Missoula
The first rule of politics, they say, is to show up. I spent last weekend obeying that rule.
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Missoula
More than 80 sailors have landed in Billings this week and will be making stops around town for a variety of community educational and musical events.
Missoula
Montana tourism continues to thrive this summer. In July visitor spending in Whitefish alone reached a record $15.65 million. In the hope of sparing some other unsuspecting visitor my pain, I share my last tourist experience there.
Virginia
While living alone in an apartment in Hampton Roads, about 20 minutes from his work as an E5 (petty officer, second class) at Naval Station Norfolk, David Morrow decided it was time to look for an animal companion to enrich his time off-base. “My little dog, named Lola, (is) a very energetic lab. She’s about […]
Missoula
In the three-ring circus of Montana’s current senate race, the Republican candidate’s messaging reflects a philosophy ascribed to P.T. Barnum: “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
States Newsroom
Alaska lost a higher percentage of its federal workforce last year than almost all U.S. states to sweeping Trump administration cuts, according to a newly published analysis by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. By the end of 2025, Alaska’s federal workforce was 10.5% smaller than it had been at the end of […]
Commentary
Bombing Iran back to Stone Age is not a winning strategy. So why does Idaho’s delegation support it?
Donald Trump proclaimed on July 26 that he was going to “beat the f**king s**t out of” Iran. This was in response to an Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. Earlier, in his meandering April Fools’ Day speech, he had vowed to send Iran “back to the stone ages.” His incantations remind […]
North Carolina
(The Center Square) – Military installations pivotal to national security, including Marine bases and the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina, are ticketed for millions of the $1.15 trillion authorized in national defense discretionary spending within the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
States Newsroom
WASHINGTON D.C. - Four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks were no longer listed in the Pentagon’s official Iran war casualty count.
Commentary
The call for help came late on a frigid January night in Indianapolis. A car had crashed into a retention pond with a family trapped inside. Indianapolis and Lawrence police officers rushed to the scene, where they found the vehicle 15 feet from shore and beneath 10 feet of icy water. The officers, setting their own […]
