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.
Co-op supports 'clean hydro' power
We want to make our Flathead Electric members aware of something that has been a part of the Northwest way of life for over 75 years, yet is often overlooked: how hydropower dams and the incredible power of the Nor…
Was it a hate crime? You decide
I had the pleasure along with my wife and son, of helping Susan Cahill transform the ground floor of a venerable old home into the cheerful and attractive All Families Health Care Medical Clinic — a clinic where Su…
Ryan Zinke: Proven leadership
I first met Ryan Zinke, a Montana U.S. House candidate, in the early 1990s when he was serving as a member of SEAL Team Six, one of our nation’s elite counter-terrorism units. As one of the Navy’s outstanding offic…
Rush to judgment against Christians?
The reactions to the abortion-clinic vandalism in our paper have been of great concern to many of us. The facts are we have a suspect who is a troubled young man who acted out in a very wrong and unfortunate manner…
It's good thing that Walsh is above 'politics as usual'
I am certainly glad that the Democrats, including the brilliant and totally honest Senate majority leader Harry Reid and Gov. Bullock, didn’t conspire with the appointment of John Walsh to fill Baucus’s Senate seat…
What does Declaration of Independence say about abortion?
An article in the Daily Inter Lake in January said that Sen. Max Baucus’s leftover campaign account held by the Friends of Max Baucus donated $5,000 to “Emily’s List,” a Washington group that helps elect women who …
Organizer? Of what?
We are now witnessing what happens when a community organizer, with no discernible credentials, is elected as the leader of the free world… The world starts becoming less and less free. Are you paying attention, Am…
Caring about cancer's victims
This summer we will celebrate Bigfork’s 10th “Relay for Life.” Relay for Life is a community gathering to raise money and awareness, to find treatments and cures in the fight against cancer.
Restore our values
Thank you, Eric Knutson, for your March 20 letter to the editor. I have been fuming over Mr. Martinez’s letter of March 18 regarding abortion and could not stay calm enough to respond.
Support Lake County efforts to protect key tourism assets
What do restaurants, motels, vacation rentals, gas stations, grocery stores, retail stores, plumbers and real estate agents have in common?
Christians try to follow all of God's rules, not just one
Extreme vandalism on any person’s property or business is a very shameful thing. This suspect’s life and family are changed forever. However, to read the rhetoric coming from Susan Cahill, her husband and former a…
Community should support caring health professional
In 1994, I was a photojournalist working in Kalispell when I was called to a story: A health clinic had been firebombed.
Pastors speak out against violence
We are writing as local pastors of Kalispell-based evangelical congregations. As much in our public discourse these days is intentionally divisive and argumentative, we hope this letter has the opposite posture. No…
Death Cafe invitation
I was pleased to see the Feb. 25 article on Death Cafe in the Active Seniors section. Death Cafe is a nonprofit, international movement started in England in 2011. The purpose is to gather for respectful, open dial…
Dancing on the brink of annihilation
Sending John McCain and John Kerry into the Ukraine to demand Russians comply with their notion of liberty was a windfall for Russia. Obviously, Abbot and Costello were no longer available.