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: Request for 911 funding needs to be scaled back
This is a little information that the people of Flathead County need to know. It just amplifies on what the other letters to the editor on the 911 special district say.
LETTER: Don't pass by without helping
“Who is my neighbor?” According to Luke’s gospel, this is the question asked of Jesus by a clever lawyer. Jesus responded with the parable in which a Samaritan encounters an injured man by the side of the road, aft…
LETTER: Parable of the invasive species
I see that Montana Fish and Game is on the hunt for invasive walleyes in Swan Lake. Imagine being invaded by a non-native fish that will take over the native species!
LETTER: Why water compact made sense for state...
Jerry O’Neil (Oct. 20) asks two general questions of Gov. Bullock, Attorney General Fox, Congressman Zinke, Sen. Vincent, Rep. Perry of HD 3, and me.
LETTER: Don't return evil, but offer love
There is a wide gulf between the spirit of radical love and the spirit of the times. It helps me to span that gulf with love when I remember that we are all one. Perhaps the simplest insight of the big bang theory …
OPINION: Carrying on the fight to stop use of rotenone
Since I have written on this topic before, Vernon Grove, M.D., formerly from Whitefish and currently relocated to Maine, asked that I carry on his campaign against Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Glacier National…
OPINION: Enough taxes; no really, it's enough
More taxes will not help our economy or the people having trouble paying bills!
OPINION: Refugee policy ought to take into account national security
Gov. Steve Bullock says he will look favorably on Middle Eastern refugees settling in Montana unless there are concerns about them posing a threat to our safety.
OPINION: Montana's bumpy road to Clean Power Plan compliance
What would it take for Montana to produce electricity in a way that reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 47 percent? It’s not a hypothetical question. It’s the mandate set for the state in the Environmental Protecti…
OPINION: Reducing carbon does not threaten Montana economy
NorthWestern Energy recently forecast that federal efforts to stabilize our climate by reducing the amount of carbon pollution are bound to do significant and permanent damage to the Montana economy.
LETTER: Support the Wolverines
The Wolverines junior hockey team, member of Western States Hockey League, a professionally run player-focused junior program, has a home in Whitefish, managed by Josh Steel, along with Coach Joakim Falt and Assist…
LETTER: Family thankful for help after home burned
Words cannot express how thankful we are, from the bottom of our hearts, for the help you in the community have provided our family in this hard difficult time we are going through.
OPINION: Thanksgiving Day: A surprising lesson from Grenada about American power
We Americans have much to be grateful for. Every year we gather together with friends and family to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. When we do, we should be grateful as well for the service of the American mili…
OPINION: Weyerhaeuser gets a cautious welcome
Montanans are welcoming neighbors — and this month we learned that we’re all about to get a big, new neighbor. Weyer-haeuser is buying Plum Creek, the largest private landowner in Montana. While much of the concern…