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Our Viewpoint
There are so many activities, festivals and bazaars around the holiday season. Volunteers put in hundreds of hours to put on events for our...
Blackstone is right on
Mr. Blaine Blackstone: Just now I have had the opportunity to read your article in the Sanders County Ledger (Nov. 21, 2019) entitled “Quid Pro Quo...
Reaching our own conclusions
Dear Editor, I appreciate the overall positive writing in your paper and the transparent coverage of local news. I’m writing after reading several...
Polite communication needed
Oh my goodness, the TV does not work this morning. Signal loss due to weather. I suspect it is upset at me for accusing it of spying on me. No news...
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Street Smart
As I write this, I’m sitting in a hotel room thinking about Thanksgiving two days past. I’m in...
Our Viewpoint
Earlier this year, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) started communicating with Montanans about chronic wasting disease in deer. Several deer in...
Fate of festival is in jeopardy
After six years of being president of Huckleberry, Inc. and chair of the Huckleberry Festival, I am stepping down. It has been a fantastic run and I...
Montana Viewpoint
There was once a colorful character named Bat O’Callahan who lived near my home town of Trout...
Our Viewpoint
This week, we've heard several people talking about impeachment testimony. People questioning whether we've watched the hearings and what we think wil...
The art of reasoning
Recently I watched a portion of an interview with an articulate young conservative black political activist. She (I missed her name) has given up on...
Street Smart
I’ve been following this whole impeachment process against President Trump pretty closely and I th...
Our Viewpoint
When you get frustrated or think that there is too much negativity in the world, go hang out with elementary students. We're just going to go ahead...
Montana Viewpoint
Of all the petty annoyances in life, few things seem to set people to fuming and fussing more than...
Giving thanks
Dear Editor, I would appreciate your assistance in getting information out to our community in an effort to thank all of the wonderful volunteers who...
Our Viewpoint
Late last month, the NCAA voted to allow college athletes to be compensated. The move was influenced by the state of California's earlier decision to...
Street Smart
Last week was Red Ribbon Week at our schools. For those that don’t know about it; Red Ribbon Week...
Investing in public spaces helps towns
Growing up in Sanders County, you didn't want out-of-staters to move in for fear that they would come and change everything. As we have spent most...
Community deserves the truth
Dear Editor, I am writing today in response to your August 22 article published about a friend of mine, Mark Legard, who was murdered in his house in...
Montana Viewpoint
The worst thing about a Congressional closed-door hearing is that the opposition does not get any...
Our Viewpoint
In last week's Ledger, we wrote about a plan to open a Veterans Service Office (VSO) in Sanders County. Two groups, Joint Operation Mariposa in...
Street Smart
In my last column about the “Impeachment Circus,” I made a statement that I think I should clari...
Who won or lost?
Jim Elliott, I liked your article in this week’s paper titled “Why Columbus?” (Oct. 17 Ledger) It’s true the European invaders did...
Our Viewpoint
It's that time of year again. It feels like the big-box stores had Christmas decorations on display before Halloween. And Thanksgiving feels more and...
Montana Viewpoint
Maybe the most interesting thing about Columbus’s “discovery” of America was that he thought...
Our Viewpoint
The first quarter for local schools ends in a couple weeks. The leaves are changing. We’ve had our first snow. It’s time to start preparing for...
