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Updated 1 week ago

A legacy of success at FVCC

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

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
The left’s political philosophy: Persuasion with a government club

In my last column, I promised to revisit the partly answered question of why civil discourse has become so rare in American politics, and why so much animus exists between left and right.

Updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago
One big beautiful scam: Sheehy, Daines sell us out again

Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy want you to believe they’re “fiscally conservative.”

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
President Trump’s necessary airstrike on Iran

On March 21, 2011, I was on duty as the night operations officer at the 1-163rd Infantry headquarters in southern Iraq.

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Pat Williams: He stood by us and with us

Pat Williams has died. He was Montana’s longest serving Congressman, serving from 1979 to 1997. He had a sense of justice and values which he defended proudly and vigorously, often in the face of strong and outrage…

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Letters to the editor July 3

Letters to the editor July 3

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
United behind first-responders

Today, we find ourselves in mourning — not only for the tragic loss of life but also for the very soul of our community, shaken by violence that defies explanation.

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Mansfield’s stance on Vietnam took courage

In response to Bob Brown’s column (What’s the point of being a senator if you don’t have guts, June 26):

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 30

Letters to the editor June 30

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Letters to the editor June 29

Letters to the editor June 29

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Slow your roll for worker safety

Orange barrel season is in full bloom with major road construction projects underway across the Flathead Valley.

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Roadless Rule has failed our forests

Every year, wildfires destroy nearly 100 million trees across our national forests. These losses aren’t just an environmental tragedy. They are a national fail…

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Board of Housing marks 50 years of supporting the American Dream

Many of us can vividly recall our first apartment rental experiences.

Updated 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Public land goes back on the chopping block

The radical notion of selling off public lands is back. And this time it seems that only the Congress can stop the giveaway of America’s heritage to private in…

Updated 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Flathead Lake users need predictability in water level

Much has been written and said about the Energy Keeper’s management of the water in Flathead Lake during the last three years of their controlling the outflow …

Updated 10 months, 4 weeks ago
What’s the point of being a senator if you don’t have guts?

More than half a century ago, when I was a young, enlisted man stationed at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington D.C., I contacted former Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler.