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.
LETTER: There are some benefits from bottling plant
I’ve never written a letter to editor before, but needed to voice a positive opinion on the Creston bottling plant.
LETTER: Any water bottling plant is a very bad idea
Back to the Creston Water Bottling Plant again. If you have been paying attention you know by now that the water-bottling plant in Creston has applied for a permit to bottle 1.2 BILLION bottles per year.
LETTER: Stand firmly behind our officers in blue
Hey, all you decent citizens of America. We better stand firmly behind our men in blue. We should never send one to jail or jury duty, not guilty every time. In this violent society that we are subject to on a dail…
LETTER: Believe in God to find answer to world's woes
So, one must mumble with gritted teeth the inevitable question in this unique election year....Whom between two unsettling characters do I trust to lead a nation sharply divided from within and threatened from with…
LETTER: 'La Mancha' is must-see theater event
Alpine Theatre Project’s “Man of La Mancha,” starring Susan O’Dea and Metropolitan Opera Principal Baritone Jeff Mattsey, is easily the best theatrical production we have seen since moving to the Flathead in 1979. …
OPINION: Is the system working against grizzly bears?
When I first arrived in Badrock Canyon, Montana, near Glacier National Park and the Great Bear Wilderness 15 years ago, after moving here from taking early retirement from an aerospace engineering career in Denver,…
OPINION: Blackfoot Clearwater project seen as teaching tool
Two years ago, Outside Magazine named Seeley Lake Elementary the best place to work in the entire country. Having one of the largest outdoor recreation publications pay us this honor was a testament to the amazing …
LETTER: Vote for Juneau
The state of Montana has the choice of Denise Juneau or Ryan Zinke for our next U.S. congressperson. Who will you vote for? Consider the following:
OPINION: 'Elder power' can help guide world to better place
If you are under 35, don’t read this letter. It’s not for you. It’s for people with over 60 or 70 years of life experience. It’s for those of us who are worried about a future for our kids and grandkids.
LETTER: Bottling plant owner needs to be liable for added costs
I’m not a hydrologist, just someone who believes in fairness. I also don’t live in or near Creston. I also am not a lawyer and don’t know the laws regarding commercial water use.
OPINION: Tribes should not be granted possession of bison range
I wish to voice my strong objections to the proposal that the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes be given possession of the National Bison Range located at Moiese.
OPINION: Want a bottling plant in your backyard?
Montana Artesian Water Co,. located in Creston, is seeking a water right permit from the state to pump 710 acre-feet of water annually from the underground aquifer, which is the equivalent of 1.2 billion 20-ounce w…
LETTER: It's time to end or reform the death penalty
America’s death penalty systems, regardless of which state, are much more than that ... they are, in fact, varying degrees of torture — lethal injection, hanging, electrocution — all painful and drawn out methods o…
LETTER: GOP convention comparable to Nazi propaganda
Having just watched — basically gavel to gavel — the chaotic fiasco that was the Republican convention, I am reminded of the propaganda spewed by Joseph Goebbels:
OPINION: Reflections from the RNC in Cleveland
The questions I had when signing up to be a delegate in May to the Republican National Convention were laid to rest when I arrived in Cleveland last week.