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Updated 9 months, 3 weeks 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 12 hours, 30 minutes ago
Dam nameplate not true output

Regarding the March 12, 2025 story in the Hungry Horse News about Mick Ruis’ plans for CFAC land and the possibility of huge cryptocurrency server farms, the public should know there is a difference between total n…

Updated 12 hours, 30 minutes ago
Why not Cuba?

With President Trump’s interest in making Canada our 51st state, Greenland becoming an American territory, and the U.S. invading Panama, why isn’t Cuba in the mix? America has a long history with Cuba, first trying…

Updated 2 weeks ago
A misguided whitewash, at best

With eyes wide open, the American people watch Donald Trump and Elon Musk pillage the “American Dream” in real time. Under the guise of saving taxpayer money, the Trump-Musk Administration’s attack on our public la…

Updated 1 month ago
A ranger speaks out

I am absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated to have lost my dream job of an education park ranger with the National Park Service at Effigy Mounds National Monument this Valentine’s Day.

Updated 1 month, 1 week 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months, 1 week 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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.

Updated 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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…

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Fern on targeting

During my days on the Whitefish School Board, I was honored to be the sole representative to all Montana trustees serving as a board member to the Montana High Schools Association. I served seven years, a long time…

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
EPA is ‘trashing’ good ideas on CFAC cleanup plan

EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) trash can is full of discarded cleanup strategies marked as “Too Costly,” “Too Risky,” “Good, But Not Top Rated,” “Why Do More, When Less is, OK?”

Updated 5 months ago
Looking back to ‘64

Since I just celebrated my 60th Class Reunion with the CFHS Class of 1964, I’ve been thinking a lot about the current state of our country compared to where we were in 1964. At that time we were reading in our En…