I read a book recently called "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. He proposes that success is due to the opportunities we are given. Yes, hard work and diligence have something to do with it as well. But he provides examples of how people who are given...

I really appreciate the description of a peace officer attitude in Blaine Blackstone’s March 11 letter. We need peace officers as described. “The officer DID NOT write a large number of citations. He didn’t make a lot of arrests. Yet...the peopl...

CHRIS RAMSTEAD, Seattle, Washington - “What I prefer is cashier. It’s a personal level, you walk through and you actually talk to the person.” DAN HOBBS, Seattle, Washington - “I prefer the self-checkout, because I used to work at a grocery store,...

Ambulance: T. Falls, 5; Trout Creek, 3; Dixon, 1; Plains, 5; Heron, 1; Hot Springs, 1 Monday, March 15 Motor vehicle crash, Paradise. Fire, Paradise. Animal other, Trout Creek. Request for welfare check, Trout Creek. Drugs/narcotics, student...

Montana Highway Patrol Robert Mathers, 20, seatbelt violation, $70. Michael Henion, 51, night speeding, $20. Ronald Eaton, 49, operating without insurance, 1st offense, $285. Jeremiah Jahn, 29, speeding in restricted zone, $85. Per Storli, 52,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released the final environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact and land protection plan to establish a new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Lost Trail Conservation Area, in...

When political radicals use the buzzword “polarizing,” that means we don’t agree with what you say! When Americans who have been subject to layoffs, business closures, restrictions on freedom of assembly, free speech, Second Amendment restr...

Dear People of Sanders County, Please be aware of HB273 introduced by Derek Skees of Kalispell. This bill seeks to eliminate public participation in siting nuclear facilities in Montana. In 1978 Montanans passed I-80 by over 60%. This initiative...

A bill seeking to ease permitting requirements for gravel pits in rural areas and make it harder to call a public hearing on new facilities is drawing clear battle lines in the Montana Legislature, as property owners say it cuts them out of the...

As the weather turns a corner and spring begins to bloom, the outdoorsman in all of us is beginning to hear the call into nature. This is the time that the prep work begins. I have not bought genuinely new outdoor equipment in years. In fact, the...

Betty L. Bauer-Mosher passed away on February 28, 2021. Betty was a kind and loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was loved for her positive views on people and life. Betty was surrounded by family as she started the next...

Patty Sundberg remembers a time early in her 40-year career in beekeeping when a 5% annual colony loss felt like a big deal. Now, she said it’s all her company can do to hold that rate at 20% -- though, on bad years, it can swing even higher. In t...

Bears can be found throughout Montana. In recent years, grizzly bear populations have expanded and bears are sometimes found in historic ranges beyond western Montana As bears begin foraging for food, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is asking...