Montana Supreme Court rulings are, on their face, often perplexing. That’s part of the problem. To simplify one of its most recent decisions is arduous, but the following is the brunt of an inane reversal that involves alcohol, intimacy and a couple of Constitutions: A deputy spotted a man legally driving a Chevy pickup in […]
One of my New Year’s resolutions is a howling good one: to get me a wolf. I’m not the only one resolving such a thing for 2008. The Helena Independent-Record ran a Web-poll that showed 253 of 471 respondents support a wolf-hunting season. Even 63 percent of random Idaho “not-hunters” surveyed feel hunting is an […]
Bucky Wolford’s Glacier Mall, aka Glacier Town Center (no extra “e’s,” thank goodness) is going to have yet another public hearing, on Jan. 7. It should be a doozy, with everyone’s nerves freshly frayed by the just-ended North Kalispell Christmas Season Shopping Traffic Jam. At the recent non-voting hearing before Kalispell City Council, Citizens for […]
The desperation of livestock and agriculture producers reflects a broader crisis on the Blackfeet Reservation, where reports of extreme drought conditions led the Tribal Business Council to declare a state of emergency last month
Canadian travel drops as domestic tourism remains flat; Flathead Valley property owners are adding tourism to their crop rotation; plus, Market Metrics and Financial Corner
Cyrus Western assured community leaders that the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company property and other Superfund sites in the "Mountains and Plains" region he now oversees would be protected even as the Trump administration fires thousands of EPA employees and fundamentally reshapes the agency’s mission