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: Join fight against bottling plant
LETTER: Commissioners lauded for trying to reject refugees
OPINION: Islamic plan for taking over West
LETTER: Free the world of nuclear weapons
LETTER: Doctor's work countered effects of Agent Orange
LETTER: Christian values and a 'misleading' letter
LETTER: Let BNSF know what you think about oil trains
Many individuals and organizations have written about the vulnerability of the Middle Fork of the Flathead River to a catastrophic oil train spill. There are great ideas of how to avoid a spill already out there, a…
LETTER: Kalispell council should stay out of bathroom issue
Every once in a while an issue arises that catches my attention and makes me wonder. The latest national issue pertains to the use of the bathroom by transgender individuals.
LETTER: Marijuana is not dangerous drug
Our criminal system promises to be fair to American residents — or does it?
LETTER: Here's good news to consider
With all this constant dribble regarding Donald Trump being in the news, I thought I’d share something very exciting now happening right here in the Flathead Valley!
LETTER: Glacier Bank gets rave review from ex-worker
What comes to your mind when you think friendliness, smiles, customer service, downtown Kalispell sky-bridge, branch offices “everywhere,” free checking and free gifts? Most people think of Glacier Bank. What you m…
LETTER: Social Security provision unfair
I served the federal government for 34 years, all of it outside of the United States with the Department of Defense Dependent Schools, serving proudly as an educator.
LETTER: Fight back against the elites
In the last 50 years, there’s been a war on racialism, poverty, illegal drugs, illegal immigration, terrorism, war, cancer and illiteracy.
LETTER: Bikes not good fit for pack trails
In regard to the Sunday, April 10, letter of Frank Vitale’s with the scenario envisioning a wreck on a wilderness pack trail between a packstring and a high speed mountain biker — this is not a concept confined to …
OPINION: Does state's special ed funding pass the constitutional test?
The Montana Constitution says it is the goal of the people to establish a system of education that develops the full educational potential of each person. This includes helping students with disabilities to reach t…