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Turkeys for the holidays, and all year round

When I first moved into a rural home a few miles outside Helena three decades ago, there were no turkeys in the vicinity. But...

Ranchers get everything except what’s most important

Back in April, an ad hoc group of cattle producers met to form the “Common Ground Coalition” and published what they consider to be...

How we become who we are

Do you ever wonder why people are the way they are? Some are kind, humble, helpful, caring. Others are proud, arrogant, selfish, controlling. Are...

How we covered a contentious story, and why

There’s been a lot of heated discussion on Facebook and elsewhere over the last week about our Nov. 5 article, “Boulder business owners charged...

Romance among Boulder’s first homesteaders

Excerpted from Boulder: Its Friends and Neighbors, written by Boulder’s only female mayor, Olive Hagadone, and originally published serially in The Monitor in 1985-86.   Continuous...

Hunger crisis potentially averted, no thanks to Gianforte

The Trump administration has announced it will restart SNAP benefits, but delayed and cut, leaving thousands of families with continued uncertainty about how they’ll...

Shining a light on local veterans

Each year we come together as a nation on Veterans' Day to honor and celebrate the hundreds of thousands of brave Americans who have...

Lake gone lost

Jefferson County is not exactly known as a land of lakes, but it is home to 25 named bodies of water. In the late...

Crime, punishment, and escape

Jefferson County had its own version of a Wild West stage hold up back in 1884. The Edmunson gang of horse thieves had been...

Planning Montana’s future while protecting our way of life

Montana is at a turning point. Communities across our state are grappling with the dual challenge of supporting a growing population while protecting the...

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