Opinion
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Water is the lifeblood of Montana ranching
Water is not just a resource in Montana — it is the lifeblood of ranching. It sustains our livestock, our land and…
Water rights and the legitimacy of the Flathead Compact
How would you feel if you found that you and your water rights were the victim of a “fraudulently derived, over-reaching, unconstitutional water compact”? Pretty heated, I would guess, and rightly so if that were t…
Letters to the editor Oct. 27
Letters to the editor Oct. 27
Letters to the editor Oct. 25
Letters to the editor Oct. 25
Letters to the editor Oct. 24
Letters to the editor Oct. 24
LR-131: Living infants deserve protection
During a legislative session, there are over a thousand bills, amendments and motions a single legislator will vote on over a course of four months. It's our job to accurately represent you, the people of Montana w…
LR-131: Allow doctors to practice appropriate, compassionate medicine
I am a doctor training at the Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana to become a rural family physician. I am also the mother to my giggling 6-month-old son, Theodore.
Ban this book now!
It has come to my attention that there is a book in our library that is simply unsafe and unsuitable for children.
For Pete’s sake, build a bridge
When I started working at the Northwest Montana History Museum I began to hear the name Pete Skibsrud. At first he merely sounded like a man about town.
Time to hit the books on ImagineIF facilities planning
The ImagineIF Board of Trustees’ decision to turn down a proposal to move the Kalispell library branch to the Gateway Community Center last week was prudent — and heartening.
Letters to the editor Oct. 23
Letters to the editor Oct. 23
Opening day his finally here
Opening day. Those words have an almost sacred meaning if you are one of the 100,000 or more Montana resident hunters and thousands of non-resident hunters that will be welcoming the opening of the general rifle se…
Letters to the editor Oct. 20
Letters to the editor Oct. 20
Lawyer to lawyer: James Brown is not qualified
I have been a Montana lawyer for 45 years. James Brown, who is running for the Montana Supreme Court, recently asked me for a contribution. I responded that hi…
Letters to the editor Oct. 17
Letters to the editor Oct. 17
Fact checking claims about state’s housing task force
Kelly Lynch’s Oct. 9 op-ed outlining why the Montana League of Cities and Towns opposes the pro-housing reforms recommended by Gov. Greg Gianforte’s bipartisan Housing Task Force contained numerous inaccuracies, ob…