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Battling substance abuse requires collaborative effort
Two and a half years ago, Attorney General Tim Fox and I stood on the steps of the state capitol with other lawmak…
A response to Yaak property owner's letter
In addition, because of out-of-state developers seeking to turn once pristine and safe areas into areas from which they came, zoning districts are a necessary tool to prevent the haphazard, ill-conceived developmen…
Woman ticked off in effort to get tax rebate
Days later, thought I’d try again and Googled, “What is a Montana Geocode?”
Appreciation for Lincoln Co. vs. Flathead car show
Igniters members have voted to distribute the prize money evenly between Libby, Troy and Eureka food banks.
Property rights in Lincoln County hanging by a thread
My family has owned property and businesses in Lincoln County for almost 20 years.
In support of the 'Sound of Freedom'
The movie exposes the profoundly dark subject of the fastest growing criminal and unspeakably evil enterprise on earth, sex trafficking.
Tax relief or cover up?
And ask your legislators and governor to do what is right and stop this dramatic rise in property taxes.
More property tax consternation
Make no mistake, the tax increase is permanent and the rebate is ONE TIME ONLY. There are programs that could use the state surplus to help people.
Property taxes
We rely heavily on property taxes to fund state and local government, a balanced tax package would be equal parts of income, property and sales taxes.
Election deniers are controlling local elections. What could go wrong?
This conspiracy has been thoroughly debunked in Montana and across the country. But election deniers persist in claiming evil forces are manipulating elections.
Forest management
The eco-extremists do not want us, the citizens and visitors to Montana, in the woods. Period.
Selenium standards
The BC Premier resigned to join the Teck Board. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declined an IJC Committee to study transboundary pollution. Montana has no jobs threatened by the selenium limits, all we get is more …
Citizens not happy with Libby Cemetery maintenance
We follow the rules and regulations set forth by the City of Libby, but recently it appears the city does not even follow its own regulations and rules.
An argument for bringing life into the world
It is inconceivable that anyone could try to justify killing a fetus, a baby in the womb, because they can’t afford to raise the child.
Has a good lady missed the mark?
It seems OK though to allow young undeveloped minds to be influenced by violent shoot-em-up video games where the goal is to kill all in your path!
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.