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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…
Montana’s game-changing broadband legislation
The 2021 Montana Legislature adjourned this spring after passing several bills designed to move Montana out of the bottom of the rankings among other states when it comes to access to quality broadband infrastructu…
Montana is different, and we like it that way
This letter has been simmering for a while, and now appears I am lending my voice to a chorus of brokenhearted Montanans speaking out.
The old basement
When I was a kid in Ohio, the stairs to our basement led to a recreational oasis.
Summer fishing in full swing
There are a lot of lakes in our area that really offer the best of both worlds for someone looking to fish all day.
Flathead benefited from Meerkatz's business acumen
There’s been a changing of the guard at Montana West Economic Development, where retiring President and CEO Jerry Meerkatz has passed the baton to Christy Cummings Dawson.
What do we owe wildland firefighters?
“It’s like having gasoline out there,” said Brian Steinhardt, forest fire zone manager for Prescott and Coconino national forests in Arizona, in a recent AP st…
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How to love the bear’s world
Last spring, at the height of some of the most anxiety-ridden moments of the pandemic, my father read a poem to me over the phone. He’s 89 this year, and while…
Help wanted, housing needed
“Short staffed. It’s the new pandemic,” reads a sign at an Ennis restaurant.
Montanans deserve fair and competitive districts
As former members of the Districting and Apportionment Commission, we know what’s at stake drawing legislative districts and now a new congressional district. We commend Commission Chair Maylinn Smith for her commi…
Our endangered constitutional system
On July 4 some 245 years ago, the signing of the Declaration of Independence articulated the political ethos of the United States: a country founded on consent of the governed and rooted in the idea that government…
Selling home, sweet home
My brothers and I gathered on our computer screens via Zoom a couple of weeks ago to begin the arduous task of deciding what to do with our 350-acre farm in Minnesota.
Federal firefighters deserve better pay
Montana’s summer wildfire season came early this year — an entire season early.
Montana’s millionaire bears as neighbors
Frequently in the Daily Inter Lake and other newspapers around Montana and on local TV news and radio air waves we read or hear about bears; the wild ones, not the ones that hang out in zoos and animal parks.