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…
Fire Feedback
We the people of Montana need to stand up and be heard.
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Can we re-assess forest policies?
Mental health also affected by gloomy wildfire smoke
As a mental health professional, I have been counseling people through challenging times for 45 years. One of the techniques I teach to alleviate anxiety is deep breathing, but the toxic soup of smoke that surround…
Do we really want solar energy at any cost?
The PSC’s decision making in two recent solar energy rate cases have been so mischaracterized by interest groups and editorial writers, that some Montanans actually believe the five commissioners “have it in” for s…
'Confine and contain' - huh?
As a former park ranger of 20-plus years with several hundred fires under my belt, my alarm bells were going off when I heard about a lightening-caused fire midway between the iconic, century-old Sperry Chalet and …
Either we manage the forests or they will manage us
Montana’s crisis isn’t too much water or hurricanes — it’s fire. It’s smoke filling Big Sky Country and filling our lungs, communities being evacuated, structures lost and tons of fuels just lying on the forest flo…
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Can we re-assess forest policies?
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The news the other day included Lolita Zinke, wife of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, being named the campaign manager for Republican candidate Troy Downing for the upcoming U.S. Senate race.
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The news the other day included Lolita Zinke, wife of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, being named the campaign manager for Republican candidate Troy Downing for the upcoming U.S. Senate race.
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The tragic loss of the Sperry Chalet on Friday was caused by the mismanagement of fires by the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. The lack of willingness to use mass air drops to alleviate these fires i…
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The tragic loss of the Sperry Chalet on Friday was caused by the mismanagement of fires by the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. The lack of willingness to use mass air drops to alleviate these fires i…
Reader says students acted like snowflakes instead of as 'team'
I have no idea who Jackie Fuller is. I’ve never met the woman and wouldn’t know her if I passed her on the street, but I take my hat off to this strong-willed woman for standing by her principles.
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I am very saddened by the current state of affairs in America. I feel bewildered and betrayed. How can this be happening?
Kalispell Lumber owner explains historic transition
In 1979, I purchased the Kalispell Lumber property and have operated my retail building materials business there since then. I’ve been winding down my business for the last three to four years and have donated my r…
Father says coach wrong to 'malign' students who complained
I’m writing in response to your article, “Fuller out as WHS volleyball coach.” I’m the father of one of the three seniors Coach Fuller unnecessarily maligned in the article. By singling out the seniors in the artic…