Opinion
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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…
Duty, Honor and Coutry - An update from Rep. Ingraham
This past Monday, November 11th, we were able to celebrate Veterans Day, a day set aside for remembering those lost and harmed while serving our country, for r…
This Thanksgiving buckle up
Thanksgiving is one of the great American holidays that involves a lot of travel. Family and friends from across the country or just across town take to the roads to visit together and celebrate, making it one of t…
Guest Opinion: CSKT commission protects all water users
This is being submitted as an Op Ed piece in rebuttal to the recent Op Ed piece that was written by Senator Verdell Jackson and was printed in several area newspapers.
To candidates seeking office
For those seeking the open National Senate and Congressional Seat in 2014, campaigning has already been underway for a while. For the first time in years, it is quite likely that we will see both a new Congressman …
Letters to the Editor - Nov. 6
Only 36 percent of KNF eligible for harvest?
Sadly, the new Kootenai National Forest Plan deems 64% of Montana’s most productive forest off limits to timber harvest. Compared to the 1987 plan, this represents a 20% jump in acreage that cannot be harvested. Ne…
An update from Rep. Ingraham
As I look about at the beauty being displayed this fall, the changing leaves, the crisp air and blue skies, it’s not hard to imagine why one of Montana’s nicknames is “Big Sky Country.” And with Montana’s anniversa…
Trials and errors - a gardening column by Green Thumb
Much of gardening is a haphazard sort of adventure. I have a habit, however, of viewing my garden plots as a number of science experiments!
Letters to the Editor - Oct. 23
Letter to the Editor - Oct. 16
Federal Foolishness - An update from Senator Fielder
“We were ordered to make life as difficult for people as we can” a National Park Service employee told the media.
An update from Rep. Ingraham
The State Administration & Veterans Affairs Committee (SAVA) will be meeting on Monday, October 21 in room 102 of the Capitol Building for those of you interes…
Letters to the Editor - Oct. 9
An update from Rep. Schwaderer
As a member of the State Tribal Relations Interim Committee, between now and the next session I will be attending six meetings for updates on tribal issues in the state. Four of those meetings will be held with var…
Keith's Column: Not goodbye, see you soon
I was attempting to sort through the pile of seemingly unnecessary attachments and plastic pieces in order to install new windshield wipers on my car when I did something that seemed to sum up the entirety of my ti…