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 …
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Gov. Bullock waited for the Legislature to adjourn and for the Quist/Gianforte campaign to end before imposing his draconian grab of fishing rights on over 50 …
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This is a letter of congratulations to Robert Welch of Kalispell for being a first-time voter.
A land grab of the aquatic kind
Over a year ago, the Quiet Waters Initiative popped up on the radar as a seemingly benign way to limit motorized boat use and “user conflict” on several waterways in the state. Sponsored by the Montana Chapter of t…
Vote for congressman on May 25
Rob Quist must have been questioned at length about his past financial history by Brian Schweitzer, Steve Bullock and the Democratic power brokers before being…
Smile when you call me 'ignorant'
My name is Jack D. Jones, and I have lived in Kalispell, Montana, for the past nine years. Since being in business for myself most of my adult life, I have experienced many different situations both good and not so…
Can Islam ever be reformed? Not likely, speaker says
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I grew up in the Flathead Valley in the 1950s. I often tired of explaining to my friends that yes my father was a lawyer but we were not rich, not even wealthy…
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Glad to read a recent column by Max Baucus and know that he is back amongst us in Montana. I have missed my many e-mail exchanges with Max while he was our U.S. senator, before he left to be U.S. ambassador to Chin…
Bound for Montana to help save America
Rural Montana deserves a Montana voice in Congress
I was born and raised in Cut Bank where I learned that nothing gets done without hard work.
Billings report on Quist taxes called laughably wrong
As a lawyer who practices property-rights and real-estate law in Kalispell, I was shocked to read a Billings Gazette article that overtly implies wrongdoing by a Flathead County resident who actually did nothing wr…
Agriculture is key to Montana jobs
By Steve Daines
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This is a reply to Bill Hensleigh’s guest opinion “Can we now have a national debate about abortion?”
Post-mortem on 65th session
By Steve Bullock
Creative problem-solving needed in Glacier Park
So Glacier National Park is considering a “one car in, one car out” policy at venues on dead-end roads such as Bowman Lake due to overcrowded parking causing a “safety issue.” I wonder how often emergency vehicles …