We are scientists from the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS), where our research and facilities have long been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation ...

Waking in the middle of the night, I realized I had to write to my representatives in Washington. In my dream, I was talking to my long-dead father, a WWII and Korean vet, about the recent ...

Millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent during my short time in the Legislature to hire lobbyists that represent schools and local governments – all funded by Montana taxpayers. Time and time ...

A 49-year-old California man is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend with an untraceable, military-style “ghost gun” and shooting at a police officer during a traffic stop in Polson on ...

In many cases, laid-off seasonal employees had worked for the U.S. Forest Service for years or even decades — cleaning ...

A relief measure touted by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte as a tonic for widespread frustration over Montana’s rising residential property taxes passed a key vote in the Legislature’s House ...

His performance at one point eliciting shouts of “Whitefish, Montana!” from the ESPN broadcast team, Jake Sanderson came ...

The Whitefish City Council at its Feb. 18 meeting voted 4-0 to revoke a conditional use permit it approved last year for the construction of a hangar at the city’s airport, ending the most recent ...

When will we start respecting Montana’s taxpayers? Across all levels of government – city, county, and state – fiscal responsibility should be a priority. Some have done a better job than others. For ...

I had the opportunity, during the second Bush administration, to engage in advising struggling democracies in a project then known as “democracy building.” It was enormously fulfilling work, and I saw ...