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 …
Recipe for growing high-paying Montana jobs
Technology is the great equalizer. There’s no reason Missoula can’t compete with Silicon Valley and that’s the message we heard at the Montana High Tech Jobs Summit last week.
Inter Lake readers weigh in on Somers school bond
I recently attended one of the open houses that Somers Middle School hosted for the public. The tour highlighted the school’s needs regarding the issued bond. It was also stressed that anyone with questions or inte…
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Open letter to Kalispell’s city councilors and candidates:
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We, the combined communities of Lakeside and Somers, share the northwest corner of Flathead Lake. We call it home. We are proud to be here. We are happy to liv…
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I have known Bill Hileman for many years, served with him in Rotary and other community organizations. I support his candidacy for city judge of Whitefish, Mon…
'Get off your d-mn knees'
This Sunday, it was 11 years since two Marines showed up at our door to tell us that my husband’s first child, my stepson and our two children’s brother, Lance…
Our debt to Columbus: History is on his side
A couple of weeks before Labor Day, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio triggered a firestorm by suggesting he might order the removal of Christopher Columbus’ statue from Manhattan’s Columbus Circle.
Candidate for Whitefish judge introduces herself
I am Kristi Curtis. I am your Whitefish prosecutor and I am running for Whitefish Municipal Court judge.
Kaepernick's NFL crusade is based on a lie
Lately, our country has been steeped in controversy over NFL football players protesting vaguely expressed grievances. The chosen vehicle of dissent? Refusing to stand for the national anthem or staying in locker r…
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Recently on Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio, there was a story about Sen. Tester and Sen. Daines’ efforts to overturn a U.S. Federal District…
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Somers and Lakeside school district has a school bond election this month — by “mail-in-ballot-only” — in the amount of $15.8 million.
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Montana is broke, and it’s the majority party’s fault. The governor proposed a balanced two-year budget, knowing that oil and coal revenues would be down. The …
Senator promotes High Tech Jobs Summit
By STEVE DAINES
'Surely we can do better' solving park crowding without crowding out visitors
Riley McClelland (Daily Inter Lake, Aug. 13) and Bob Muth (Daily Inter Lake, Aug. 25) certainly have their knickers in a twist over my criticism of the lack of critical thinking by Glacier National Park leadership.
Tourists aren't the problem; just don't let them stay!
Montana has always been a “poor” state ... so why has it also always been known as the “Treasure State”? Maybe because there is something more valuable than money? Maybe it was the land itself — that its “treasure”…