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 …
Letters to the editor June 24
Does it bother anyone about the direction of our society when every bear death in the sate of Montana becomes a front-page newspaper article and the lead story in local television news, while there is no commentary…
Letters to the editor June 23
Proponents of the SEIU nursing union at Kalispell Regional Medical Center appear to be unwilling to give CEO Dr. Craig Lambrecht a chance to correct mistakes m…
Close the southern border
Trump should close down the southern border until that crisis is completely under control. Otherwise, we may go into an economic recession or even a civil war with those illegal immigrants or possibly even Mexico. …
Simple fixes to bridge the digital divide
Like many areas across rural America, whether it is a student struggling to gain access to online educational resources or a business struggling to make their products or services available online, Montana faces th…
Reason to celebrate our outdoors this summer
As the long days of summer get into full swing, Montanans and visitors alike have begun to reconnect with our state parks, our one-of-a-kind outdoor recreation experiences, and the cultural treasures that define ou…
Montana must protect residents from energy shortage
While California may have a population nearly 40 times greater than Montana, utility consumers are still subject to the same vulnerabilities. With current technology, the best way to protect utility customers from …
Western states call for action on transboundary water issues
Wildlife data must be protected
Montana has for decades been at the forefront of wildlife conservation among states in the West. We have the best hunting and angling in the country, and Montana has long set the standard in hunting ethics.
Trump and the moral decay of democracy
World War III? Think it’s impossible? I’m sure that‘s what they thought in the 30s. The insanity of it all is that we’ve gone stupid and allowed the same ugly beast to embed in the fabric of our society. Color the …
Deciding district lines
The entire state of Montana has only one member representing us in the United States House of Representatives. For most of our history we have had two. That changed in 1992 when the 1990 census resulted in Montana’…
Letters to the editor June 20
In Sunday’s Inter Lake a letter from Janet Walters of Lakeside called attention to the recent exposure of the long running flim-flam perpetrated by the so-call…
Letters to the editor June 17
With apologies to Thomas Sowell, here are some miscellaneous thoughts on the passing scene:
Playing politics with public lands
Senator Steve Daines is playing politics with our public lands.
Letters to the editor June 16
It’s a sad day for the Daily Inter Lake when the front page headline article (June 9) references the Southern Poverty Law Center as a source of authority for n…
Political purity has its downsides
Ideological purity and consistency of opinion over time are two standards to which many Americans want to hold their political candidates.