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Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground

Find a Way Forward

Try to make it better, try to find the joy, try to live a life of gratitude

By Mike Jopek
Uncommon Ground

Slow it Down

The safety of our roadways requires your help

By Mike Jopek
Uncommon Ground

What’s Leadership Mean?

Only good leadership can forge paths forward that work in our prospering towns and valley

By Mike Jopek
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This Time, This Place

Candidates currently vying to lead our municipalities should take this opportunity and paint a vision for where we are going

By Mike Jopek
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No Time

There’s so much work outside that still needs to get done before the snow falls and the valley, once again, calms back down

By Mike Jopek
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Who You Gonna Trust?

Townsfolk in Columbia Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish get to decide where we are going and what type of place we want it to be when we get there

By Mike Jopek
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Taxing Growth

Property taxes have long been too high, never seeming to reduce

By Mike Jopek
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Cooperating Leaders

Sen. Steve Daines deserves credit for working to conserve the economic driver of the Flathead

By Mike Jopek
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Rural Flathead

Living in rural Montana is a choice; the quality of life is great

By Mike Jopek
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State of the Rhubarb

Suddenly Gladys’ rhubarb will be tall and tart, strong like the local economy

By Mike Jopek
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Change or Make Way

It’s hard to plan for change, our vision clouded by the fog of opportunity

By Mike Jopek
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Wet Today, Dry Tomorrow

The chaos and unexpected extremes have become a familiar normal for most anyone who spends days outside in the forests or the fields

By Mike Jopek
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Do Right by Montana Kids

I’ve watched four different Montana governors and more Legislatures try to understand foster kids

By Mike Jopek
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Your Boards

Wherever you live in the valley, it’s local people who make stuff happen

By Mike Jopek