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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…
Letters to the editor April 10
Letters to the editor April 10
State, county share burden in upgrading Lake County jail
A class-action lawsuit filed last week alleging dangerous and inhumane conditions at the Lake County jail has highlighted a troubling situation in Polson that should come as no surprise to county officials.
Turkey season
It’s springtime in the Flathead. Similar to the fall season, the outdoor person has many choices of what to do in the great Flathead outdoors.
The biggest issue we are ignoring
The two of us became acquainted when we organized Montana’s first Earth Day on the MSU campus in Bozeman in 1970. One year later we both showed up in the Montana Legislature, representing different communities and …
Gray wolf delisting mired in politics
Idaho and Montana’s successful recovery of the gray wolf was a significant achievement in species conservation.
Letters to the editor April 7
Letters to the editor April 7
Partnership between families, schools critical
I have great pride in the continued work of advancing learning at the Office of Public Instruction.
Letters to the editor April 5
Letters to the editor April 5
Letters to the editor April 4
Letters to the editor April 4
Kalispell gets bold with transformational learning initiative
Kalispell Public Schools is encouraging the community to think big and paint outside the lines as it embarks on a multi-year journey to reassess “how school is done.”
A belated tribute to a musical ‘heartbreaker’
Like most everybody, there are all kinds of music I like and keep on my personal playlist — from classical to classic rock — which doesn’t get fed much new material these days; I seem content enough to listen to th…
Ignoring the nursing home crisis will costs more in the long run
The older people in our nursing homes have a problem.
Ill-conceived provisions of CI-121
In the next few weeks you might well be asked to sign a petition to put CI-121, a constitutional initiative to “cap property taxes,” on the ballot. We urge you to say no.
Montana lawyers support Judge Jackson for U.S. Supreme Court
We write as lawyers of Montana to express our strong support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the next United States Supreme Court justice.
Break out the gloves and eye black
A dozen years as a head football coach in California and another 18 as an assistant at the high school and college level have prepared Mark Kessler for this moment. Girls flag football is coming to Montana this Au…