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BCHS student honors obligation to Childhood Hunger Initiative

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Hello Beaverhead and Madison County! I’m Madalen Shipman and I’m a junior at Beaverhead Co High School. This past fall I was honored to be selected to be a member of the Governor and First Lady Fight Childhood Hunger Initiative. Being a part of this council

In the mail

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To the editor,

IN BRIEF

Battlefield center CLOSED

IN THE MAIL

Call me

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?