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: Osorio-Khor is creative thinker
Karlene Osorio-Khor has worked hard for this community for almost 30 years on civic, public service and community projects. She has given freely of her time to school board, to city boards, to numerous charities an…
LETTER: Osorio-Khor has the skills needed for City Council
I have known Karlene Osorio-Khor for about four years and believe she would make an excellent member of the City Council. First, she is a business woman who knows how to analyze financial information and always act…
OPINION: Why I wish to continue serving on Kalispell council
I have been asked repeatedly why I want to continue serving on the Kalispell City Council. I have had ample time to ponder this the past two months while spending my one day off a week going door to door in Ward 3,…
LETTER: Kuntz deserves to remain on Kalispell council
I’ve known Rod Kuntz for 10 years and have worked with him for the last five years. He was appointed by the City Council over a field of 11 other candidates. I can’t think of a better person to represent me and Kal…
LETTER: City candidate describes your choice in Ward 3
The upcoming municipal election for Kalispell’s third ward is a three-way competition. Each candidate comes with a unique flavor of sensibility, experience, leadership, and commitment to the development of our comm…
LETTER: Thank you for working to #BringRobHome
I am heartbroken and undone by the loss of my dear Rob. From my first call with dispatcher Jack Wiggins, Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office and Beaverhead County Search and Rescue were kind and helpful. The search …
LETTER: Throwing salt on the wound?
When I read the letter by Bruce Tutvedt, who, in my opinion, is a liberal RINO, in the Inter Lake on Oct. 18, I was appalled.
LETTER: Republicans need to get their act together
Ah... It seems the wing of the Republican Party locally is leaning on their heel. They have intelligent, moderate and even conservative vocal opposition. This is a good thing.
LETTER: Thanks for help with Walk to End Alzheimer's
Kalispell residents united last month in a movement to reclaim the future for millions at the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The generosity of your community was clearly demonstrated as people r…
LETTER: Broadband push needs local component
It’s nice to see our senators making noise about broadband in Montana, but pardon me if I doubt we will see helpful action as a result.
OPINION: Muslim world view is existential threat to U.S.
I am old enough to remember the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, first without “Under God” in the pledge and then in the 1950s while I was in grade school, seeing that “Under God” w…
OPINION: Liberty begins and ends with 2nd Amendment
In his instructive Oct. 20 letter to the editor, Mike Donohue shows that he is someone who understands the Second Amendment, and why our country’s fathers wrote it into the U.S. Constitution.
OPINION: 21st century facilities served by failing traffic system
Since 2010 Kalispell Regional Healthcare and Immanuel Lutheran Homes have created, expanded, or remodeled their facilities to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.
LETTER: Commissioner Krueger's logic questioned
I had previously thought that County Commissioner Gary Krueger was a man with strong convictions about individual liberty and personal property rights and used his position to loudly proclaim such views, even thoug…
OPINION: ISIS makes a mockery of civilization by abusing women
Women sold as slaves. Women beaten in the streets. Women raped for sport. Girls as young as 8 or 9 years old forced into marriages with strangers, and bound to sexual servitude.