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Floods, Fires, and Tragedies Foretold

As the news updates from central Texas grew increasingly horrifying over the Fourth of July weekend, I couldn’t help but worry that Jefferson County...

Your peak-summer gardening checklist

I don’t know about you, but I'm thankful for these long summer days, when you can be outside until 9:00 p.m. and it still...

How Basin’s school bell fell silent

By 1894, with the opening of the Katie and Hope silver mines, Basin had emerged as a boomtown of some 1500 souls, including butchers,...

Calling conservative voices

As the editor of this newspaper, I’ve heard countless times in recent months that Jefferson County, in our most recent presidential election, leaned strongly...

Local or national? Really, it doesn’t matter

A recent edition of The Monitor published two letters to the editor. One admonished the paper for not sticking to local news, accusing it...

The benefits of physical therapy

June is Men’s Health Month, and as a physical therapist, I often see firsthand how hesitant many men can be to seek care for...

For the Love of Soil

Last weekend, I was digging some fence post holes, fortunate to have my eldest daughter hold posts for me while I packed soil around...

Save the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Dear Honorable Senator Daines,  The Elkhorn Working Group (EWG) is an advisory council chartered by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks and USFS...

Stu Goodner had it right

So, Stu Goodner died last month; an obituary appeared in last week’s Monitor. His departure was sudden and startling: Doctors discovered an aggressive brain...

Our shared responsibility in wildfire season

Many have noted the smoke in the air from the fires burning in Canada. With that haze comes a stark reminder – the first...

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