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On my most recent telephone town hall with 28,000 Montanans, nearly 95% agreed that meth is a problem in Montana. Certainly, Barbara from Billings knows this to be true – she shared with me that her son is currently recovering from meth. One third of the record 3,400 children in Montana's foster care system are there because of methamphetamine use by their parents. In 2016, 53 percent of the Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation Narcotics Bureau inve...
Dear Editor, I wanted to drop a note to let everyone know about some upcoming events being sponsored by Powder River/Carter County Farm Bureau. On August 4th Jim Larson will be down to present a MT Ag Safety meeting for everyone’s work comp requirements. Jim has offered to buy breakfast at Powder River Lanes for the attendees at 8:30 a.m. and later that day at 1:30 he’s buying lunch at Little Jaded for those folks who attend there. Space will be limited so please RSVP to Darcia Patten at 406-853-0868 or Gary Hei...
What an honor to welcome a professional harpist to Ekalaka, MT! We do not often get to witness amazing talent such as this in our corner of the world. Please consider spending July 4th with the residents at the nursing home. As I spend time getting to know each resident better at Dahl Memorial, I hear them say that they wish they would have more visitors. Sometimes that simply means they cannot recall the last time their loved one was in to see them, but that also may mean that they have not had a visitor recently. Yes, we...
Too often, real policy improvements get drowned out by political talking points. That is the case right now as nearly all of the health care discussion in Montana is about one flawed health care bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. In the 2017 legislative session, we saw unprecedented bipartisan action to improve health care. Representative Rob Cook (R-Conrad) carried an important bill to allow my team at the State Auditor’s office to pursue a waiver from the federal government and create a reinsurance system t...
On June 1, Great Falls was the center of our nation's agriculture conversation as I hosted the Montana Ag Summit, a conversation about the future of jobs in our state's number one economic driver: Agriculture. We had two of the nation's top ag leaders at the Montana Ag Summit: the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, and the U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chairman, Pat Roberts. The day before the Summit, Secretary Perdue and Senator Roberts joined me in Cascade, Montana...
Back in third grade, I remember reading a story about a little boy who grew tired of rain ruining his weekends. So he chanted: Rain, rain go away. And he got his wish. The sky cleared, the sun came out and in a few weeks it was dreadful; too much heat, everything dried up. We have been tempted to repeat the little boy's cry this past month as it seemed our soggy weather would never end. Lawns are out of control, picnics are ruined and rivers run muddy. The first two are inconv...
On behalf of current and future Carter County High School students, I want to thank the community members who came out to vote in support of our school and its students. The confidence and support that was placed in the Board of Trustees and the administration during this past election will not be taken for granted. Every effort will be made to honor your vote by acting in good faith in doing our very best with taxpayer dollars in addressing the facility needs of CCHS. One of the major deciding factors in my accepting the...
Dear Editor, As many have heard, Stompin’ Grounds Coffee House is hosting the Diamonds & Dog Tags Formal Gala on the Saturday prior to Memorial Day. I have rallied my friends and fellow business owners to help with this large undertaking. Veterans and active service members have touched my life in so many ways—they’re my childhood and family friends, teachers, and patients from my days at Dahl Memorial. Of my long list, there are a couple that were very influential in raising my awareness toward what is happening to the m...
Last Monday, April 10th my grandchildren’s dog broke his lead and came in to town from where they live on Chalk Buttes Road. He was headed back home when his broken tie down was caught in the wood pile of Lance Barrere. Mr Barrere, hearing a commotion, went outside and he told me that the dog was whining and running in circles, probably trying to get loose, so he proceeded to shoot it with what he called rat shot. He said it is non lethal but that the dog started whining louder and running in circles, probably because now n...
