Opinion

ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: On the owl saga and human nature

Well, maybe we humans aren’t such a sorry lot after all. This past spring, a great-horned owl family took up residence in a large tree overlooking the Sleeping Giant Middle

In defense of poodles

WASHINGTON — It didn’t take long after the Helsinki summit for European and American media publications to declare Donald Trump Vladimir Putin’s pet dog. Britain’s Daily Mirror used “Putin’s poodle”

Welcome to the Buffalo Bill Zinke Wild West Show

Editor: So Buffalo Bill Zinke donned his white fringe gloves and rode around the arena at a Utah rodeo. Wow, he is some cowboy! In his speech to the crowd

Democrats should move to the center — of the country

Contrary to what we hear, “the energy” in the Democratic Party is coming not so much from the political left as from the geographical center. The most notable victories belong

GUEST EDITORIAL: Lead levels and Montana’s public schools

School starts in less than six weeks for the nearly 14,000 students who attend public schools in Missoula County. Another 1,000 or so students attend a private school. Among the

Trump’s Iran threat latest combative global move

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the presidential tweets ricochet from one world hot spot to another, a Trump Doctrine has emerged: Claim matchless strength, suffer no slight and counter-punch harder than

Get the lead out

Hunters and anglers put tens of thousands of tons of lead in our environment annually, and it is estimated that between 10 and 20 million birds and other animals —

The 2020 presidential nominees

As was wisely observed inside the world of renowned philosopher Peter Pan, “All this has happened before, and it will all happen again.” Never is that more true than when

Who is paying for the next Supreme Court justice?

Before President Donald Trump tapped Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court, the dark-money spigots were already beginning to open. As politics increasingly defines

Born to fly, bound to run

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Republican Ashley Nickloes is the only woman in a seven-way primary race to fill a congressional seat held by one family for five decades. She’s also