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Notes from Ranger Doug
I’ve had the pleasure over the years of getting correspondence from longtime Glacier National Park ranger/naturali…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?”
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…
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…
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…
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.
Thanks from skateboard association
The community of Columbia Falls will soon have its very own skatepark. While it feels strange to be celebrating such an event as the snow has begun to blanket town, we are nonetheless grateful for all the people wh…
EPA should listen to public
f there is one thing that EPA Region 8 (the Environmental Protection Agency for Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 tribal nations) needs to realize after this recent election, is t…
The joys of rabbit joints
So a few weeks ago I decided to get some quotes on new kitchen cabinets and they came in exactly where I expected, which is to say, way more money than I want to spend or even can afford. Not only that, they were m…