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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…
Daines efforts for Libby don't go unnoticed
Right now the U.S. Congress is in the midst of a fierce debate over the future of our nation’s healthcare system. In the midst of this very important discussion about a subject that impacts every American, it would…
Upcoming election isn't about past travel costs
According to Judicial Watch, the total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78!!! That’s almost $71 Million! How many senior citizens will that feed?
Thanks to The Western News
On behalf of all the volunteers, past and present, of Libby Volunteer Fire Department, I would like to thank you for the very nice special section in the paper last week. Your THANKS means a lot to all of us and th…
The Forces of Good and Evil
For the past 30 years we’ve had Presidents that were no more than puppets of the elites: Bush, Sr., Clinton, Bush, Jr. and Obama, taking orders to the further the New World Order and Agenda 21 programs to imprison …
Buffoon and Twitter in Chief
This guy is so far beyond reckless and is flat out unstable. Dementia? Brain Damage? His inability to tell the truth is destroying the credibility of the U.S.A.
Funding for Legal Services Corporation and AmeriCorps
Dear Senators Tester and Daines:
Birds: a sign of early spring
By Bruce Auchly
Mark Wick's reply to Rob Quist's tax liens
Recently it was discovered that Rob Quist had tax liens filed against him by the State of Montana and it was turned into political fodder. I am not going to condemn Mr. Quist. Like many working Montanan’s not every…
Can our social institutions catch up to science and technology?
H.G. Wells, one of the most prolific and prominent novelists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, consistently warned his contemporaries that social institutions were not evolving fast enough to co…
Mother's death: a tragedy that could've been prevented
The entire community is devastated by the slaughter of this mother, allegedly at the hands of yet another repeat drug offender behind the steering wheel of a car.
Stand with the collaborative Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act
Earlier this month, Senator Jon Tester introduced the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act in Congress. This prospective piece of legislation is the result of a decade long collaborative effort amongst local timber…
Gunderson: Why I voted against Senate Bill 72
In one of my committees this week, we heard a bill that would create a law requiring the state to take on the liability and treatment costs for firefighters with lung disease. There was a lot of passionate testimon…
Rob Quist is the man for lovely Montana
I think all Montanans are artists. I have lived here nearly 20 years, so I am still a “newbie” to the state. I love Montana! It is not only a beautiful place to live, work and play, but it is a “state of mind”; bec…
Sen. Tester says he'll hold Trump accountable
We are halfway through President Trump’s first 100 days in office, and during my travels across the state and here in Libby, I hear both eagerness and uncertai…
Misinformation about Zinke's ban on lead bullets
In response to Gary Armstrong: