Senate move cultivates distrust in our legislature. Agriculture is still the backbone of communities big and small across our state. But times change. Making a living as a farmer or rancher isn’t getting a lot easier, and many of our...

Senator Hinkle says, not on my watch! Here in Montana, we put a lot of value in our public lands. They give us access to our outdoor way of life, and drive our economy. You would think that State Senator...

This May, as Ryan Zinke heads off to the Department of the Interior, Montana will be holding yet another election. That’s two elections in six months -- which is a real burden on our county pocketbooks. Elections are expensive and...

Montana’s waters are some of our most precious natural resources. They flow from rain and mountain snowmelt to irrigate our farms and ranches, to quench our thirst, and to feed our rivers so we can float and fish with our...

Firefighters: They can haul up a mountain with 80 pounds on their backs. They run into burning buildings while the rest of us run out in terror. They protect our homes, our forests, our communities and our families. They embody...

The solar energy economy is booming – and Montana should be leading the way. We work hard. We’re innovative. And we have sunshine in spades. We should be using this God-given resource to create good paying jobs. What are we...

Ruby Valley Produced Upset Winner; Bets Taken Now on Bolt D’Oro   Before tractors, hydraulic combines, dirt bikes, and trucks, we Montanans relied on horses for every aspect of life: combining wheat in the fall, tilling the land in the...

There’s Many Fish in the Sea, But There’s Only One Big Spring Creek Lewistown, Montana has some of the most pristine water in the entire country. Big Spring Creek -- the main source of their water supply -- originates seven...

The Value of Agriculture: Welcome to the Ruby Valley Story and Photos by August Schield In Montana, people are bound together by a common landscape. It is the single most underlying substance that all life shares. Air and animals. People...

Lawmaker questions whether violence against nurses is really a problem after hearing directly from nurses The recent violent arrest of a nurse in a Salt Lake City hospital, caught on police video, reminded the world what a dangerous job it...

Feature photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management These days, you can easily drive from Billings to Glendive without stopping. At 80 miles per hour, the plains are a blur. But should you choose to slow down, you may...

Written by Laura Nowlin. Feature photo by Reba Ahlgren I have read several stories recently that make life in rural America seem pretty dismal – the population is aging and decreasing, everyone is poorly educated and addicted to drugs, and the land is either not...

Hard Work, Ambition, and Community I’ve lived in Montana my entire life, and the first thing from Montana I ever heard mentioned on TV was Butte. It was mispronounced (as “Butt, Montana”), but it still was on television. I was...

RANCHERS : THE LOCAL CONSERVATIONISTS Story and Photos by August Schield Ranchers are the local conservationists in the Ruby Valley. Here, conservation isn’t only a part of the culture, but also a part of the community. Meet Rick Sandru and...