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Updated 6 days, 14 hours ago

A legacy of success at FVCC

This is a moment to honor the determination, resilience and accomplishments of our graduates.

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Hunting in a warming Montana

Did you get your elk? This rifle season was mild, and elk and deer were widely dispersed and hard to find. Is changing climate influencing wildlife and hunting?

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Learning to avoid scams is a good investment

“We can work together to be smarter than the scammers,” emcee and Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, R-Kalispell, told a capacity crowd at Immanuel Living ready to learn about scams — and how to avoid them.

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Agency nominee wants to liquidate public lands

Do western senators really care about keeping public lands in public hands?

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Higher premiums are a bad deal for small business

While our government might be reopening and returning to business as usual, it is not “business as usual” for small businesses across Montana. We are the ones left holding the bag as health care costs skyrocket for…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
E-bike regulations needed for safety

Columbia Falls is grabbing e-bike regulations by the handlebars as the popularity of battery-powered transportation shifts into high gear.

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor Dec. 7

Letters to the editor Dec. 7

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Shortage of rural vets endangering the nation’s food supply

America is facing a food system shortage. Livestock veterinarians are the new endangered species. Farmers are losing access to the experts they need to keep ou…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor Dec. 4

Letters to the editor Dec. 4

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Money for nothing

Just before the official days of excessive purchasing named Black Friday and Cyber Monday which follow immediately on the heels of the National Day of Gluttony, Turkey Thursday, I received a new credit card.

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
A town of neighbors or tenants?

Walk through any coffee shop or grocery store in the Flathead Valley, and the conversation is the same: housing. We all know it’s too expensive. We all know our workforce is struggling to stay here.

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Full Count: Officially official for Bravettes’ coach Downing

When Amber Downing was named head coach of Flathead’s girls wrestling program on June 1, it was a first for the high school.

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Montana’s budget on fire?

Americans for Prosperity, a libertarian special interest group, would have you think so. And it is sending out postcards and online ads claiming that Republicans who worked with Gov. Greg Gianforte to produce a bal…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor Dec. 2

Letters to the editor Dec. 2

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Letters to the editor Dec. 1

Letters to the editor Dec. 1

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Why the AP is standing up for your right to speak freely

The Associated Press was back in a courtroom Monday defending itself and our principles against the White House, continuing to fight for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by t…