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Trump trade winning streak a huge boost for Montana Ag

America is on a trade winning streak.

Over the past five months, President Trump closed the deal on major trade agreements with our four largest trading partners – Canada, Mexico, Japan and China. These four countries alone make up half of America’s total trade, at nearly $2 trillion.

City of Dillon Public Library project hearing Thurs. at City Hall, 12:30 p.m.

A public hearing taking place this week at an historic structure in downtown Dillon will give people the chance to air their views about a repair project set on another historic structure a couple blocks away.

Dillon’s City Hall, at 125 N. Idaho St., will host a 12:30 p.m. public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 27, to take public comments, written or verbal, on the environmental review of the proposed Library Building Project to waterproof “the lower 18 inches of the building to prevent water damage internally.”

Don’t let Trump’s budget proposal be used to distract you from the real spenders

As a political junkie, I get lots of email pleas from politicians and political advocacy groups. Today, I got one from US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Well, not exactly. That’s what the “from” header said, but the message was signed “Team AOC” and delivered via Daily Kos.

What does Team AOC want me to know? That “Donald Trump is robbing the working and middle class to give huge tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.” His latest budget proposal, they say, “is a classic right-wing plan that would gut our most critical social programs.”

Colstrip acquisition ensures energy reliability for Montana consumers

The Montana Public Service Commission is considering a proposal by NorthWestern Energy to acquire an additional 25 percent of the power output of Colstrip Unit 4. The acquisition fills a need for reliable and dispatchable power. This lessens NorthWestern customer’s increasing vulnerability to price spikes and power shortages.

America shows how to fight climate change without regulation

Speaking at the United Nations in December, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drew cheers by saying the United States was “still in” the Paris Climate Agreement.

Green activists applauded Pelosi’s defense of the international climate accord, which President Trump has vowed to exit. They claim remaining in the Paris Agreement will help reduce global emissions. But they’re wrong.

Hear the mantra

To the editor,

We hear the mantra every day. “The economy is good!” How can this be with the largest deficit this country has ever seen? How can this be when three trillion dollars has been added to the budget since President Trump has taken office?

In the mail

The views of our readers Pet angels To the editor, Dear Mayor, City Council, County Commissioners, and Beaverhead Community, Let us discover the Better Angels among us and look beyond

With your help, the shelter is better

To the editor, First and foremost the new Board of Directors would like to thank the Dillon/Beaverhead County community for its continued support of the Beaverhead Animal Shelter. Our board

In the mail

The views of our readers

Impressed

To the editor,

After reading a letter to the editor in the Dillon Tribune Dec. 18, 2019, we would like to praise Josi Ward for expressing her opinion in regards to the “normal” hair rule at Dillon Middle School (SD #10) and for also refreshing others that we all have Constitutional rights (no matter what age). It’s a great feeling to know that somebody else feels the same way as we do and isn’t afraid to express themselves.

Josi Ward, 13 years old, wow! Very commendable.

Peace on Earth: How a sense of gratitude can bring joy and peace back to the holidays...really!

We all hear about “peace on Earth” this time of year. In fact, we deeply crave it. But between overpacked schedules, obligatory family visits, exhausting shopping trips, and other holiday