Opinion
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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…
Governor-appointed board caters to a foreign mining company
When a Canadian mining company successfully lobbied a Montana board appointed by Gov. Greg Gianforte to let them add more pollution to Montana’s water, it’s ti…
Time’s up on the Cottonwood fix
At a time when we need to be scaling up forest restoration to protect Montana’s forests from catastrophic wildfires, getting this work done just became more difficult.
2023 elk hunting regs in Montana
Montana is usually ranked as one of America’s best elk hunting states. Deer, antelope, mountain sheep, game birds and numerous other wildlife species are the annual targets of over 100,000 Montana hunters.
Letters to the editor March 30
Letters to the editor March 30
Institutions and constitutions
You will hear people say that we need to protect our “institutions” in America.
Constitutional amendments will protect the Montana way
This week, the Montana House was focused on passing House Bill 2, the budget bill, and it passed a preliminary House vote on a party line following a day-long floor session.
A mid-session progress report
Last year during campaign season, many opened their door and took time to share their priorities for our community with me – most touched on infrastructure, housing, education and safety.
Letters to the editor March 28
Letters to the editor March 28
Scratching the Teflon prince
Is Ron DeSantis qualified to be president? A small but growing number of Republicans are starting to express their doubts.
Slayer plays the mall
The first time I ventured to the community chess club in the Kalispell Center Mall, the adults outnumbered the kids and just a game or two was under way.
Senate Bill 99 protects the next generation of Montanans
There is a reason Montana is the Last Best Place in the country.
Anti-abortion bills at odds with Montanans
The Legislature is bound by a few simple rules: they must complete their work within the 90 allotted days, they must meet deadlines and they must serve their constituents (yes, all of their constituents), not push …
Taking care of injured and killed officers and their families
In recent years talk of defunding the police has been popular in other states, but our Montana values run contrary to that line of thinking.
SB 458 Will Come with A Moral Cost
For over an hour and a half, over 40 Montanans – overwhelmingly young Montanans – showed up to the Capitol to express in detail the suffering and pain that SB 458 will cause them. Instead of taking seriously the tr…
Letters to the editor March 26
Letters to the editor March 26