Dems File Complaint Against Stapleton for Unethical Campaign
by Elisa Schlosser Helena—January 7, the Executive Director of the Montana Democratic Party, Monica Lindeen, filed a complaint with the Commissioner of Political Practices alleging that Secretary of State, Corey Stapleton, violated Montana law when he announced his 2020 gubernatorial campaign using a state email address. The complaint states, “Secretary of State Corey Stapleton’s use […]
Rethink Outdoors Column’s political commentary
Dear Editor, This is my first letter to your very interesting newspaper (the rest will be way shorter), and up to this point appears to be a truth filled newspaper, not a liberal, pundit laced tabloid such as the Billings Gazette has become. The Gazette will not print certain commentary if it appears to be […]
Jury nullification keeps laws in check
Dear Editor, I believe if you had asked our founders what they wanted to accomplish with their writing of our founding documents, they would all agreed that these were meant to afford our citizens Liberty and Justice for all; just as our pledge allegiance to the flag states. Just as the second amendment allows us […]
Outdoors by Carl Wolf: Catching flies with big politics
Congress passed, (yes, it does occasionally), the Coinage Act in April 1792 and established the first national mint in Philadelphia, our first Capitol, (no, it was not Mar-a-logo). Which brings me to my point, fly fishing. My lifetime subscription magazine from the Federation of Fly Fishers came today and after looking at the pictures of […]
#1 Statewide Display Advertiser, Again!!!
Well, folks, it’s official, we have now achieved three years in a row to be the #1 Statewide Display Advertiser. (out of 64 participating newspapers). I knew our sales staff was doing well as we were showing strong results near the end of the year. As we ended last 2018, we placed 66 statewide display […]
One Big Sky District: our local $2.5 Billion Project
by Evelyn Pyburn BILLINGS – The boards of Big Sky Economic Development (BSED) approved committing up to $300,000 for the next step of funding needed for One Big Sky District (OBSD), last week. It will be part of $578,000 being requested from the community by Bob Dunn of Landmark, the private company that is spearheading […]