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.
Climate change is real: 'What then should we do?'
The rain is finally falling in Montana, and our Southern coastal states are drying out. It’s finally time to have a serious conversation about climate change.
In defense of Coach Fuller
The recent letter to the editor from Susan Riopel bashing Jackie Fuller has prompted me to tell the side of the story that isn’t being heard.
Sheriff, law enforcement get thanks from educator
As most of you know, we’ve been dealing with a cyber terrorism situation in the Flathead Valley. I have read several letters in regard to how the situation was handled. I, for one, can tell you I am thankful to liv…
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How dare officials leave school attendance up to parents! Either the threats have been neutralized or deemed unfounded, or they have not. I can’t imagine the h…
Water bottling plant impact will be huge
Developer Lew Weaver said in a press release he’s “pleased that DEQ has validated our assertion that this (the Creston water bottling) plant will have no adverse effect on human health or the environment, and that …
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Love Lives Here sends our encouragement to all of the Flathead Valley school officials and police forces plus the FBI agents who are working together to respon…
Time to realign?
My dad’s grandmother lived more than 80 years, and never voted for a Democrat. On the porch of her farmhouse near Independence, Iowa, in election year 1928 she…
New Montana law encourages civic awareness
Our country’s founders understood that public education is essential to the continued success of our representative democracy. Voting and protection of individual rights are dependent on educated and engaged citize…
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We are helping reclaim the future for millions by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
Change name of Flathead High School? It's not the Brave thing to do ...
I am writing in response to a letter recently written by Mr. Steve Eckels. Mr Eckels is a very accomplished guitarist and teacher of his trade. He has enhanced many students’ lives by sharing his skills and talents…
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What is it that makes rewriting history so glamorous and provocative to those who are offended by the truth? Turning urban legends into fact is not a presentation of the truth, it is simply a function of fulfilling…
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Regardless of one’s political views, the Wall That Heals presentation south of town was poignant.
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Can we re-assess forest policies?
Fire Feedback
We the people of Montana need to stand up and be heard.
Either we manage the forests or they will manage us
Montana’s crisis isn’t too much water or hurricanes — it’s fire. It’s smoke filling Big Sky Country and filling our lungs, communities being evacuated, structures lost and tons of fuels just lying on the forest flo…