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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…
Internet censorship: The real monopoly threat
"If [Donald] Trump and [Bernie] Sanders take the same position on Big Tech censorship," David Catron writes at The American Spectator, "the issue deserves serious attention."
Montana can't afford to stand still on climate change
Two facts are clear about this summer of 2021. First, it’s hot, darned hot, record-smashing hot.
Sticks in a parking lot: life goes on for AK gulls
The saga of seagulls unabashedly laying eggs and raising their chicks in a TV station parking lot in Anchorage, Alaska, recently caught my interest when my daughter Heather started retweeting posts from her former …
Sensible zoning needed to regulate pot sales
The countdown is on for the official start of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Montana.
Logging without laws lives again
In 1995, Congress passed the now infamous “Salvage Rider,” which effectively suspended environmental safeguards for three years allowing the Forest Service to ramp up industrial logging and road building across the…
Idea to fairly and evenly divide Montana
It is fantastic that our home state will again be able to send a second congressman to Washington, D.C.
Letters to the editor July 17
Letters to the editor July 17
Northwest Montana is a boater's paradise
Northwest Montana has more than its fair share of lakes and streams ideally suited for recreation use.
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would protect everyone
It was enlightening to read David Myerowitz’ informative letter of June 12 relating to the death of Tony Timpa
Combating the megadrought
The soil that covers 93 million acres of sprawling Texas rangeland holds a remarkable story.
Letters to the editor July 15
Letters to the editor July 15
Letters to the editor July 12
Letters to the editor July 12
Whitefish US 93 corridor plan a laudable effort
The city of Whitefish will debut its long-awaited Highway 93 South Corridor Plan at an open house July 15, unveiling goals and proposed actions for traffic improvement and land use over the next decade.
Committed to overhauling culture of the Public Service Commission
The Legislative Audit Division report released in late May on the Department of Public Service Regulation was fraught with violations.
Renting out our armed forces is wrong and dangerous
Of all the troubling issues that have surfaced in the past year, the idea of private funding of government military operations is close to the top of my list.