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.
Children separated at border face lifetime of woes
It is with interest, sadness, and anger that I read the news of children being separated from their parents at the border. I am writing this in order to put a human face on the facts.
Tester v. Rosendale
Matt Rosendale promises to secure our borders, deport criminals and ban sanctuary cities. Jon Tester, on the other hand, supports sanctuary cities. Repeatedly,…
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Many thanks, Frank Miele, for your thought-provoking column in the Daily Inter Lake over the past 14 years.
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Last week, one of the most qualified Supreme Court nominees ever nominated to the bench, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Montana Wilderness Association celebrates 60th anniversary
On March 28, 1958, Florence and Kenneth Baldwin convened a meeting at the Baxter Hotel in Bozeman with Montanans from all parts of the state.
Not just gays, but all, are sinners
This is a response to the Aug 19, 2018, Daily Inter Lake opinion pages, ‘In defense of LGBTQ+’, pages C7 & C8, and an article from a gay ex-minister on page C9. All of the letters were in support of the LGBTQ+ comm…
Keep the letters policy the same
First of all, let me say, what a week the valley has had. It has been quite a long time since I have seen such an uproar over opinions by various people in the valley. But it does show, we have a very diverse commu…
Border Patrol Council endorses Tester
As the president of the National Border Patrol Council, I have the privilege of representing 15,000 of the best men and women you’ll ever meet — the Border Patrol agents who work 24 hours a day to secure our border…
Diagnosis: Critical Questions Kalispell Regional needs to answer
It has now been three months since the communities of the Flathead Valley learned that Kalispell Regional Medical Center was the subject of a “whistleblower” l…
Don't take step toward censorship, as that could threaten our republic
Some thoughts for the Inter Lake editors:
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Salena Zito’s article “When your priest turns out to be a monster” in the Aug. 30 Daily Inter Lake rings true for many Catholics here in the valley who were fo…
More questions for hospital board, administrators
Given what has recently been reported regarding this community’s medical complex, the editors, journalist and reporters of the Daily Inter Lake need to tell the public the rest of the story about Kalispell Regional…
LGBTQ+ Alliance built on foundation of unity
As the Chairman of the Flathead LGBTQ+ Alliance, I feel it is my duty to respond on the behalf of the Alliance because of the letter published in the Daily Inter Lake on Aug. 12. The featured opinion piece containe…
Whitefish committed to transparency on all matters
In a recent article published in the Daily Inter Lake (Aug. 20, 2018, “More Changes Proposed for U.S. 93 South Plan”), Mayre Flowers of CommUnity Consulting (former executive director of Citizens for a Better Flath…
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When Dean Baquet and the editorial board of The New York Times made the decision not to publish the cartoons of Muhammad, the Times was reporting about (because they had provoked mass demonstrations, acts of terror…