the editor July 1
I am writing this letter in solidarity with the nurses and hospital employees who have joined together to form a union.
Risk and recreation on public wildlands
For several years there has been an active dialogue regarding risks associated with recreation in wildlands and concern for the safety of people who choose to …
Letters to the editor June 30
I am writing in response to the recent article regarding Kalispell Regional Healthcare and the nurses asking for a union vote, and in response to Dr Andy Palch…
Partisan political events don't belong in Veterans Park
On June 15 at 12:30 p.m. the United Veterans Honor Guard arrived at Veterans Park in Kalispell (formerly Depot Park) to conduct a veteran memorial ceremony for…
Haunted by the silence
In years past, as an active duty member of our armed forces, and in recent years as a military retiree, I have had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. and the many monuments dedicated there to the service of …
Where did our flag go?
If you happened past our state capitol last weekend, you would have been in for a surprise. Looking for our state flag, flying proudly over the capitol building, you wouldn’t have found it. Our governor ordered it …
Letters to the editor June 27
Currently, the libraries in Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Whitefish, and Kalispell all operate out of facilities provided by the cities, school districts, and build…