Letters to the Editor
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Refurbished sign looks great
I would again like to personally thank all the businesses in Hungry Horse and all the individuals who helped fin...
Opposes repeater on Elk
I am writing today to strongly protest the installation of a radio repeater and other equipment on Elk Mountain in Glacier National Park.
Powers on grizzlies
I love living on the edge of Glacier National Park. Every time that I see a grizzly bear or a lynx and every time that I hear wolves howling or elk bugling, I feel like I am the luckiest person in the world to be...
GOP opposes deficits
In August of 2020, we wrote an opinion opposing Modern Monetary Theory (or MMT, the “too good to be true” idea that the federal government can spend unlimited amounts of money, regardless of revenue, in order to ...
Reject extremism
In the mid-1980s while analyzing leadership change in Latin America I was made aware that many office holders receive death threats. Something that I’d never heard of in the U.S. The last several years have shown...
More on guns
Recently a local newspaper included a story entitled “No Permit, No Problem,” about Montana joining the growing number of states allowing ‘constitutional carry’ of guns. Some proponents of the permitless carry b...
GOP to Tester: We don't want the money
As we approach Christmas, we have one request to Montana’s federal delegation: please do everything in your power to stop the reckless taxing and spending proposal currently working its way through Congress.
Out-compete China with tech Freedom
China has a plan. It wants to be the dominant technology country by 2035. If you look, it’s clear to see how they’re executing on that plan. They’re massively investing in hardware and software development to cat...
Why do I care?
I’d just said something about wanting wild mountains and deserts even when I can’t be there, simply because we need wild places, when a man snipped, “You sound like one of those hippies! It’s all gonna be gone so...
Teachers speak out
To the Editor and the Columbia Falls Community: We are teachers at Columbia Falls High School; we love our students and we have a deep respect for the community members who continue to support our education efforts.
Defends Chisholm
This letter is in response to Judy Territo’s op-ed posted to the Hungry Horse News website on Nov. 17.
Opposes Chisholm
When someone is getting married in the near future the family sends out “Keep the date” notice. On this same theme I want people to remember somehow, someway the name of the school board member, Dean Chisholm. ...
GOP no friend of sportsmen
I am a 68-year-old, retired farmer, fourth generation Montanan, and a lifelong avid hunter, angler, and conservationist with a degree in Wildlife Biology and research experience on large predators.
Weighs in on transportation plan
I only recently was made aware of this planning process and draft plan. And so unfortunately I only have an hour or so to review some highlights and offer some observations.
Mental health isn’t a political issue in schools
eing a kid is tough. Being a kid in school in the middle of a pandemic is tougher.
Great summer in the Bob
With summer winding down I have had the opportunity to take a look back at the whirlwind summer we have had. The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation is entering our 25th year and has some great things on the horiz...