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 …
Kalispell Lumber owner explains historic transition
In 1979, I purchased the Kalispell Lumber property and have operated my retail building materials business there since then. I’ve been winding down my business for the last three to four years and have donated my r…
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I am very saddened by the current state of affairs in America. I feel bewildered and betrayed. How can this be happening?
Reader says students acted like snowflakes instead of as 'team'
I have no idea who Jackie Fuller is. I’ve never met the woman and wouldn’t know her if I passed her on the street, but I take my hat off to this strong-willed woman for standing by her principles.
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Kudos to Mrs. Amy Waller for taking the issue of the special election on the zoning issue/water bottling plant to the Supreme Court of Montana.
Funding prioritizes fighting fires, not avoiding them
The topic of wildfire raises the level of awareness of our forests. Some of this is good. People become aware and then they are compelled to act. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if they are going to act in the right ma…
Narcissist Trump is everybody's problem now
Time for the rest of white America to grow up. Those who support this president can now consider themselves culpable in the nuclear narcissists’ tantrum going on between two king babies — Donald J. Trump and Kim Jo…
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It is the duty of any elected or appointed official, be it county commissioners, municipal judges or city planners, to consider the input on the community at …
If we want to save country, common sense must prevail
There comes a point in time when decent people must stand up for what is right and dismiss the idea that by some kind of action we can literally re-write our way into “A more perfect union.”
The so-far fruitless search for evidence against Trump
I recently read an article in National Review that asked, “When does all the evidence arrive?” The search for proof of Trump-Russia collusion has been going on for months and has, to date, produced nothing more tha…
Editor missed the mark in critique of national media
I’d like to say a few things about the Inter Lake’s managing editor’s “2 cents” column in the June 24 edition (“Trump and the ‘Mean Girls’ of the media”).
Flathead Valley cannot escape America's biggest challenges
Those of us who live in the Flathead Valley do so because it’s a lovely place to raise a family, seemingly separate from the traffic, crime, and pollution that many Americans tolerate as part of their daily lives. …
VA removes red tape to increase access to care
Imagine the day that you can see your medical provider from anywhere in the country, including from the comfort of your own home. You wouldn’t have to take a full day off of work, travel long distances or spend hou…
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Change the name of Flathead High School? (as suggested in a letter to the editor)?
Eradicating history
Not surprisingly, the city of Helena has caved in to demands by Indian legislators to remove a memorial to Confederate war dead. Montana’s Indian legislators a…
Who are the politically correct police and what is their goal?
Who really sets the political social agenda for the United States? Who sets the criteria for someone to be labeled a bigot or racist? Who defines what hate speech is and identifies those who use it? Who establishes…