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…

Letter to the Editor; Stunning disrespect for the rule of law

On June 26, the compact commission laid out a proposed framework for reopening negotiations on the Flathead Water Compact. Their document indicated that the first negotiation session would be held during the first …

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Second amendement laws under consideration for 2015

FWS official bravely fights the tide

A top federal wildlife official’s call to withdraw a proposal to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act because of the supposed threat of climate change is a welcome breeze of common sense.

An update from Rep. Ingraham

In 2009 the Montana Legislature implemented the Emergency Medical Services Grant Program to help emergency medical service providers in many of Montana’s rural areas.  The rural providers found they have difficulty…

Looking back

A few years back I was in an old working class neighborhood of Great Falls, walking down tree lined avenues that must have been something a few years back. But now the houses needed paint and lots of other things b…

Comments sought on hunting and fishing license fee increases, land and water control; An update from Senator Fielder

Last week the legislative interim committees I am assigned to held three days of public hearings on a number of environmental issues including Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks’ (FWP) proposal to increase hunting and…

Letters to the Editor; Council lacks integrity

The water issue in our town and many and many others is a hot topic. I’m not here to debate for or against our water rates, but there is one part that is not being brought to the attention of the public. When big g…

Letters to the Editor; Revamp P Hill

I grew up in a home at the base of the P Hill in the 1950’s/60’s.  My memories of this landmark letter “P” are etched in my mind.  I can remember seeing the “P” every day of my 12 years of school in Plains and driv…

Guest opinion: Terrorism addressed

Our world is facing international terrorism movements like we have never seen before.  With modern weaponry and other advances in all aspects of outreach, no nation is safe from attack.  This is a fact.  So what ca…