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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…
Judicial activism and tomorrow’s courts
Judicial activism, properly understood, is the use of court power to invalidate legislative or executive acts, or to establish legal rules without legislative …
Support our local nonprofits
The Great Fish Community Challenge has been a game changer for Flathead Valley nonprofits, many of whom rely on funds raised in the Challenge to cover a significant portion, if not all, of their annual operating bu…
Bison and cattle coexist just fine
Earlier this summer, the Montana-based American Prairie organization was approved to graze bison on Bureau of Land Management lands in Central Montana where th…
Teachers among Montana’s most essential workers
The term essential workers is not easily defined, but generally refers to the people who contribute critical services that ensure a well-functioning community.
Letters to the editor Sept. 11
Letters to the editor Sept. 11
Life extends past remote control
My dad taught me how to change the oil in a car when I was a teenager. A lifelong gearhead, he finally admitted after we groveled around on our backs in the driveway, that I “ought to just start going to one of the…
Montana elk management
The best part of Northwest Montana’s archery hunting season for elk will come in two weeks when bull elk will lose much of their normal caution and instinct for survival during the peak of the annual rut.
Can we live with electric mountain bikes on trails?
The first time I saw an electric bike — better known as an ebike — I was struggling up a hill.
Battle lines drawn over bison grazing
The American Prairie Reserve’s stated plan to “create the largest nature reserve in the contiguous United States” continues to meet strong rural opposition that is in sharp contrast with supportive views held by wi…
Letters to the editor Sept. 6
Letters to the editor Sept. 6
We don’t need anti-democratic primary systems
Marc Racicot and Bob Brown published an editorial arguing Montana should adopt a top two or a top four primary election system.
Letters to the editor Sept. 5
Letters to the editor Sept. 5
Implications of allowing bison to graze public lands
The Montana Cattlemen’s Association is disappointed in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to authorize the American Prairie Reserve to use 63,065 a…
Free and open primary elections
In his farewell address, George Washington, “In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union” warned of the grave dangers of political parties then just developing at the time of his departure from the pres…
Build it and they will come
When a developer seeks to build 268 housing units and 73 resort RV stalls in one of the most beautiful places in Montana, ‘they’ will come.