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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The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project is a great example of Montana’s vision for collaborative conservation. This project is over a decade in the making…
If only one voice is allowed, that's not free speech
One of the great pleasures of living in America is being able to speak one’s mind without fear of censorship or punishment. The First Amendment grants everyone an equal opportunity to voice a biased opinion.
Extremism casts shadow over Montana
Recently, President Trump signed an executive order instructing Secretary Ryan Zinke to review dozens of national monuments with an eye towards either shrinking the monuments or eliminating them altogether. The ord…
Does Whitefish really want low-income housing?
Citing high and constantly rising housing costs, the cabal that runs Whitefish frequently and vocally proclaims its intent to promote construction of low-cost housing in Whitefish, but never seems quite willing to …
Instrastructure fight shows weaknesses of system
The most significant infrastructure bill in over a quarter of a century was passed by the 2017 legislative session. It was the six-cent increase in motor fuel taxes which will make it possible for Montana to contin…
A soldier's final silence ...
Life’s timing can be uncanny. Shortly after my grandfather passed away, I first saw the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, a story of men changed by their experien…
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Gov. Bullock waited for the Legislature to adjourn and for the Quist/Gianforte campaign to end before imposing his draconian grab of fishing rights on over 50 …
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This is a letter of congratulations to Robert Welch of Kalispell for being a first-time voter.
A land grab of the aquatic kind
Over a year ago, the Quiet Waters Initiative popped up on the radar as a seemingly benign way to limit motorized boat use and “user conflict” on several waterways in the state. Sponsored by the Montana Chapter of t…
Vote for congressman on May 25
Rob Quist must have been questioned at length about his past financial history by Brian Schweitzer, Steve Bullock and the Democratic power brokers before being…
Smile when you call me 'ignorant'
My name is Jack D. Jones, and I have lived in Kalispell, Montana, for the past nine years. Since being in business for myself most of my adult life, I have experienced many different situations both good and not so…
Can Islam ever be reformed? Not likely, speaker says
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I grew up in the Flathead Valley in the 1950s. I often tired of explaining to my friends that yes my father was a lawyer but we were not rich, not even wealthy…
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Glad to read a recent column by Max Baucus and know that he is back amongst us in Montana. I have missed my many e-mail exchanges with Max while he was our U.S. senator, before he left to be U.S. ambassador to Chin…