Please vote NO on these three bad constitutional initiatives
Dear Editor, While voters remain distracted by this year’s contentious Presidential Election, three bad ballot initiatives have tip-toed their way onto the Montana ballot thanks to our Supreme Court allowing signatures of “inactive voters” to count on petitions. Initiatives, CI-126 and CI-127 would result in the largest cities in Montana controlling who gets elected due […]
Let’s support Mike Yakawich for Senate District 24!
Dear Editor, I am proud to support Mike Yakawich for Senate District 24. As a dedicated friend and community leader in Billings, Mike has consistently worked to improve behavioral healthcare and create safer, healthier neighborhoods. Together, we have tackled the pressing challenges of homelessness in our city. His service on the Behavioral Health for
I Call Horsepucky on that one!
Dear Editor, In recent weeks Jon Tester’s campaign has devolved into ad hominem attacks on Tim Sheehy, most of which have no relevance to the issues that are important to Montanans. The latest of these unwarranted attacks came as a full-page ad in my local paper where the headline screamed “Sheehy’s Plan Closes Pioneer Medical […]
Voters can Make a Choice
Dear Editor, This is a Letter to the Editor (LTE) to put a few things on the table for Veteran’s thoughts. There is an individual running for office that ‘bought’ a Bone Spur diagnosis to make him unqualified for the draft during the Vietnam War. During a trip to Europe, to remember those fallen during […]
Obituary: Ron Allen Grimsrud
December 23, 1955 – September 3, 2024 Ron Allen Grimsrud, 68, of Nashua/Billings, MT, passed away tragically on September 3, 2024, in a car accident. His beloved wife, Karen Grimsrud of 47 years, survived the accident. Born on December 23, 1955, in Wolf Point, MT, to Don and Shirley Grimsrud, Ron lived a life filled […]
Farewell to a Billings Institution, Billings Times Prints Final Newspaper
by Ed Kemmick, (republished with permission) As of today, you can add one more name to the list of roughly 2,500 American newspapers that have folded in the past 20 years. As Publisher Scott Turner announced today on Page 1 of The Billings Times, this is the final issue of a weekly newspaper that has […]
Obituary: Thomas L. Hardeman
Thomas L. Hardeman, age 81, of Cameron, Montana, died Thursday, August 29, 2024, at Madison Valley Manor. Tom was born in Evansville, IN, and had been a resident of Madison County, Montana, for 26 years. Tom was a retired owner of Star Studio and Camera Shop in
If you want this reality for America, vote for Toxic Tester
Dear Editor, Montanans, the baseless attacks against Tim Sheehy by Jon Tester’s campaign are both false and repulsive. Tester can’t defend his own horrendous voting record, so instead, he makes preposterous insinuations about Sheehy. The facts are Patriot and Navy Seal, Tim Sheehy, was awarded a Bronze Star with valor for heroism, and the Purple […]
Bull Mountains Mine is a Good Neighbor
Dear Editor, I have been a landowner in the Bull Mountains and ranched for over 40 years. My land is adjacent to the Bull Mountains Mine operated by Signal Peak Energy (SPE). We ranch on deeded and leased land comprising over 13,000+ acres. I want to respond to the misinformation that my ranching neighbors […]
This year, vote Republican.
Dear Editor, The Democrats have selected their party’s presidential candidate for November 2024, Kamala Harris. Senior members of the Democratic party – Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and others – convinced President Biden he didn’t have the mental acuity to earn the support of the nation and would lose to Trump. This would mean […]