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Updated 8 hours, 35 minutes ago

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…

Updated 3 years ago
Laws as reminders of the reason they exist

Every little once in a while I am reminded that laws are created to protect us from ourselves, or more particularly from our faulty memories, or from forgetting history.

Updated 3 years ago
City benefits from mistake while Whitefish residents pay

Whitefish contracted two consulting firms to produce reports that determined the water usage statistics of Whitefish households.

Updated 3 years ago
Pass the WD-40

It’s springtime in the Flathead! For the outdoor minded resident, we have a host of options for outdoor fun.

Updated 3 years ago
Letters to the editor April 27

Letters to the editor April 27

Updated 3 years ago
GOP plan addresses the looming debt crisis

There’s dignity and honor in work.

Updated 3 years ago
Legislature must address pension debt

You may believe that Montana is debt free following actions by the legislature earlier this year to pay off state debt.

Updated 3 years ago
Letters to the editor April 25

Letters to the editor April 25

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Letters to the editor April 24

Letters to the editor April 24

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
At curtain, I’ll fake Manhattan

Flathead Valley opera fans have it pretty good.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Letters to the editor April 23

Letters to the editor April 23

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Partisan primaries are a problem

Two autumns ago, we wrote a report and op-ed documenting the state of representation and democracy in Montana.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Our students deserve to be fully funded

If there’s one thing we all can agree on, it’s that we want what is best for our kids. This includes our own children, our grandchildren, and our neighbors, as they are all our kids, our future.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Paris Hilton 1, commonsense 0

Arguably the worst bill of the session just passed. House Bill 218 was a mishmash of House amendments when delivered to the Senate.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
Critical choices on school election ballots

School election ballots hit area mailboxes earlier this week, and there are no shortage of trustee candidates for voters to consider.

Updated 3 years, 1 month ago
The other side of the Montana Constitution

For some time now I’ve watched efforts by Montanans to improve their state Constitution, and the anguished opposition by figures in Montana’s former political establishment, who exclaim, in essence, “How dare they?”