Guest Opinions

There is another side to the school shooter issue

My name is Stephen Smith, but everyone that knows me calls me Steve, and I am the son of Henrietta Smith, the substitute teacher who was killed at Fergus High School on Dec. 4, 1986.

I am also a staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights, and I think it’s time to talk about a few things.

No winners in former Belt football player Robert Back concussion trial

Guest Opinion

Editor’s note: The following opinion was written by Great Falls Tribune’s Seaborn Larson after he covered the civil trial between the Back family and Benefis Health System.

Plenty of blame to go around: The jury’s verdict on Wednesday, March 21, may have delivered this country’s standard of civil justice, but there’s no way to come away from the Robert Back trial feeling like anyone triumphed.

AG Fox urges Congress to reject student loan servicing legislation

Attorney General Tim Fox Thursday joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 Attorneys General in a letter to Congressional leadership, calling for preservation of state oversight of the student loan industry.  In the letter, the attorneys general urge Congress to reject legislation blocking states from preventing and combatting fraud and abuse by student loan providers.

Montana ranchers support USCA truthful beef labeling

The United States Cattlemen’s Association efforts on truthful beef labeling will be supported this month with multiple fundraising events being organized by producers across the state on Montana.

State cuts will hurt those who need brain injury support

In the last year we have heard over and over about all of the state’s budget cuts and how they will affect Montanans, but what we have not heard about is the new challenges that brain injury survivors and their families will be facing.

These budget cuts may be necessary, but they are affecting much needed services and ultimately hurting many of the people that we work with. As a part of these cuts, the Brain Injury Alliance of Montana was recently notified that the funding for our Brain Injury Help Line is being canceled at the end of March.

Writers on the Range

I was born and raised in Kansas, the state that ranks number 50 when it comes to the amount of land owned by the state and federal government and open to public access. Now I live in Iowa, which ranks number 49.

Sunshine Week 2018

The second full week of March is always a busy one around Montana as the snow melts and the bears and residents come out of hibernation.

The week of March 11 culminates with a Saturday St. Patrick’s Day with parades and other celebrations. Starting in the middle of the week is the giant Western Art Week shows, sales and parties in Great Falls, and in Missoula the annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival shakes things up on Thursday and Friday.

Increasingly crushing debt has long been a great concern

Thomas Jefferson favored amending the Constitution by “taking from the federal government the power of borrowing.” He also favored a requirement that taxes would have to be sufficient for each

60,000 beginning farmers benefit from USDA program

Interest in farming is strong. We hear from beginners, as well as retiring farmers and ranchers, each day who are looking for opportunities and searching for solutions to farm transition.

Meat is meat, not a science project

Last Friday, the United States Cattlemen’s Association submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service requesting the agency to establish accurate beef

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