Ms. Nickol Goes to Washington
The prestigious position the young Montana attorney applied for: Supreme Court Fellow, filled by one carefully chosen candidate each year
The prestigious position the young Montana attorney applied for: Supreme Court Fellow, filled by one carefully chosen candidate each year
I’ve stumbled onto an intriguing previously “secret” CIA document declassified in 1995 that surrounds the “simulation of [an] assumed enemy effort to plot Minuteman silo positions” in Montana
Whereas the Constitution directs that no person shall be elected president of the United States more than twice, the nation’s guiding charter doesn’t concern itself with aging leaders
UM President Seth Bodnar says a college education is worth its weight in gold
There’s plenty of material evidence surrounding human history and prehistory waiting to be found, including here in northwest Montana
Montana Grit’s mission is to provide a solid foundation for personal growth by facilitating an environment that allows participants to discover their capabilities, strengths and freedom
Who better to debrief during my working visit to the nation’s capital than Max Richtman, who knows Montana and its people like the back of his hand
Three times as many houses and other structures burned in western wildfires from 2010 to 2020 compared to the previous decade
Zinke on the debt-ceiling showdown, GOP supermajority in Helena and this country’s infatuation with everything Montana
Announcing in February his bid for a fourth term in Congress, Montana’s senior senator explains that he’s finally “in a position now where we can actually get some things done"
The Embassy of Tribal Nations hasn’t been around very long, but rest assured it’s a bustling place, advocating on behalf of nearly 7 million Native Americans across the United States
Russell didn’t give a hoot if his unwitting gaggle of congressional correspondents (read targets) wore Democratic or Republican stripes
When the 1957-1958 Asian flu swept the nation, Miles City native Dr. Maurice Hilleman, the undisputed 'father of vaccines,' sprang into action, quickly developing and producing a vaccine that saved the lives of 'hundreds of thousands' of U.S. citizens
Mike Mansfield, the long-serving U.S. Senate Majority Leader from Montana, who frequently frustrated hardline members of his Democratic party when reaching across the political aisle, would take keen interest in the ongoing 68th session of the Montana Legislature
A Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient who participated in the D-Day Invasion, Melcher in 2018 died peacefully sitting in his favorite chair overlooking Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula. He was 93.
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