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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…
Commissioners must stay unified on septage facility
Flathead County commissioners are finally united in support of constructing a regional septage treatment facility.
Canary in a coal mine
Over the past two years, Montanans watched the President’s attack on oil, coal and natural gas bring our nation to the brink of an all-out energy emergency.
Discussions on education delve into spicy topics
I am so proud of Montana’s voices in the community education discussions that took place during December and March.
Letters to the editor March 23
Letters to the editor March 23
Flathead alum Osweiler seeks happy campers
Second-year Flathead football coach Caleb Aland figured it couldn’t hurt to reach out to Brock Osweiler, the former Braves quarterback who ventured onto an NFL…
Efforts of shelter organizations are working
Spring is approaching, which means some warming shelters will shut down for the summer.
Letters to the editor March 21
Letters to the editor March 21
Letters to the editor March 20
Letters to the editor March 20
Legislature should join law enforcement, AG in getting tough on human traffickers
Human trafficking is happening in Montana, and it can happen to anyone at any time.
Montana wants freedom from disease
State lawmakers are considering two bills that would put at risk the lives of the most vulnerable Montanans.
Working Montanans look to lose out?
Montana state legislators are grappling with what to do with the state's historic $2.5 billion budget surplus. This surplus is a result of higher than predicted income tax revenues as well as federal legislation th…
Letters to the editor March 19
Letters to the editor March 19
In Pennsylvania, the ice beneath Donald Trump is cracking
In 2016, then-Reps. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., and Tom Marino, R-Pa., became the first sitting members of Congress to endorse then-candidate Donald Trump for president.
Commissioners must meet the needs of a growing county
Our county is growing and experiencing significant challenges because of this growth. It is the responsibility of our county government to manage the resources taxpayers provide to improve our quality of life.
Telling the truth about those big, bad wolves
The return of wolves to the West has always been contentious, and the deaths last fall of more than 40 cattle really in western Colorado alarmed ranchers. But here’s the true story: Wolves did not kill those cattle…