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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, 7 months ago
Medicaid Expansion has made a great difference in Montana

As a nurse practitioner in Missoula, prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), I was initially surprised that so many patients came from rural areas — especially Lake County.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Northern Pike: Love or hate?

Before we get full time into outdoor columns about hunting, let me do a final end-of-summer column about fishing.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Matching inflows with outflows works

With summer 2024 in our rearview mirror and fall upon us, we want to take this opportunity to commend Energy Keepers, operators of the renamed Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ Dam (SKQ Dam), for doing a successful job Flathea…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Kids, cats and humility

I am looking at a copy of a Sunday cartoon that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of Jan. 14, 1900. It is called “Woman’s Craze for Animal Pets Versus Babies — what we might expect in the 20th Century.”

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Letters to the editor Sept. 26

Letters to the editor Sept. 26

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Montana women are not going back

When we hear the comments by JD Vance, vice presidential candidate, about childless women not having as much invested in our country as those with children, it makes us angry.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Letters to the editor Sept. 24

Letters to the editor Sept. 24

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Letters to the editor Sept. 23

Letters to the editor Sept. 23

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Let’s leverage common ground

When I moved to Kalispell a few years ago I visited a new friend’s house and saw that neighbors at the end of her street had hung a massive banner across their garage.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Break free from controlling influence of political parties

The danger of powerful political parties being obsessed with dominating and destroying democracy was also echoed by our greatest founder George Washington when in his farewell address he cautioned that “In contempl…

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Why an independent supports Sen. Tester

I spent over 37 years as a federal civil servant, which spanned seven different administrations and 18 different legislative sessions.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Attack ads about Sheehy are disingenuous

In recent weeks, Sen. Jon Tester’s campaign has devolved into ad hominem attacks on Tim Sheehy, most of which have no relevance to the issues that are important to Montanans.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Letters to the editor Sept. 22

Letters to the editor Sept. 22

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Montanans are doing all right

Chin up, Montana, it’s a great time to live and work in Big Sky Country.

Updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Protect reproductive choice in Montana

My name is Susan Cahill. I am a retired family practice physician assistant who provided first trimester abortions in Kalispell as part of family practice starting in 1976 until my office was destroyed in 2014.