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Editor, To those independent voters out there - in spite of the effect any of these letters have on our area politics and leadership, it is you who put people into office. This is what we are told by historical journalists who don’t have a side other than finding out why something occurs. No political party has a majority in Montana. One certainly has a bigger population and if left unchecked will abuse our laws to suit their views. The issue of voting rights for every eligible voter and the right to control your own body for everyone becomes corrupted from the ideals of our country. The writer who wrote about the anti-vaxer claiming it was his right to choose how to use his bod...


Montana’s rivers and lakes threatened

Editor, A Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) report in 2020 determined that 35% of our river miles and 22% of our lake acres are impaired by harmful levels of nutrients. The fact is, these figures do not even include waters being polluted by industrial waste from coal fired power plant oper...


Level the playing field

Editor, Polls showed that the Freedom to Vote Act was favored by the majority of Americans. Yet Senator Steve Daines voted against it. Last week he sent emails about his vote against it saying it was a federal takeover. While we don’t necessarily agree with every provision in the voting rights...


Thank you Ronan

Editor, I want to thank Ronan businesses and the Ronan Chamber of Commerce for putting together the Parade of Lights Raffle. I won first prize and it was very generous. I am so proud to be part of this community. Thank you so very much. Sincerely, Wanda Turner Ronan  


Unwelcoming sign

Editor, On returning home to Polson, as I approached the Polson Hill on Hwy 93, I saw a disturbing red, white and blue billboard on the west side of the highway which stated “Forced Vaccines? My Body, My Choice. No Fear...Vax Off!” Is this any way to welcome everyone to our community of &ldquo...


Save our democracy

Editor, There is a lot of talk about “Saving our Democracy.” My son told me about an especially significant article in Atlantic Magazine by Burton Gellman, a journalist and bestselling author. The article’s opening:   “Trump’s next coup has already begun. January 6 was p...


Bigger than us

Editor, As Congress deliberates voting rights, we should remind our representatives of just how bad things were in a “United” States that was segregated. I grew up, many decades ago, in Jim Crow Texas. My father was a schoolteacher with five children, but, because African Americans commanded i...


Thank you for the laughs

Editor, Good job Bob McClellan. I hope we see more letters like this. I hope we see more letters like this. We need the laughs and not all the depressing letters. Let’s lighten this year up. Last year was bad enough.    Ethel McCready Missoula


We are all in this together

Editor, When I first moved to Montana, decades ago, I was impressed with the level of friendly debate between friends and neighbors - something I did not often see in the state I came from. Sadly, with the extraordinary stressors that we have today, many of us are circling the wagons, thinking of others a...


Things to consider

Editor, Here is some “fun stuff” I came across.  Do you ever wonder:   - Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?  - Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?   - Why is it that doctors call what they do ‘practice’?  &nbs...


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