Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
OPINION: We aren’t mad enough about PFAS in Montana’s rivers
For many Montanans, rivers and lakes are more than scenic landscapes.
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While much attention is being paid to our state’s physical infrastructure, so, too, are basic community-based mental-health services crumbling beneath our feet…
Zinke should embrace stewardship
Secretaries of the interior are called to be public stewards. On behalf of all Americans, they oversee our great national heritage of forests, grasslands, fisheries, national parks, wildlife, waterways and mineral …
Why Winston Churchill belongs in the Oval Office
On Friday, Jan. 27, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will lend a bust of Winston Churchill to President Donald Trump, which will stand in the Oval Office as a symbol of the strength of the relationship between the U…
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My wife and I are summer residents of Lakeside, having purchased a cabin there in 2006.
Bigfork vacation rentals – a blessing or a curse?
When my spouse and I bought our 20-acre property in Bigfork, we thought we had found just the right place to both raise our children and also retire.
Water-bottling plant puts risk on neighbors
In my opinion, if the Montana Artesian Water Company is allowed to commence operations, many wells on the inter-connected shallow, intermediate and deep aquifers will eventually go dry. Because this will occur grad…
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I wrote the following letter to Rep. John Lewis on Jan. 18, when he announced he would not be attending the inauguration.
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Montana, we had an opportunity to elect a governor who is not a career politician, has proven himself at good job creation and has strong conservative values. …
The puzzle of the Montana economy
You wouldn’t think that the economy we all live and work in would be such a mystery. Especially in this information age. Yet the state of the state economy — and especially for Montana’s cities and communities — ca…
'Million-woman mob scene' is symptom of deeper woes
A lot was going on behind the elaborate presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile an undercurrent and display of public reaction was churning. We are now witnessing the preliminary scenario of the upc…
Whose land is it? A look at native claims
During the Vietnam War years I owned a lovely home on Stonybrook Drive in Anaheim, California. My children’s learning, memories, family traditions and life-experiences were forged in that home. My children were nat…
The women's march in Helena
When I heard there was a Women’s March at our state Capitol, I knew I was in. As a young girl I learned how standing up for what you believe in can only happen…
Illi's op-ed on Trump didn't hit the mark
As a fellow sportsman, I look forward to Warren Illi’s outdoors column, usually in Thursday’s Inter Lake. After reading his ringing endorsement that Donald Trump’s election victory “should bode well for federal inv…
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This is for the women in Lakeside (and others that complained) who said their children’s lives were being ruined by the “Trump that B*tch” sign on the side of …
Fred Whiteside's contribution to the U.S. Constitution
“Fred Whiteside is one of Montana’s authentic unsung heroes.”