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Letters to the Editor

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Updated 3 days, 5 hours ago

The importance of reporting bear conflicts

In summertime, we all know what to do if we see smoke in the forest – report it. Quick detection helps fire crews …

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Commissioners should be seeking solutions for Lake County

Lake County provides a myriad of protective services to defend and to enhance enjoyment of our lands. In turn, landowners pay property taxes to fund these county protections. A simple transaction, yet a complicated…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
The changing landscape

Our world is moving faster and faster every day. “Out with the days of old and in with the new” is without a doubt the motto of the time. For the most part, our lives as Americans are pretty darned good, and our li…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Trump infrastructure plan must not morph into Stimulus 2.0

Despite the urgency of passing an infrastructure bill, spending and infrastructure reform has been a thorn in the side of presidents and Congress. President Trump, who has been playing up the prospect of infrastruc…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Public lands are crucial to jobs, economy

Last month, President Trump accepted Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to shrink national monuments in Utah, affecting both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This was the first step …

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
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I should not watch the news as it really gets to my peace of mind. Yes I know, just turn it off, but I am not that strong.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
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If you or someone you love has been battling cancer here in the Flathead Valley over the last 20 years, you probably knew Mindy Swan.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
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If you or someone you love has been battling cancer here in the Flathead Valley over the last 20 years, you probably knew Mindy Swan.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
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If you or someone you love has been battling cancer here in the Flathead Valley over the last 20 years, you probably knew Mindy Swan.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
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If you or someone you love has been battling cancer here in the Flathead Valley over the last 20 years, you probably knew Mindy Swan.

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
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As a young high school American government teacher, I compared our system to an automobile that was useful if it could start, speed up, slow down and stop. When the people thought government needed to be more activ…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
It's time to revisit and repeal the Johnson Amendment

In referencing the 1954 Johnson Amendment and possible changes to it, a Dec. 17 letter titled “Nonprofits should serve communities not candidates” stated mid-paragraph that “charitable nonprofits must stop short of…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
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As a young high school American government teacher, I compared our system to an automobile that was useful if it could start, speed up, slow down and stop. When the people thought government needed to be more activ…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
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As a young high school American government teacher, I compared our system to an automobile that was useful if it could start, speed up, slow down and stop. When the people thought government needed to be more activ…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
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As a young high school American government teacher, I compared our system to an automobile that was useful if it could start, speed up, slow down and stop. When the people thought government needed to be more activ…

Updated 7 years, 7 months ago
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The late Frank Lloyd Wright building meant something to me only because having the FLW architects design it delighted Bud Lockridge, the building’s original owner It seemed to me at the time that it was “nothing to…