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With reservations gone, shuttles key to Glacier crowd control
This season, no reservation will be required to drive what is considered America’s most scenic alpine highway. Eli…
Turn and face the change
We can’t change the certainty of change. That’s the source of our frustration with it. It highlights our lack of control and the folly of foresight as it neatly sidesteps expectation.
Delivering income and property tax relief
As I meet with Montanans in every corner of our state, I hear the same concern often — taxes are too high. And they’re right. Taxes are too high and need to be…
The government is not better at spending your money than you are
I just came driving back from Seattle and the price of gas is very expensive in Washington.
Montana property taxes explained
By now, most Montana property owners have opened their 2023 property classification and appraisal notices, and many have been surprised by the Montana Department of Revenue’s estimate of their property’s market val…
Diving into the lifeguard shortage
While swimming in Hawaii this winter I was disappointed in my overall swimming strength and endurance as I entered my 70s.
Rural-urban divide is oversimplified
For the past decade, the media has been obsessed with the idea of a growing divide between rural and urban areas, often portraying it as a deep chasm separating the nation’s citizens.
Letters to the editor July 25
Letters to the editor July 25
Letters to the editor July 24
Letters to the editor July 24
Montana's regressive property tax system
One of the less acknowledged consequences of property tax reappraisal is that it can sharply shift local property tax burdens from one class of taxpayers to an…
Dealing with Chinese economic coercion
What are gallium and geranium? Earlier this month China announced that effective Aug. 1, it will put export bans on these two seemingly obscure metals.
Uncontrolled spending burdens Montana taxpayers
Taxpayers had sticker shock last month as reappraisal notices hit mailboxes, detailing significant increases in property valuations and leaving many fearful of…
Library board rudderless in pursuit of new location
ImagineIf Libraries board is set on finding a new home for its Kalispell branch, but appear directionless in their pursuit without a map to follow.
Letters to the editor July 23
Letters to the editor July 23
In first summer, Stumptown sets fast pace
It was during the State A track and field championships, Memorial Day weekend, that Josiah Osborne said the quiet part out loud.
Getting in the game with trail cameras
I recently received a new issue of a bow hunting magazine. It included their annual review of new bow hunting gear. There were over 60 pages of new bow hunting…