Strengthen existing instead of adding new bureaucracy

It’s helpful to be at the same line of work long enough to be able to be proven wrong. I’ve been working with National Alliance on Mental Illness Montana to improve Montana’s mental illness treatment system for the past 10 years. We’ve been really active on the local, state and national levels. That amount of work has brought plenty of opportunities to be wrong, and we haven’t been able to avoid them all. One of the biggest times that I was wrong was on Medicaid expansion during the 2015 legislative session.

Let Montana's university levy tradition live on

Montanans will have a direct say in what we pay when the six-mill university levy comes before us again this election year as LR-128 on the November election ballot.

Sen. Conrad Burns: A Montanan to the core

Legals for May, 16 2023

Legals February 25, 2020

The Montana Department of Revenue, Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, announces the availability of one (1) new original Montana Retail On-Premises Restaurant Beer and Wine License for the Eureka quota area as a result of the Montana legislative change separating the combined quota area of Eureka/Rexford. The Montana Alcoholic Beverage Code (Title 16 of the Montana Code Annotated) requires each incorporated city to have their own designated quota area and requires the department to conduct a competitive bidding process for available licenses. The available Montana Retail On-Premises Consumption Restaurant Beer and Wine License for the Eureka quota area may be located within the corporate limits of Eureka or within 5 miles of Eureka's corporate limits. A map of the Eureka quota area can be located at mtrevenue.gov This license is not eligible to offer gambling under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6. To enter the competitive bidding process, the individual or business entity must submit electronically a competitive bid form that includes your bid amount, an irrevocable letter of credit for at least the bid amount from a financial institution naming the department as the beneficiary and pay a $100 non-refundable processing fee and any associated payment processing fees. The competitive bid form can be found at myrevenue.mt.gov The minimum bid for this license is set at $13,125. The competitive bidding process closes on March 8, 2020 at midnight Mountain Standard Time. The highest successful bidder will be notified by the department. The successful bidder must submit an application for licensure within 60 days. Questions? Contact (406) 444-6900 Published In The Western News February 11, 18, 25, & March 3, 2020. MNAXLP

Reiner named northwest Montana warden captain

As warden captain, Reiner oversees the regional game wardens and regional investigator who are responsible for enforcing fish, wildlife, and recreation laws.

Legals for October, 14 2022

Shedding light on 'dark money'

Undisclosed “dark money” in Montana politics is once again creating an environment that our heritage lived through during the “War of the Copper Kings.”

Libby senior plays in All-Star match

Libby High School senior Mehki Sykes represented Western Montana as one of twelve facing the volleyball team from the East in the Montana High School All-Star match on Nov. 18. The West won in three during the game played at University of Providence in Great Falls.

Make sure Montana is fairly represented

Beginning in Montana later this month, our great country will engage in one of the most significant national activities created by our Founding Fathers: the United States census. While the census is important in allocating federal funds to our state and communities, its true significance lies in political representation, not funding.

Russ Fagg is right choice for U.S. Senate

Choosing our representatives to the nation’s highest legislative body is an important decision that deserves thoughtful consideration. Perhaps no time in recent history has public discourse been as divisive as it is today. For a state like Montana that prides itself in our hardworking, no-nonsense way of life, the circus of Washington D.C. leaves most of us disillusioned with our government. Fortunately, we have a choice for our next U.S. Senator that can bring statesmanship and sanity back to Congress.

Beware companies charging for military records

The Montana Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection and Montana National Guard want to alert consumers regarding the accessibility of military records free of charge for service members and their families.

Maxine (Mickie) Kay Vanderhoef Sena Cote, 84

Maxine (Mickie) Kay Vanderhoef Sena Cote, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Kalispell, Montana.

Hunting, trapping season closures

Fisher season to close in Bitterroot FMU

Legals for October, 20 2020

State Parks, FWP briefs and updates

Montana State Parks & Recreation Board to Consider New Classification Policy

Homestead Act Launches a New Era in Montana (part 1 of 3)

“As I looked across the rolling expanse of prairie, filled with the beauty of a Montana sunset, I sent up a little prayer of thanksgiving from my heart for this our very first home. Only a rectangle of prairie sod, raw and untouched by the hands of man, but to us it was a kingdom ....

Fish, Wildlife & Parks news briefs

Trapping Advisory Committee to meet Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in Great Falls

Petition drive started to get Montana TV

To the Editor:

Montana children rank 28th in three health indicators

Montana children’s well-being ranks better than average in 3-of-4 categories, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2012 National Kids Count Data Book.