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Former governor sounds off on property tax debacle
How did the largest percentage of Republicans elected in Montana history grow government at the fastest rate in st…
Hunting, fishing and trapping part of Montana heritage
Montana’s weak protection for sportsmen and women provides fertile ground for anti-hunting, trapping and fishing activists to attack our heritage of harvesting wild fish and game.
Proponents tout virtues of federal Inflation Reduction Act for cheap power
The IRA’s tax incentives will accelerate deployment of cleaner, cheaper electricity.
In defense of logging, not burning
Why waste trees? Yes waste, up in smoke that we have to breath for months every year.
Chicken little
I must say I’ve grown tired of election deniers and the paranoia they foment.
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond
East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact.
Certainty, jobs and hope through sustainable forestry
Serial litigators also know about the risks Libby faces, but they don't care. Nor do they care about the Kootenai National Forest, grizzly bears, bull trout or any of the other threatened or endangered species that…
Zinke: Make America work again
Not a day goes by in Montana that you don’t see a restaurant or shop with a sign that says “closed today due to staff shortage,” or have to wait four months for a vehicle repair.
Libby man questions leadership of Rep. Gunderson
His refusal to support the idea of the COS movement speaks to this person as usurping our wishes to suit himself.
Former secretaries of state say don't mess with elections
But once 150 legislators get together with time on their hands, plenty of strange ideas to emerge and become bills.
From ice to mud to frozen mud and back again
The chances of slipping back into winter are slightly less once you get through the first half of April.
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond
Blackrock, the world’s largest assets manager, has dropped coal investments.
Necessity is the mother of invention, so......
Where deep state interest, bought and paid for career politicians, unelected bureaucrats pushing regulations that skirt lawful implementation and judicial overreach or inaction isn't floundering America?
Western News reader enjoys history column
For example, Walt Mason was a compact power hitter with speed to burn. Any ball hit by Mason into the gaps was a sure triple.
The war on freedom
Creating prosperity through value creation requires freedom and honesty, as opposed to the value destruction of the external authority cult we have today that’s based on fraud.
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond
Gas pump prices are already on the rise and by summer the national price for regular gas is expected to be $4 a gallon.