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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Welcome to a new year and a new legislative session. With our eyes toward Montana’s future, we are hopeful that the next 90 days will bring badly needed change…
Democratic legislators talk about what unites us in 2017
Montana has made progress in recent years, but we need to continue to work hard this legislative session to shore up our economy and create good-paying jobs across our state.
Find middle ground and invest in infrastructure
A great nation’s strength, like that of a great building, is built upon a solid foundation. The larger the nation or building, the more substantial the required foundation. Besides the human, spiritual, philosophic…
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•Whitefish mayor sees community doing right thing
Don't mess with Founders' plan for Electoral College
Here we go again. When losers of an election do not get their candidate for president, even though their choice received the majority of votes nationwide, they want to concoct ways to subvert the Constitution. They…
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•Remain vigilant against neo-Nazis
Looking back, and pressing forward
Often, while roaming the mountains (and I often am ... roaming the mountains!), I’ll see a peak and be magnetically attracted to it, no matter how difficult the approach, as a high point to survey the landscape — w…
An unapologetic defense of un-PC Confederate flag issue
Sandy Perry was stunned — stunned I tell you — in the Nov. 20 Inter Lake at the insensitivty of the children’s parade to honor their friend Zachary Rhoads after his tragic demise by displaying the Confederate flag.
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•Unwelcome national story was unnecessary
Speak up to defend your river access
All recreationists, fishermen, hunters, boaters and all businesses that deal with recreation and tourism need to be aware of an initiative in the works that could change the Flathead’s waterway uses.
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•Don’t mess with Electoral College
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•Sympathy for Whitefish, but also for parents of Spencer
Here's why zoning is so important
By Bill and Nancy McGunagle
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Who can I love?
Liberal churches shedding members along with traditions
The music in the malls is always a sign that we’ve hit the holiday season, and people get started making their Christmas preparations. In addition to shopping for the perfect gift, some advance planners go through …