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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…
An update from Rep. Ingraham
National POW/MIA Recognition Day is a day of commemoration for servicemen unaccounted for or missing and will soon be celebrated in America on September 19th, the official date for 2014 as established by a proclama…
Letters to the Editor; What is a school?
What is a school? Besides a brick and mortar building, a school is a place of learning. But, it is more than that.
Letters to the Editor; Value of a sheriff
Dear Editor,
Better public land management is possible; An update from Sen. Fielder
People who prefer federal control are trying to convince everyone that Montanans would sell all the public lands if we are put in charge of them. No chance. Popularity for transferring control of federal public la…
Letter to the Editor; The bottom line
Why does the US and the other responsible nations continue to flounder in addressing international terrorism? Why, when obviously a different strategy is called for?
An update from Rep. Ingraham
Patriot Day falls on the 11th of September, 2014 (also commonly known as ‘Nine-Eleven’) and is remembered globally as the anniversary of the catastrophic terrorist attacks on the USA that fell on September 11, 2001…
A holiday brought to you by working people
If national holidays have anything in common it’s that those of us who celebrate them by taking the day off don’t give much thought to the origin or meaning of the holiday. That’s true of secular holidays (never mi…
An update from Senator Fielder
The annual Patriotic Concert in Thompson Falls is such a special opportunity to gather with folks of all ages and all political persuasions to do one very positive thing together: honor our United States military s…
Chamber chatter
Was this not the BEST Huckleberry Season you’ve ever seen?! First, an unbelievable beargrass season. Then ‘hucks’ to follow in copious amounts. But what does this have to do with business and economic development…
A solution in search of a problem
I see that some Montana Legislators are going to be pushing the “Sheriffs First” legislation again this coming January. It must be close to the umptieth time this anti-federal government idea has been brought to th…
Letters to the Editor; Cemeteries look excellent
Dear editor of the Valley Press,
Letters to the Editor; Irrigators stuck with the bill
Editor,
An update from Rep. Ingraham
It’s been a little over a year since I shared with you some resources which may be of value to you in helping to alleviate some of your medicinal concerns and struggles. And since it might be the last time I am ab…
Christians, Jews are easy targets, but for how long?
The absurd attacks on Israel for exercising its right of self-defense in the past few weeks have only been surpassed in foolhardy dangerousness by the world’s virtual silence about the genocide being practiced agai…
Montana must defend role for coal
The Environmental Protection Agency may seem distant, as it held hearings on proposed carbon emission rules in Denver last week, but Montanans should make no mistake — the EPA’s pursuits would have direct and harmf…