Opinion

DEAR ABBY: Despite divorce, ex insists on ‘Happy Family’ photos

DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to be married to a wonderful woman who has a 6-year-old daughter with her ex-husband. They share joint custody. His controlling nature was a major factor

Throwing America under the bus

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Beto O’Rourke has taken the measure of America and found it wanting. “This country, though we would like to think otherwise,” he intoned over the weekend, “was founded on racism,

The slow burn of Congo’s Ebola outbreak

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Meanwhile, in the semitropical vastness of eastern Congo, a killer is loose. The second largest Ebola outbreak in history has entered its second year. It has taken more than 1,900

Aug. 20 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Members of the Town and Country 4-H Club answered roll call at their 10th meeting with “Safety Tips for Vacationers.” Members met at Eastern Montana Industries

DEAR ABBY: Remembering baby they lost is an annual ritual for couple

DEAR ABBY: Thank you for responding to “Crystal in Nevada’s” June 7 question about her aunt and her aunt’s baby who was stillborn. Few people talk openly about pregnancy loss,

Why is there no fix for polluted water?

Why is there still no fix for the polluted water that has been gushing from Colstrip waste ponds for four decades? “What is a reasonable amount of time in which

To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system

The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report which warns that we must rethink

Aug. 19 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) City-County Planning Board members decided to strengthen their wording and stand behind the Tongue River Railroad in Tuesday’s night meeting. The members amended their needs assessment

DEAR ABBY: Woman has issues with husband’s clumsy habits

DEAR ABBY: I am in a loving and rewarding marriage. Because we have no children, my husband and I are best friends who devote most of our time to each

Their View

If only there were some magic words that could rescue us from this national nightmare in which the same horrific scenario plays out over and over again, with only the