Dear Sen. Tester and Sen. Daines, The US Senate must take a strong position against the use of FEMA funding/taxpayers’ dollars to pay outrageous, predatory utility bills to utility companies that are predicted as Texas recovers from last week’s electrical power and gas delivery failures. While FEMA’s funds for the care of people impacted, for […]

As a physician working in Bozeman’s local emergency department, I bear witness to the escalating mental health crisis in Montana daily. Year after year Montana is one of the leading states in the nation in terms of suicide rates, and the rate of individuals in mental health crisis is steadily rising under stressors like COVID […]

Rep. Larry Brewster, of Billings, certainly is not out of step with the 67th Montana legislature. The political atmosphere in Helena seems to be “Trump Light,” or maybe not so light. One can only wonder why a representative would put forward a bill so out of touch with the current science of global warming. It’s […]

By PHIL KNIGHT Guest columnist Yellowstone National Park, the original “Best American Idea”, turns 149 on March 1 this year. We tend to take for granted that we have lots of great national parks and that ones like Yellowstone are protected. But Yellowstone was the first national park and we almost lost that wonderland. In […]

Usually being a live and let live type of guy is my ‘norm’. But the pure and blatant disregard for the safety of the staff, administrators, educators and student body blazingly obvious in this travesty is abhorrent! And Greg Gianforte along with any and all supporters of this screaming mistake should be called upon the […]

As a physician, I am deeply concerned about multiple bills being discussed in our Legislature that discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth and adults. Each bill on its own is extremely troubling; the sheer number of discriminatory bills is truly frightening. When legislatures pass bills that discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals, the suicide rate among this population increases […]

Unless concerned citizens speak up, we may lose the opportunity to spend our days enjoying one of Montana’s most beautiful natural resources, the Gallatin River. Development in the river floodplain for private gain is at the expense of the river quality and community, and especially dangerous in the floodway. Foamy mounds of pollution collecting in the […]

By STEVE CHARTER AND JOHN WICKS Guest columnists Our approach to managing the land begins from the ground up. The overall health of our soil translates directly into the productivity of our crops and the grass which feeds our animals. Healthy soils help us weather the dog days of summer, drought, and extreme weather events […]

Debate over the truth of global warming has intensified with recent extreme cold and power outages. But individuals and businesses committed to making America great again are inventing technologies to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, including winterizing wind turbines that work in Alaska. If we now have the know-how to convert our […]

I was raised to believe in American democracy, free and fair elections, and cherish freedom and oppose vicious authoritarian regimes abroad. My worst fears were nearly realized on Jan. 6, not by foreign adversaries, but by homegrown right-wing extremists, when an insurrectionist mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, incited to violence by a sitting president and […]