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Heroics from St. Regis firefighters
I want to call attention to the actions of volunteer firefighter Clint Wolff with the St. Regis Fire Department.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Effort to Put Montana First
The legislative session is now officially over. We finished last Thursday so now the results get discussed, assessed and scrutinized. Many of the results can not be “fairly” evaluated for days, months, or even year…
Superior High students visit the state Capitol with their class
This week I had some welcome guests. Mr. Bishop and former Rep. Gordon Hendrick spent a day at the Capitol with the Superior High School government class.
Cranking up and winding down at the 2019 Legislature
We had Day 71 last Friday. From that day forward, we have 19 days left of the regular session to finish business. The final outcome of many bills is still very…
County jail would be costly to close
I am writing this letter as a concerned resident and (future) taxpayer of Mineral County. There is a good possibility that our local jail may close permanently unless some solutions to long-term problems can be fou…
A lesson from Montana: 'Manners make things easier for everybody'
I was thinking this morning of the shrill sounds, threats, and recriminations coming out of our nation’s capital. For some reason, perhaps because of the contrast, it reminded me of a meeting that occurred outside …
Legislative Report
We still have a few house bills that will be worked across to the Senate soon. The committee meetings have been going late to take care of business. There will still be a few bills dropped in the house hopper befor…
One reason we fight sewer north of track
We, the people of Thompson Falls, Mont., did not ask for, nor were we afforded the right to vote for or against, “sewering” the town north of the BNSF-MRL line.
Please pledge your support for E.L. Johnson Memorial Pool
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