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Letters to the Editor

Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.

Updated 1 day, 3 hours ago

A legacy of success at FVCC

This is a moment to honor the determination, resilience and accomplishments of our graduates.

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Pat Williams: He stood by us and with us

Pat Williams has died. He was Montana’s longest serving Congressman, serving from 1979 to 1997. He had a sense of justice and values which he defended proudly and vigorously, often in the face of strong and outrage…

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor July 3

Letters to the editor July 3

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Mansfield’s stance on Vietnam took courage

In response to Bob Brown’s column (What’s the point of being a senator if you don’t have guts, June 26):

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 30

Letters to the editor June 30

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 29

Letters to the editor June 29

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Roadless Rule has failed our forests

Every year, wildfires destroy nearly 100 million trees across our national forests. These losses aren’t just an environmental tragedy. They are a national fail…

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Board of Housing marks 50 years of supporting the American Dream

Many of us can vividly recall our first apartment rental experiences.

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Public land goes back on the chopping block

The radical notion of selling off public lands is back. And this time it seems that only the Congress can stop the giveaway of America’s heritage to private in…

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Flathead Lake users need predictability in water level

Much has been written and said about the Energy Keeper’s management of the water in Flathead Lake during the last three years of their controlling the outflow …

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s the point of being a senator if you don’t have guts?

More than half a century ago, when I was a young, enlisted man stationed at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington D.C., I contacted former Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler.

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 26

Letters to the editor June 26

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 24

Letters to the editor June 24

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Two-step plan to raise lake level through Labor Day

Ideally, Energy Keepers Inc., the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and the federal regulators need to take two additional simple proactive steps to ensure the Flathead Lake level is maintained at 12 inches …

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 23

Letters to the editor June 23

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Congress must act to help the new postmaster general pull USPS back from the brink

The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse.