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 …
OPINION: So what if McCain had won in 2008?
What if? Where would we be today? What if in 2008 the McCain/Palin ticket had garnered the 53 percent plurality from the 62 percent of eligible voters in American instead of Obama? Just think about it. Where would …
OPINION: Don't use 'guys' for mixed group
I so enjoyed Hilary Matheson’s Sunday piece about Kalispell Middle School young filmmakers. It sounds like the film projects have been used to address some tough issues that young teens and all young students face …
OPINION: There's no free lunch
Americans do not question what is happening around them, and ignore national and international decisions shaping their and their children’s lives.
OPINION: Our go-it-alone president...
President Obama has been able to achieve what one of the first progressive presidents, Woodrow Wilson, only hoped to accomplish.
OPINION: Don't be silent in face of those tearing down country
Mr. Bill Payne, I have never met you but for some years I have appreciated your common sense letters to the editor.
OPINION: High school needs to pay for parking problem it caused
Flathead High School has a parking problem. I wonder how long the leaders of Flathead High School knew that?
OPINION: Thank the EPA for efforts to protect health, environment
Back-to-back letters to the editor attacking the Environmental Protection Agency as one of the main causes of all the country’s problems leave me little choice but to respond.
OPINION: Tester thanked for vote against Obama trade deal
Thank you, Sen. Tester, for your thoughtful input on the current trade deal discussion.
EPA's new rules on water exceed proper authority
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency pushed forward new rules through the Clean Water Act, declaring their jurisdiction over many water bodies that were previously under the supervision and control of sta…
VA wrong to fly LGBT flag in Helena
I am writing in reference to the Fort Harrison Veterans Administration (VA) flying the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) flag.
Who hijacked the west-side parking plan?
Clearly, there is no other Kalispell neighborhood with the same kind of parking problems seen in the neighborhood around Flathead High School.
Why the secrecy?
If this trade pact is so very vital to the U.S., why is it being done in secrecy? That is the key question. Perhaps as important, why are leaders accepting this secrecy?
Soccer club says thanks to Kidsports and to Kalispell
The Flathead Soccer Club just completed two soccer tournament weekends at the Kidsports facility located off U.S. 93 and Four Mile Drive.
We wait and wait, but for what?
Early each morning I walk on the nearby golf course. I carry binoculars to watch a pair of young bald eagles in their nest high above. It’s been a great couple of months watching them grow. Now they flap their wing…
Whitefish City Hall plan has been fully vetted
I’m writing in response to some of the negative “chatter” associated with the proposed Whitefish City Hall/parking structure construction.