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Updated 8 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Christman recalls flood

The Great Flood of 1964 had a profound effect upon my life. In fact, in my stories of “Tales of a Misspent Youth,…

Updated 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
Racicot on politicizing the judicial branch

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a legislator “shall,” according to Article III of the Montana Constitution, solemnly swear to faithfully support, protect and defend the constitutions of Montan…

Updated 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
Beware the Trojan horse targeting public lands

Sometimes when I drive past the little house my wife and I bought when we first married, 30 years ago, it makes me sad. Not only because of nostalgia, but because of economics.

Updated 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
Bathroom bill bad for domestic violence shelters

By now, anyone paying even mild attention to the news has heard about “the bathroom bill” in the Montana Legislature. I hate that name. It’s an awful bill that will have terrible outcomes. So, let’s just call it Ho…

Updated 1 week ago
In defense of the green and the gray

The Trump administration’s federal workforce hiring freeze and “resignation” offer certainly sent a chill with locals who work for the Park Service and Forest Service last week.

Updated 1 week ago
Daines on priorities for 2025

When President Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States this week, it marked a new day in America. Voters rejected Joe Biden’s policies that led to unaffordable prices, open borders and weaknes…

Updated 2 weeks ago
Montana’s nuclear future

Montana has historically played an important part in U.S. energy transitions throughout its one hundred thirty-five-year history. We have a unique opportunity to continue to play an important part in the current q…

Updated 3 weeks ago
Fern gives legislative update

Following my fourth term in the Montana House, I faced either political extinction (term limits in Montana limit the number of terms served for legislators and state office holders), or a run for a newly configured…

Updated 3 weeks ago
Fern gives legislative update

Following my fourth term in the Montana House, I faced either political extinction (term limits in Montana limit the number of terms served for legislators and state office holders), or a run for a newly configured…

Updated 3 weeks ago
CASA reflects on ‘24, looks to ‘25

As 2025 starts to take shape, CASA for Kids reflects on a year of incredible accomplishments that have transformed the lives of children navigating the challenges of the foster care system. Thanks to the unwavering…

Updated 4 weeks ago
Coalition says EPA has failed us

While the EPA’s Record of Decision (ROD) recently issued for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site is dismaying, EPA leadership’s failure to do so without actionably taking into account public and comm…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Opinion: Some tips on searching Hungry Horse News archives

One of the biggest requests we get here at the Hungry Horse News is an archive search. The call typically goes like this: “Back in the 1980s my such and such was in the newspaper. Can I get a copy of it?”

Updated 2 months ago
Opinion: Made in Montana

So I was flipping through the L.L. Bean catalog the other day and then I picked up the Orvis catalog and something struck me: No, it wasn’t that companies still mail catalogs to old guys like me, it was that virtua…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Appreciate grant

Land to Hand is thrilled to announce we’ve been awarded a Round Up for Safety Grant from Flathead Electric Cooperative. This generous grant will allow us to finally complete the handicapped-accessible ramp and park…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Opinion: The baluster in the background

So last week I watched a couple of holiday films, Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and then, “Psycho.” Two films I’ve managed to miss. They are on Netflix right now in case you’re looking to get into the holiday spir…

Updated 2 months, 1 week ago
Questions makeup of commission

The Columbia Falls City Council recently approved three members to a commission designed to examine whether the city should change its form of government or keep it the way it is.