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Letters to the Editor

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Updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Heroics from St. Regis firefighters

I want to call attention to the actions of volunteer firefighter Clint Wolff with the St. Regis Fire Department.

Updated 5 days, 3 hours ago
Loge a Republican in name only

The Missoula County Republican Central Committee (MCRCC), a local organization affiliated with the Montana Republican Party, hereby censures Sen. Denley Loge (SD 45) for his actions in opposition to the tenets of o…

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Legislative update from Sen. Loge

This past week in the Legislature has been the busiest yet.

Updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Homestead bill will provide tax relief

During my campaign to be your state representative last year, I promised to seek solutions to our affordable housing crisis and skyrocking property taxes. These problems have hit rural western Montana especially ha…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Superintendent evaluation

The January board meeting of the Trustees of the Plains School District was a packed house of parents, taxpayers, and community members with concerns.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Pause on federal funding impacts local services

The Montana Community Action Network (MCAN) represents the 10 Community Action agencies who carry out programs aimed to help Montanans experiencing economic hardships, including the elderly and disabled.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The legislative process

We have completed week three of the legislative session with bills on the move in both houses.

Updated 2 months ago
Loge stands ground on rules debate

Greetings from Helena. While being new to the Senate, I am a more senior legislator. I've spent my life clearing paths, literally plowing snow on our highways, mending fences on the ranch, logging and attending imp…

Updated 2 months ago
The case for prescribed fire

As forest research shows, the Rocky Mountain region’s natural history reveals a pattern of fire occurrence extending from time immemorial, meaning before human memory, with drastic curtailment in the early 1900s wh…

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I’m honored to serve; here’s my mission

Montana, earning the chance to serve you as your next U.S. Senator is truly the greatest honor of my life. To those who voted for me, thank you. To those who did not, I’m ready to serve you too. In the military, I …

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks to all who have supported MCCF

First, I’d like to thank the many volunteers and donors to an organization I’ve been involved in for over thirty years, the Mineral County Community Foundation (MCCF).

Updated 4 months ago
Teacher talk: 'What is the best thing about being a teacher?'

Superior schoolteachers share “What is the best thing about being a teacher?”

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Elena Evans for PSC

We are retired Montanans living in all seven counties within District 4 of the Public Service Commission. Most of us are on fixed incomes. Some of us are Republicans and some are Democrats. But all of us are voting…

Updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Tranel represents the Biden-Harris economic failures

It’s the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Updated 6 months ago
Judge endorses Wilson for Supreme Court justice

It is a common refrain that voters know little to nothing about judicial candidates. It is for this reason that I am sharing my experiences with Judge Dan Wilson, candidate for the Montana Supreme Court.