Thursday, May 21, 2026
37.0°F

Opinion

Searching for opinion based articles? Below we'll share opinion news articles on a wide variety of topics.

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 1 year ago
Delivering solutions over extremisms and politics

Montanans sounded a clear call for the Legislature to accomplish one thing this session: To provide them with real, permanent property tax relief. We are proud to say that we have answered the call, and 400,000 Mon…

Updated 1 year ago
House GOP delivered results for Montana

The 2025 legislative session is over and it is time to look back at what was accomplished. For 85 days, Montana House Republicans worked hard to make Montana a better place to live, start a business and raise a fam…

Updated 1 year ago
Alumni expects more from Legion team

The below signed are Glacier Twins alumni, all of whom had the pleasure of playing American Legion baseball for the Glacier Twins and under the guidance of Julio Delgado.

Updated 1 year ago
Due process matters to Whitefish Police officers

As a member of the Whitefish City Council, I feel compelled to address the recent controversy surrounding a traffic stop conducted by a Whitefish Police Department officer.

Updated 1 year ago
Full Count: A breakaway roper and her horse

When her horse, Monty, reared back in the breakaway roping box and pinned Anna Tretter to the back wall, the needle swung to “big mistake.”

Updated 1 year ago
Legislative accomplishments put Montana first

As the 2025 legislative session wraps up, I’m proud of what we accomplished. It was a long session — full of long nights, hard debates, and tough decisions — but in the end, we passed good, meaningful legislation f…

Updated 1 year ago
Solutions over politics

Montanans sounded a clear call for the Legislature to accomplish one thing this session: To provide them with real, permanent property tax relief. We are proud to say that we have answered the call, and 400,000 Mon…

Updated 1 year ago
Noon shore lunches

Boy, I am hungry for a good meal of deep fat fried fish filets.

Updated 1 year ago
The best use of political power

In 2008, during my last year in the Montana Legislature, a woman came to me with a problem. I don’t remember much about it. It couldn’t have been important to anyone but her

Updated 1 year ago
Letters to the editor May 8

Letters to the editor May 8

Updated 1 year ago
The best use of political power

In 2008, during my last year in the Montana Legislature, a woman came to me with a problem.

Updated 1 year ago
Letters to the editor May 6

Letters to the editor May 6

Updated 1 year ago
Montana joins the record tax cut club

If there was a theme for the 2025 Legislative Sessions in our region, it was major tax changes. On the negative side of the ledger are the “historic” tax increases rammed through in Washington state.

Updated 1 year ago
Letters to the editor May 5

Letters to the editor May 5

Updated 1 year ago
Not so fast with the 'swan song'

Before I heard wildlife biologist Dale Becker’s talk, all I knew about trumpeter swans came from an East Coast writer who had never seen one.