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Updated 2 months, 1 week ago

Tester's attacks on veteran-run business are shameful

Bridger Aerospace started with four veterans in a barn in Montana. Our next mission became using battlefield techn…

Updated 4 years, 8 months ago
PLAINS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK THANKFUL FOR TOWN PUMP FOUNDATION

The Plains Community Food Bank would like to thank the Town Pump Charitable Foundation and the Plains Town Pump employees for their outstanding efforts during …

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
A Montanan's view of a kibitzer: Fake guns in the hands of greenhorns

Reading last week’s (Nov. 27) Independent, On page 6 they have a new news creative writer. Did the Independent make a mistake? Yes.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
A MONTANAN’S VIEW OF A KIBITZER: FAKE GUNS IN THE HANDS OF GREENHORNS

Reading last week’s (Nov. 27) Independent, On page 6 they have a new news creative writer. Did the Independent make a mistake? Yes.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Huckleberry Festival chair ready to pass the torch

After six years of being President of Huckleberry Inc. and Chair of the Huckleberry Festival, I am stepping down.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Time to thank Ken and Kathy Kuhl

In 1994, when my wife and I first came to Superior, she was short a dime at Castles – Ken Kuhl reached into his pocket and gave her a dime.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Thankful for litter pickup efforts

Dear Editor:

Updated 5 years ago
How to help local food bank

Dear Friends of the Food Bank:

Updated 5 years ago
Officer Manny Quinn may be the silent type ... but she's always on the alert for troublemakers!

Along this summer’s tourist-filled main street of Plains, a silent sentinel stood relentless watch for potential speeders and ner-do-wells.

Updated 5 years ago
Gun safety is important, especially during hunting season

I have been lucky in my life to get the opportunity to practice and train with several branches of the United States military and law enforcement, without being officially part of either.

Updated 5 years ago
OFFICER MANNY QUINN MAY BE THE SILENT TYPE ... BUT SHE’S ALWAYS ON THE ALERT FOR TROUBLEMAKERS!

Along this summer’s tourist-filled main street of Plains, a silent sentinel stood relentless watch for potential speeders and ner-do-wells.

Updated 5 years ago
GUN SAFETY IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY DURING HUNTING SEASON

I have been lucky in my life to get the opportunity to practice and train with several branches of the United States military and law enforcement, without being officially part of either.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Remembering Kenny: A letter from the Marjerrison family

I don’t really know where to begin, I could write pages and pages on who he was, and I know I need to condense it into very few words.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Protecting our states against invasion is a key guarantee of Constitution

Article 4 Section 4, Constitution of the United States, says: “The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government [meaning Congress], and protect each of them against inva…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Free lunch trumps free enterprise in America

I suppose I shouldn’t be any more surprised than most taxpaying Americans to discover that I paid more in income taxes in 2018 than the behemoth retailer Amazon.com; but then I didn’t have a net profit of $11.2 bil…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
County show patience about barking dogs

I had the opportunity (as did you) to attend the May 9 Sanders County commissioner’s meeting on ordinance # 2019-01: an ordinance to control barking dogs within Sanders County and to establish procedures for enforc…