Opinion

Importance of Gratitude

As I pondered what to write my newspaper article on this week, I came across an article on the importance of gratitude and since November is when we celebrate Thanksgiving,

DEAR ABBY: Woman’s online attitude darkens following her brother’s suicide

DEAR ABBY: I have a friend on social media whose brother died by suicide several months ago. She was the one who found him. They were close, and I think

Newsrooms statewide join forces to explore aging in Montana

Growing old may not be for the faint of heart, but as anyone over 40 will tell you, it sure beats the alternative. Montana is in the process of putting

Impeaching the Media

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As the second week of the impeachment hearings began, Republicans re-introduced an old theme for the usual purposes: Everything is the media’s fault, and America wouldn’t be in this jam

Nov. 21 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) In September, five descendants of the late Katie and Charlie Sindelar took a dream vacation to Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. They found not only

Working together to stop the feral swine threat

Farming and hunting are two of the defining qualities of Montana. For decades, hunters and landowners have worked together to maintain our public wildlife, our working agricultural lands, and our

Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ debacle

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The clear loser of the Democratic primary is “Medicare for All.” First, it demonstrated the unreliability of Kamala Harris out of the gate, when she endorsed it before quickly backing

Nov. 20 Stardust

25 YEARS AGO (1994) Miles City is missing a bet for improving its housing situation by not taking more action to improve its dike, a banker said at this week’s

DEAR ABBY: Cross-dressing best friend wants to go out as a couple

DEAR ABBY: My best friend and I are both male and 25. We’ve been friends since third grade. We were apart for four years of college and two years after

Letters

Story circulating is a misguided belief Editor, There is a story circulating out there, a misguided belief in fact, that jobs and the environment are pitted against each other, that