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A legacy of success at FVCC
This is a moment to honor the determination, resilience and accomplishments of our graduates.
Judicial activism or judicial restraint?
Some may consider it mere coincidence that over the past 40 years the Montana Supreme Court has struck down almost every conservative ballot measure (referenda and initiatives) that has come before it, while uphold…
Don’t quit your daydreaming job
At the University of Montana in the late 1970s, Pete Fromm admits he wasn’t a great student. Consumed by the mountain man stories he’d absorbed as a youth, he much preferred adventure and daydreaming.
Letters to the editor June 27
Letters to the editor June 27
Housing the rich in one town, the workers in another
I live in Victor, Idaho — one of Jackson, Wyoming’s, bedroom communities. Every day, roughly 3,400 Idaho residents drive over Teton Pass to work in Jackson. Only about 11,000 of us live on this side of the pass—2,0…
Innovators think outside of the box
We have not met yet, but we will, as we are both candidates for Montana Senate District 3.
Letters to the editor June 25
Letters to the editor June 25
Misleading rhetoric undermines nonprofit sector
As the executive director of the Montana Nonprofit Association, a membership association that supports more than 850 organization across the state, I’m dismayed by multiple recent incidents of political leaders and…
Letters to the editor June 24
Letters to the editor June 24
Canal siphon failures not a matter of if, but when
Along with the torrent of gushing water that flooded Babb due to catastrophic siphon eruptions on the St. Mary Canal last week will be serious economic consequ…
Letters to the editor June 23
Letters to the editor June 23
Gianforte raised your property taxes and gave himself a tax cut
Gov. Greg Gianforte raised your property taxes. And he did it deliberately, in order to give the wealthy and corporations huge tax cuts. That’s a simple truth that our governor doesn’t want you to hear, but it’s im…
Montana energy isn’t ready for forced EVs
Last month, the Biden administration published their finalized tailpipe emissions rule, an electric vehicle (EV) mandate which will upend the daily lives of Mo…
Sheehy is a threat to Montanans’ reproductive rights
Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, gutting protections for reproductive health care that had been in place for women and doctors for nearly 50 years.
Column: Bigfork's Benn bids farewell to coaching
Jim Benn has called his last play for the Bigfork Football Vikings, and his departure from the Montana coaching ranks was just the way he wanted it: quiet.
Letters to the editor June 20
Letters to the editor June 20