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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 June 21
Letters to the editor June 21
In search of the perfect tomato soup
Politics and social movements aside, perhaps the one thing most of us can agree on is there’s nothing finer than a steaming hot, aromatic bowl of soup, tomato soup to be exact.
Montana needs clear, objective rules to prevent gerrymandering
This April, Montana became the first state in history to gain back a congressional seat that we lost in a previous redistricting process, giving Montana a uniq…
Fresh thinking to support the community vision
“The world we have created today as a result of our thinking thus far has problems which cannot be solved by thinking the way we thought when we created them.”
Sustaining the humanities in Montana communities
When my sisters and I were little girls in the 70s, my mother often brought us from our family’s home in Crane to the library in Sidney for “story hour.”
More bears, more people set stage for conflict
There was a cautionary takeaway from the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee following its meeting last week: plans for a historic number of visitors to national parks plus a peaking grizzly bear population have set…
1929 Halfmoon fire’s impact on Apgar
The recent article about the Mountain House in Apgar was both entertaining and informative.
Letters to the editor June 19
Letters to the editor June 19
Is it summer yet?
Has our spring season finally transitioned into summer in the Flathead?
Letters to the editor June 14
Letters to the editor June 14
Vacations — you either thrive or, at least, survive
Carol's column
It's time to address domestic violence
In Montana, law enforcement officers responded to a domestic violence-related incident every 1.75 hours last year.
On marijuana, Republicans are canceling their own votes
The majority of self-identified Republican voters — as do most Americans of all political persuasions — support legalizing marijuana. But you wouldn’t know tha…
Deafening silence from the Montana media
Crickets are chirping throughout the forests and plains of Big Sky Country, but the sound is not announcing the long-awaited blossoming of spring in the Rockies.
‘Dog-whistle’ politics once again at work
If you were to credit a single individual with defeating Hitler, it wouldn’t be a statesman or a general. It would be a British mathematician – Alan Turing.