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Updated 3 months, 1 week ago

Heroics from St. Regis firefighters

I want to call attention to the actions of volunteer firefighter Clint Wolff with the St. Regis Fire Department.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Food for Thought: Keeping anger under control

Let’s take a look at what causes people to become angry and how they can respond to stressful situations more productively.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Food for Thought: Is empathy important and should parents be teaching it?

Empathy and concern for other people allow us to appreciate what we have and how we can help others.

Updated 3 years, 11 months ago
Food for Thought: Living in the present

Life is filled with distractions, some positive, some negative.

Updated 3 years, 11 months ago
Montana Viewpoint: Renting the armed forces

Specifically, I am talking about a $1 million gift from Tennessee billionaire Willis Johnson to the state of South Dakota to cover the costs of Gov. Kristi Noem sending National Guard troops to Texas to help “secur…

Updated 3 years, 11 months ago
Montana Viewpoint: The Arizona Fraudit

Well apparently, they’re going to finish it in Montana at a mystery location near Bigfork.

Updated 3 years, 11 months ago
Food for Thought: Does worrying help?

Worry is defined as a state of mental and emotional agitation and distress resulting from undue concern over something impended or anticipated.

Updated 3 years, 11 months ago
More Sanders Co. rental properties are smoke-free

During June, which is National Healthy Homes Month, I would like to commend three local entities for providing housing that is healthier, safer and cleaner because they are going tobacco-free.

Updated 3 years, 11 months ago
Food for Thought: What is EMDR?

EMDR alleviates physical and emotional complaints resulting from traumatic or upsetting experiences.

Updated 3 years, 12 months ago
Food for Thought: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening...

Updated 4 years ago
Food for Thought: Trauma bonding

The term trauma bonding refers to strong emotional ties that develop between two people when one person intermittently harasses, beats, threatens, abuses or intimidates the other.

Updated 4 years ago
Food for Thought: Loss of a loved one

During times of mourning, we grieve not only for the dead but also for ourselves...

Updated 4 years ago
Montana Newspaper Association urges support for local journalism act

Fairness is the goal of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act currently being considered in the United States Congress.

Updated 4 years ago
Food for Thought: Adrenaline junkies

Adrenaline is part of the “flight or fight” response our bodies experience when coping with acute stress.

Updated 4 years ago
Montana Viewpoint: Just say no to division

Last week I read the transcript of a New York Times podcast with longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz.

Updated 4 years, 1 month ago
Reader recalls first turkey hunt in Sanders County

I enjoyed your article about the history of turkeys in Sanders County.