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.
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A lender and a Realtor brought a heart-wrenching story to the attention of the Northwest Montana Association of Realtors (NMAR) about their client who recently…
C'mon folks, give Miele a break; he's actually fair
By Bill Baum
Next Legislature must stand up for Montana citizens
Montanans are now seeing the real-life consequences of budget decisions made by the Republican legislators who make up the majority of our state Legislature.
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Is it me, or am I imagining the plethora of subtle advertisements that Flathead residents have been exposed to lately?
Let's modernize NAFTA, but 'first, do no harm'
There’s a simple rule in business: Keep your customers close. It’s a rule that Montanans need elected officials in Washington, D.C., to keep in mind as they go about modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreem…
Trump's White House chokes on immigration
The White House immigration outline was released today and it’s not good. It could change tomorrow, for all we know, but as it stands now, this is a preemptive surrender on several issues.
Offshore drilling
Offshore development plays a critical role in U.S. energy security, supplying more than 1 million barrels of oil per day for the last 20 years. And that’s with…
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Four days into the new year, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke unveiled a plan to open more than 90 percent of federal offshore waters to new oil and gas development, affecting virtually every mile of coastline along t…
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Tim Adams’ letter of Jan. 16 regarding the Johnson Amendment fails to acknowledge the tremendous financial profits that “non-profit” organizations enjoy due to…
Montana rancher defends public lands
The fringe element that wants to steal our shared national heritage — the lands and waters and fish and wildlife owned by us, the American people — is coming to Montana.
Time for liberals to get off Trump's back and govern
When are the liberals going to finally give up pursuing fairy tales designed to get President Trump impeached and get on with their job of governing our country? He is going to be our president for at least three m…
My life as volunteer firefighter
By REBECCA RIGAL
Solution in Lake County must take account of drug problem
This letter is to give a different, multi-faceted approach to the jail issue that is in the news. This approach is based on 30 years in law enforcement, two terms as your Lake County sheriff and now a term as one o…
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Kalispell has pretty drawings of what Main Street would look like if we spent money widening sidewalks and adding sidewalk extensions into traffic “to make the…
Property tax review set in Lincoln County
By MIKE CUFFE