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.
Hannah Sophia Richards
Senator needs to rethink position on vaccinations
For Rand Paul, Republican candidate for president and a physician (ophthalmologist) to proudly declare that vaccinations should be voluntary is the height of irresponsibility.
Yoga pants bill made state butt of jokes
Why do we continue to elect people to the Montana House and Senate that refuse to think out the ramifications of their proposed legislative bills?
A vote for laws that promote modesty
Soooo, yoga pants. Stretchy, tight pants for women. Some of them are basically what we used to call tights. What woman in the past would have wanted to walk around wearing tights? I guess the skinny ones might be O…
Yoga pants ban must have been a joke, right?
Yoga pants? My first thought was, is it April first already? Unfortunately, no. As Dave Barry would say, “you can’t make this stuff up.” Wow! It’s a good thing there are no important matters for our state legislato…
Lincoln County GOP club opposes tribal water compact
To whomever this may concern, the Lincoln County Republican Club is quite concerned about the proposed, updated 2015 version of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact.
Send legislators your concerns about the water compact
The first public hearing for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact has been scheduled for Monday in room 303 at the Capitol Building in Helena before the Senate Judiciary Committee at 8 a.m.
Water compact needed to avoid multiple lawsuits
The Water Compact (Senate Bill 262) between the state of Montana and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes is now before our Legislature.
It's about more than water
People on the reservation are well aware of the mind-set and objectives of certain tribal council members, water compact commissioners and key group of supporters. This same attitude, if extended beyond reservatio…
Realtors' group voices concerns on compact process
The board of directors of the Northwest Montana Association of Realtors would like to make it known to those crafting and negotiating the Salish and Kootenai Water Compact that we, as a board, object to the lack of…
Hooray for pi!
A recent Daily Inter Lake ad from Loula’s celebrates Jan. 23 as National Pie Day, a swell time to enjoy a slice of proof that God loves us.
What evolution doesn't explain...
Derek Brouwer’s article about House Bill 321 (reprinted in the Inter Lake) is proof in itself that there is controversy about the origin of life. And he presents a very one-sided argument against critical thinking …
Commissioners wrong to oppose water compact
I was disappointed to learn that the Flathead County Board of Commissioners informed the governor and legislators that it opposes the Salish and Kootenai Tribal Water Compact. I raise hay on 240 acres in Moiese Val…
Commissioner urges 'No' vote on water compact
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Compact has been sent to the 2015 Legislature.