Letters to the Editor - Aug. 7

My son and I live in San Francisco and come up here for the summer to visit family. Back home, I have had the hardest time helping my son learn to swim! The lessons are incredibly expensive and there are long waiti…

Guest opinion: Compact proponents keep promoting failed documents

Editor,

Keeping in touch with Pat Ingraham

It’s been awhile since I have had the opportunity to share with you a couple of resources that might be of value to you in helping to alleviate some of your medicinal concerns and struggles.

Timing is everything - a garden column by Green Thumb

Gardening is much like most of life. Lawyers and realtors write, “time is of the essence” in contracts, meaning that the participants in the contract need to hurry up because “Time is money.” Many say, “no time lik…

Guest opinion: Water law and the compact

As Flathead Irrigation District farmers and ranchers, as irrigators who make their living from the land, we have some grave concerns about the misinformation that is circulating about the proposed Water Use Agreeme…

Letter to the Editor

An update from Rep. Ingraham

I recently received information from the Montana Healthcare Foundation regarding their search for five trustees to oversee the $40.2 million proceeds from the sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana that I wanted…

GUEST OPINION - DNRC disclaimer

Live off the Rez? Not worried about Reserved water rights? Well the DNRC is, as you may read below.

An update from Rep. Schwaderer

Over the past week and a half the community overcame a difficult time where a raging fire north of Superior threatened the very homes of many people in our community. Thanks to the hard work of firefighters and var…

Keith's Column: Hug a firefighter and pray for rain

I was standing in the backyard of my grandparent’s house on Saturday morning along with the rest of the male members of my sister’s bridal party when a light rain began in Southern California.

A wicked problem

As Montana’s top natural resource administrators laid out the grim forecast for this year’s fire season, it became clear that many Western states face the worst wildfire conditions in recorded history. Fuel loads a…

An update from Rep. Schwaderer

One of the lesser celebrated legal characters in modern-day United States is Sir Edward Coke. His contributions to the development of common law and the rule of law are very important to the society we enjoy today.

An update from Rep. Schwaderer

The Montana Legislature only meets in session for 90 work days every other year, so our next session will commence in January, 2015. In between those sessions is referred to as “the interim”, and some Representativ…

A garden column by Green Thumb

Smart plants