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.
OPINION: EPA oversight at CFAC site critical for our future
I have been watching the events around the Columbia Falls Aluminum plant unfold with great concern. The issue hits right at home, as I am raising my two boys just outside of Columbia Falls, and have worked as a uni…
LETTER: Letter to editor from CAIR disingenuous
I found the May 1 letter from Arsalan Bukhari, the Washington state director for CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) quite astounding. He condemns the Inter Lake for publishing a letter suggesting that…
LETTER: Hospital's growth should be matched by new infrastructure
I am impressed with the scope and services that the planned pediatric wing at KRMC will offer. This $40 million project should give Northwest Montana patients, visitors, and residents the sophisticated care they ha…
OPINION: Don't blame the messengers ...
Regarding Bill Cox’s letter in the Inter Lake about Islamic/Syrian refugees moving into Montana and the citizenry who oppose it, Cox says the letters opposing this “migration” were orchestrated by a campaign of pro…
LETTER: Bottling plant's water use not same as farmers'
Sorry, but I’m growing tired of Lew Weaver and the proposed Montana Artesian Bottling Company’s habit of trying to compare the bottling of water for export to farmers’ irrigation wells. This has nothing to do with …
OPINION: Teacher 'cringes' at editor's column and 'lack of empathy'
I have lived in Kalispell since 1959, after a few years of family wanderlust thanks to the U.S. Army. Since that time, I have gleaned a decent education from the local and state schools, and have tried to pay back …
LETTER: Join fight against bottling plant
LETTER: Commissioners lauded for trying to reject refugees
OPINION: Islamic plan for taking over West
LETTER: Free the world of nuclear weapons
LETTER: Doctor's work countered effects of Agent Orange
LETTER: Christian values and a 'misleading' letter
LETTER: Let BNSF know what you think about oil trains
Many individuals and organizations have written about the vulnerability of the Middle Fork of the Flathead River to a catastrophic oil train spill. There are great ideas of how to avoid a spill already out there, a…
LETTER: Kalispell council should stay out of bathroom issue
Every once in a while an issue arises that catches my attention and makes me wonder. The latest national issue pertains to the use of the bathroom by transgender individuals.
LETTER: Marijuana is not dangerous drug
Our criminal system promises to be fair to American residents — or does it?