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A bridge in Bigfork is just as important as Baltimore
For hours after the tragic accident that took down a bridge over the Pabsco River in Baltimore, our nation sat tog…
Resident against Bigfork water bond issue
The recent article regarding Bigfork Water bond issue is misleading as it states that they need additional water storage for fire suppression. This isn’t true. Fire crews responding to a fire have water with them. …
Letters to the editor
The Auxiliary of the VFW Post 4042 of Bigfork would like to thank the Bigfork High School for al the help the students gave us during the Veterans assembly. They were right there to help pass out poppy and anything…
Letters to the editor Nov. 4
I support Ryan Hunter for Kalispell City Council Ward 3. I agree with his priorities and see them as having immediate value while also being investments in the long-term health of Kalispell.
Make the Census count for Montana
One of the most important civic duties Montanans will participate in next year is filling out and responding to the 2020 U.S. Census. At just nine-questions long, the questionnaire might not seem like a big deal, b…
Montana senators deserve credit for their leadership
You have most likely heard plenty in the recent months about the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and the political football being played back in Washington, D.C. to secure permanent, full, dedicated funding…
Another look at background checks
As this writer has stated before about when I was a lad in the U.S. Army, my first sergeant claimed that the purpose of a pistol was to defend oneself until he could reach his rifle. And the rifle contained more th…
Letters to the editor Nov. 3
I wonder if President Trump, Ryan Zinke, or any of the members of the Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee that recommended modernizing and privatizing National Park campgrounds (Daily Inter Lake, Oct. 19) have re…
Election mailbag Oct. 31
As a fifth-generation Montanan, I have watched Kalispell grow with great speed. My Great-great-grandfather started the Anderson Theater Company. The Strand, Liberty, Gateway Cinemas, the Sundown and Midway Drive-In…
Letters to the editor Oct. 28
October is national anti-bullying prevention month. White House First Lady Melania Trump supports anti-bullying through her Be Best initiative. Governments, churches, schools and businesses have all stepped up to o…
Elk hunters, be engaged and be heard
I watched and listened in awe during my first year of hunting elk as a large bull screamed, nose flared, while he herded his cows from his bugling challenger. That was in 1979 and a lot has changed over the past 40…
Letters to the editor Oct. 27
I live a few blocks from the proposed installation of a roundabout for the Woodland Park intersection. I traverse that intersection four or more times per day, almost every day of the year. My travels are at varied…
GOP Chairman: Support candidates with Montana values
Montanans work best when we work together. However, recent calls for the President’s impeachment, from Montana’s own Steve Bullock and other Democrat state leaders will deter progress and invite more gridlock. And …
Montana physicians support emergency vaping ban
The Montana Medical Association represents more than 1,400 physicians and other medical professionals throughout Montana. We are writing to express our support of the vaping ban proposed by Governor Bullock and the…
Letters to the editor Oct. 24
I just wanted to applaud the police force for their enforcement on the nationwide issue of drivers and school buses. On U.S. 93 between Whitefish and Kalispell, I was on my commute to work Friday morning, “stuck” b…
We must invest in rural public schools
As I travel around Montana I often speak with teachers, professors and students concerned about the cost and ability to access quality education. Rural communities know that a public school in their town is a tent-…