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.
LETTER: Close city airport
Boosters of the Kalispell City Airport are publishing highly deceptive claims in their paid advertisements for keeping the airport open.
LETTER: State park deal should be rescinded
I am deeply concerned about the decision made by the administration of Montana State Parks to allow exclusive access for kayak and SUP rentals three days a week to one business.
OPINION: Undercutting the Gordian knot of the courthouse couplet
Here is a simple but effective way to deal with the U.S. 93 problems at the south end of Kalispell and have two lanes northbound and two lanes southbound at the county facilities at 800 S. Main St. without the prev…
OPINION: Reasons to keep open the Kalispell City Airport
The Kalispell Life-Flight plane is flying-in a wounded man. His “golden time,” his best chance for survival, fades. Seconds count! If the pilot lands at Glacier Park International Airport, the waiting ambulance wil…
OPINION: Unforgiving tax deadlines are not fair
Five weeks ago, my brother had a near-fatal motorcycle accident in Orlando, Florida. It was a Saturday. We were having a garage sale at our home in Bigfork, enjoying ourselves as we met new people and had friendly …
LETTER: When logging, mining left, so did jobs
The United States has got the finest Forest Service in the world — best trained in the science of timber management, soil and water disease, insects etc. These are dedicated people.
LETTER: In praise of greatest local runners
Flathead’s Jake Perrin certainly must be congratulated for being one of the greatest distance runners, winning both the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters and holding the all-class record, as of now, in both races.
LETTER: Independence from meat industry needed
Whatever happened to the good old days when our worst worries on the Fourth of July were traffic jams and wayward fireworks?
LETTER: Stow the prejudice and share the road
I am so tired of hearing about the “problem” presented by bicycles on the roadway. Let’s set aside the well-established issue of “rights” to the road and examine some practical ones.
OPINION: Airport benefits very few people
Never have so many given so much to so few for so little. That’s the Kalispell City Airport!
LETTER: Fight for timber jobs that are left
With the recent news that Weyerhaeuser is closing down two of its mills in Columbia Falls, I have experienced many different emotions. How is this possible when the ink has yet to dry on the paper proclaiming that …
LETTER: Mill closure a great travesty
The unexpected closure of Weyerhaeuser late last week is one of the greatest travesties that could hit Columbia Falls. Another noble icon of our community is going to disappear and it is unacceptable that it had to…
LETTER: City airport is a lost cause
Whoa! 12 people protest the closing of the Kalispell City Airport. I’d venture to say nine of them don’t even live in Kalispell, but 12 people are a small and insignificant number to be protesting such a matter as …
LETTER: Sen. Daines, please stop me before I donate to the Dems again!
Sen. Daines, please quit making me give money to the Democrats! I really don’t like the Democratic Party but I promised to donate $9 to three different Democratic Party PACS every week until you give President Obam…
OPINION: It's a wonderful world – not so much!
How wonderful life would be if we could look at a picture and say “I want to help these people” and that would be the end of the story.