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.
VA wrong to fly LGBT flag in Helena
I am writing in reference to the Fort Harrison Veterans Administration (VA) flying the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) flag.
Who hijacked the west-side parking plan?
Clearly, there is no other Kalispell neighborhood with the same kind of parking problems seen in the neighborhood around Flathead High School.
Why the secrecy?
If this trade pact is so very vital to the U.S., why is it being done in secrecy? That is the key question. Perhaps as important, why are leaders accepting this secrecy?
Soccer club says thanks to Kidsports and to Kalispell
The Flathead Soccer Club just completed two soccer tournament weekends at the Kidsports facility located off U.S. 93 and Four Mile Drive.
We wait and wait, but for what?
Early each morning I walk on the nearby golf course. I carry binoculars to watch a pair of young bald eagles in their nest high above. It’s been a great couple of months watching them grow. Now they flap their wing…
Whitefish City Hall plan has been fully vetted
I’m writing in response to some of the negative “chatter” associated with the proposed Whitefish City Hall/parking structure construction.
Zinke's bill is latest lie about logging
The June 5 Inter Lake contains the story “Zinke bill aims for limits on lawsuits” and reports that the legislation would restrict individuals or groups who file logging lawsuits by requiring them to post a bond equ…
Unhappy with C-Falls police chief
I have contacted the Columbia Falls city manager and made a complaint against Columbia Falls Police Chief Dave Perry. I believe he is not qualified to serve in that office.
OPINION: Hope for America?
In my previous letter called “Obituary for America,” I laid out the causes, which could, if not corrected, lead to the demise of our great country.
D-Day: 'The Great Crusade' of the free
“Soldiers, sailors and airman of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, you are about to embark upon the Great Crusade.”
OPINION: Ex-teacher lambasts Bigfork's school request
Wait a minute! The Inter Lake article on May 16 was about Bigfork High School’s $14 million expansion to do WHAT?
D-Day revisited: A historical perspective
Seventy-one years ago on June 6, 1944, the Allied armies waded ashore on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in what was the greatest American invasion of all time.
OPINION: Weighing police use of force
Much is being written about police forces throughout America abusing the use of force and acting as judge and jury and executioner in the selective performance of their jobs.