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Opinion

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Updated 1 year, 4 months ago

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…

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Hand count plus same day registration would have been huge problem

Sometimes legislation comes home to roost in a good way.

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Bits n' pieces from east, west and beyond

East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact.

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for a job well done by ballot counters

All of the workers at the Memorial Center were there from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Then many of them showed up the next two days to help tabulate the results of the election.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Jail or bail: Montana still very much the wild west

Montana’s wild West is alive and well as a rogue subset of bounty hunters committing crimes and abuses against defendants on bail, their families and the public.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Not in favor or wilderness proposal

Not in favor or wilderness proposal

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Letters to the editor May 27

Letters to the editor May 27

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Letters to the editor May 24

Letters to the editor May 24

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
The Postal Food Drive is back in action

Saturday, May 14 marks the 30th anniversary of one of America's great days of giving — the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Opencut operations

MEIC’s Anne Hedges op-ed on the proposed Fire Pit as usual, uses misinformation, innuendos and half-truths and some important facts left out of her hatchet piece.

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Gunderson’s open cut law leaves neighbors in the dust

I read the story on the proposed Fire open cut mine near Libby with great interest and frustration. Libby Representative Steve Gunderson’s HB 599 is now paving the way for Thompson Contracting Inc. to develop a 14.…

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
A local's perspective

As someone who has grown up in Montana, the wilderness has always been something that I have found profoundly beautiful.

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
"The Wizard of Oz," twice

It never ceases to amaze me how much talent there is in Libby. I'm speaking about the latest musical production put on by the Kootenai Karacters, "The Wizard of Oz", this past week.

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond

Tip about taxes: Politician and author Stacey Abrams, a tax lawyer by training, told The Atlantic that all voters need to be better informed about tax policy. Why? “You tax the people you think can’t fight back,” s…

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Gray wolf recovery significant in wildlife conservation

Idaho and Montana’s successful recovery of the gray wolf was a significant achievement in species conservation.

Updated 2 years, 7 months ago
Deceptive Practices, Measures and Messages

As election time draws near, we are about to be inundated with political ads to no end.