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 …
Mother Teresa'words still speak loudly for the unborn
The National Prayer Breakfast occurred this February. It’s an annual reminder that our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and an attendant moral code. In the history of this event there has been nothi…
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Mark Agather’s recent letter opposing the upcoming “school bond” election contains a number of incorrect statements, which I hope to correct with this letter.
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Mark Agather’s letter printed on April 10 about an unidentified school bond is fair enough, though I hope he also shared his displeasure with the school distri…
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I just don’t think it is right our schools try to maximize their chances of passing their bond issue requests by techniques which suppress debate and minimizes…
Support Evergreen fire district's levy
I have had the privilege of sitting on the Evergreen Fire and Rescue Department advisory board since January and learning about the challenges facing our firefighters, paramedics and EMTs. The facts are hard and co…
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I was barely 18 when I stepped off the plane in Saigon and was issued an M-16, the automatic version of the semi-automatic AR-15. I was still a teenager a year later when I left Vietnam. Over 58,000 Americans died …
Guarding the border
The unfettered movement of transnational criminals, Islamic extremists and illegal border crossers across our porous southern border poses a clear and immediat…
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I was very happy to read in the Daily Inter Lake that Bob Welzel has filed for the House District 7.
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I just want to add my 2 cents (sorry, Frank) to Bill Baum’s op-ed of Sunday, Feb. 4 (“Give Miele a break”).
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April 4 represents the 50th anniversary of me fully claiming my identity as a “follower of Christ.” It is, of course, also the 50th anniversary of the assassin…
Evergreen levy 'goes too far'
I hope all Evergreen residents studied the pamplet received by mail before submitting their ballots on the Evergreen fire levy.
Two sides to every story: Vote yes for Evergreen fire levy
Let me introduce myself: My name is Brodie Verworn and I will become an elected member of the Evergreen Fire Board come the summer of 2018. I have been in EMS since 1998, starting out in Seeley Lake, then moving to…
An Easter People
We are an Easter People and I am thankful for the many ways God shows us the power of the Resurrection in our midst. God is at work in our lives, in the places…
Holding Zinke accountable through facts, not false attacks
Here at Western Values Project, we believe words matter. So when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke used this paper to misleadingly smear us as “attack dogs,” we took offense: We’re watchdogs, not attack dogs, focused o…
Parks maintenance means Montana jobs
Montana’s National Parks brought in 7.4 million visitors last year. It was the busiest year on record for Glacier National Park and the second busiest for Yellowstone.