If this organization, or another one, accesses the wilderness with cameras for a feature story – say, one critical of land management – would they have to pay?

Are we not a nation willing to sacrifice for the greater good? Are we not a nation with a proud history of innovation?

The constraints of the U.S. Constitution once kept our government from controlling every aspect of our lives

Protecting public lands is not a partisan issue – 59 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of Independents agree on supporting enhanced protections for public lands

Never lose sight of your primary obligation to manage risk and eliminate constraints in your business

Amanda Curtis was in Whitefish and Kalispell stumping about the huge disconnect between Montana values and Washington

I wish elected leaders from Washington to the Flathead would follow this example

Stacey Schnebel is working to bridge the daily disconnect that we have from each other and our local government

Same Topic, Different Views

As of this writing there are more than 380 bills passed by Congress this year sent over to the Democrat-controlled Senate for passage, but sit on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's desk dead on arrival

If you favor reasonable school funding and the disclosure of political contributions, and the willingness to work across party aisle, consider a Democratic candidate for the Legislature

What’s important now, community leaders stress, is that Kalispell maintains its momentum and focus on downtown. And they’re right

She knows better than anyone that the “so-called refusal” was the result of the inability of Ryan Zinke and John Lewis to find a mutually acceptable time and place

It’s time to give serious consideration to turning federal public land over to the State of Montana so people in Montana are accountable to the citizens for management of our public land

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