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Updated 1 week, 1 day ago

A legacy of success at FVCC

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

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Letters to the editor Oct. 30

Letters to the editor Oct. 30

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Gianforte increased taxes, decreased freedom

Did you watch the candidates for governor debate? Don’t feel bad, almost nobody did.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Letters to the editor Oct. 29

Letters to the editor Oct. 29

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Saddled up for stories

About a hundred of us leaned in to hear every word said in honor of this occasion — the 60-year anniversary of the Wilderness Act — and also the recent publication of Elser's memoir, “Hush of the Land: A Lifetime i…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Proactive measures needed to prevent CWD outbreak

The discovery of a chronic wasting disease-afflicted deer in Kalispell last week cast a dour shadow on the opening weekend of Montana’s general hunting season.

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Letters to the editor Oct. 27

Letters to the editor Oct. 27

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Tim Sheehy violates Naval Honor Code

In 2004, Minnesota’s Tim Sheehy signed the Naval Academy’s midshipmen’s Oath of Office and Honor Code which say he wouldn’t “lie, steal or cheat,” and would do his “duty and to live honorably.”

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
CI-126 is a radical experiment, and voters are the guinea pigs

This November, Montana voters are being asked to fundamentally change the structure of our elections through the ballot initiative CI-126. This initiative was brought to Montana by an out-of-state group funded by l…

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Here’s how to lower costs for Montanans

If you live in Montana, there’s no doubt you feel the sting of this sobering fact: Montana just surpassed California to become the most unaffordable state in the nation. That’s not political hype; that’s according …

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Letters to the editor Oct. 25

Letters to the editor Oct. 25

Updated 1 year, 6 months ago
Passing down our Montana birthright

There’s a lot to love about growing up in Montana, but one of my fondest childhood memories was with my dad and brother on opening weekend of rifle season.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Kalispell endangering vulnerable Montanans

Temperatures are dropping in the Flathead Valley. Nighttime temperatures are already well below freezing, meaning anyone caught outside with no shelter could face life-threatening conditions.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Letters to the editor Oct. 24

Letters to the editor Oct. 24

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Taxpayers fund primaries. Why can’t we vote in all of them?

I just got a flier in the mail from the Montana Republican Party asking me to vote no on CI-126. That’s the ballot initiative to allow a primary election where the top four vote getters advance to the general elect…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Opening day excitement builds

This Saturday is the opening day for the general rifle season for deer and elk hunting in Montana. This is the grandaddy of all opening days for the fall of 2024 hunting seasons. This is the day that probably over …