Letters to the Editor
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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…
Alternative to nurses' union
After almost 26 years of nursing here in the valley, much research, and many discussions with coworkers, union reps, management and attorneys, I feel compelled to voice my opinion regarding the upcoming nurse’s uni…
Union will test faith and moral convictions
As a registered nurse currently employed with The HealthCenter at Kalispell Regional Healthcare, I am writing to explain my opposition to SEIU unionization of nurses employed at KRH.
Letters to the editor July 7
As a retired individual, I found the comments made at this past week’s Democrat candidate debates to be most interesting. Montana history tells us that in the early 1900s, political candidates often stood outside o…
Nurses' union? Yes, and why
This is in support of voting yes to nurses who are trying to locally organize a union in part in response to corporate decisions from Kalispell Regional Healthcare. I am a working medical health-care professional i…
Forest Service encouraging reckless behavior
Flathead Forest Supervisor Chip Weber ignores the advice of his own staff and grizzly bear experts, suggesting we consider all recreational activities to have an equal basis of risk when deciding whether to promote…
Letters to the editor July 4
Flathead Forest Supervisor Chip Weber has provided a thoughtful response to the controversial foot races that are being proposed for Big Mountain and the Foys-to-Blacktail trail (June 30). I’m not particularly oppo…
Letters to the editor July 1
I am writing this letter in solidarity with the nurses and hospital employees who have joined together to form a union.
Total exoneration
On the morning of April 18 I was sitting in front of the television, watching MSNBC. Attorney General William Barr was scheduled to make a statement and possibly answer questions at a press conference, during which…
Letters to the editor June 30
I am writing in response to the recent article regarding Kalispell Regional Healthcare and the nurses asking for a union vote, and in response to Dr Andy Palchak’s letter.
Risk and recreation on public wildlands
For several years there has been an active dialogue regarding risks associated with recreation in wildlands and concern for the safety of people who choose to do so. Much of this discussion has been focused on inte…
Haunted by the silence
In years past, as an active duty member of our armed forces, and in recent years as a military retiree, I have had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. and the many monuments dedicated there to the service of …
Partisan political events don't belong in Veterans Park
On June 15 at 12:30 p.m. the United Veterans Honor Guard arrived at Veterans Park in Kalispell (formerly Depot Park) to conduct a veteran memorial ceremony for a recently deceased veteran. To their surprise and dis…
Letters to the editor June 27
Currently, the libraries in Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Whitefish, and Kalispell all operate out of facilities provided by the cities, school districts, and building owners for minimal fees.
Where did our flag go?
If you happened past our state capitol last weekend, you would have been in for a surprise. Looking for our state flag, flying proudly over the capitol building, you wouldn’t have found it. Our governor ordered it …
Letters to the editor June 24
Does it bother anyone about the direction of our society when every bear death in the sate of Montana becomes a front-page newspaper article and the lead story in local television news, while there is no commentary…