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Editorial

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Updated 5 months ago

Wrangler ponders the Fork in the Road

My son (let’s call him Wrangler to keep him safe from the Not-Really-a-Department of Government Efficiency) works …

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Guest column: A helping hand in the search for the missing

For decades in Montana, Indigenous people have gone missing, many times murdered and leaving behind families to search desperately for their loved ones.

Updated 4 years, 4 months ago
Guest column: Tax Reform at the Legislature

I’m proud to be sponsoring three bills that are key to leading the Montana comeback: Senate Bills 159, 181 and 182.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: Bell ringing a success through the pandemic

Thanks to those who so willingly gave of their time to “ring the bell” for the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: Clearing a way for easements, land acquisition

Greetings from Helena.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: You can testify at Helena from home

As we finish up the second week of the legislative session it is not business as usual in Helena due to COVID-19.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: Looking down the dark tunnel

In these turbulent times, it is difficult to definitely predict our future as a people and nation.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: Resort tax is Polson’s best option

In 2015 the city of Polson asked local citizens to volunteer for the Economic Development Council.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: Montana’s Indians deserve a better budget

Native communities have been disproportionately hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of us have lost loved ones to this virus.

Updated 4 years, 5 months ago
Guest column: Prioritize safety when legislating gun rights

I have been studying House Bill 102, the new bill that was just passed in the Montana House.

Updated 4 years, 6 months ago
Guest column: A tale of two systems

From the cluttered old attic that is my memory I remember that “Stability is possible without freedom, but freedom is not possible without stability.”

Updated 4 years, 6 months ago
A call for common sense at the Capitol

This week a legislative committee convened to determine if it would enact public health and safety measures to conduct the 2021 session.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Column: One of the greats signs off

Polson resident and Montana radio legend Mick Holien will be greatly missed.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Guest column: 'Straight talk, good people'

The recent behavior of the current president reminded me of an insightful comment made 40 or so years ago by then-Gov. Ted Schwinden.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Guest column: Conserving grizzly bears takes self-responsibility

Our behaviors and choices all play into the larger picture that is the future of grizzly bears in Montana.

Updated 4 years, 9 months ago
Column: Montana is ready to vote by mail

The recent lawsuit alleging that Montana’s mail-in elections are risky discredits Montana’s election administrators.