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Opinion

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Updated 1 week, 5 days ago

Roadless Rule has failed our forests

Every year, wildfires destroy nearly 100 million trees across our national forests. These losses aren’t just an en…

Updated 1 day, 14 hours ago
The billionaire’s dream bill

Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy just voted to gut health care and food assistance for tens of thousands of Montanans, thanks to the historic cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act and SNAP in Preside…

Updated 1 day, 14 hours ago
Speak up to protect lake water quality

The “pay more, what for?” questions abound as the Lakeside County Water and Sewer District has teamed up with Flathead County on septage treatment and Discovery Land on water and sewer.

Updated 3 days, 14 hours ago
No consistency in oversight of stream regulations

As a former government regulator for oil and gas development and nuclear operations for 30 years, I was always taught that while fairness is in the eye of the beholder, consistency was the most important value of g…

Updated 3 days, 14 hours ago
Trump’s tariffs are the wrong direction

World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars, but approximately two decades later World War II occurred.

Updated 3 days, 14 hours ago
An endangered species loses ground

After Sen. Thom Tillis announced his opposition to Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the president excoriated the North Carolina Republican and vowed to support a primary candidate against him next year. Tilli…

Updated 4 days, 14 hours ago
Letters to the editor July 7

Letters to the editor July 7

Updated 5 days, 14 hours ago
GIVING TOGETHER: Leaving a Legacy

In 2012, Whitefish Community Foundation received a remarkable $1.1 million bequest from Russ and Mary Jane Street — longtime Whitefish residents whose lives were defined by generosity, civic spirit and a deep love …

Updated 5 days, 14 hours ago
Rescinding Roadless Rule is not a magic bullet

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins last week laid out her case for why the federal Roadless Rule that protects some 58 million acres of Forest Service land should be rescinded.

Updated 5 days, 14 hours ago
Happy 2nd? The history of our Independence you may not know

The fireworks, parades and barbecues celebrated Independence Day on Friday, July 4.

Updated 5 days, 14 hours ago
The left’s political philosophy: Persuasion with a government club

In my last column, I promised to revisit the partly answered question of why civil discourse has become so rare in American politics, and why so much animus exists between left and right.

Updated 6 days, 14 hours ago
One big beautiful scam: Sheehy, Daines sell us out again

Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy want you to believe they’re “fiscally conservative.”

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
President Trump’s necessary airstrike on Iran

On March 21, 2011, I was on duty as the night operations officer at the 1-163rd Infantry headquarters in southern Iraq.

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
Pat Williams: He stood by us and with us

Pat Williams has died. He was Montana’s longest serving Congressman, serving from 1979 to 1997. He had a sense of justice and values which he defended proudly and vigorously, often in the face of strong and outrage…

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
Letters to the editor July 3

Letters to the editor July 3

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
United behind first-responders

Today, we find ourselves in mourning — not only for the tragic loss of life but also for the very soul of our community, shaken by violence that defies explanation.