Some ideas drift like so much fluff on the wind. But when Joyce Brown got the idea for starting a Food Share garden, it germinated and grew almost overnight. What was an empty, sun-baked lot next to Food Share a few weeks ago is now an impressive aff...

CHOTEAU - As the small plane lifts off from the remote runway, Steven Running and Roy Jacobs marvel at the green landscape below the six-seater's wings. Jacobs is a lifelong resident along the Rocky Mountain Front, a taxidermist by trade. R...

CHOTEAU As the small plane lifts off from the short asphalt airport runway, Steven Running and Roy Jacobs marvel at the green landscape below the six-seater’s wings. Jacobs is a lifelong resident along the Rocky Mountain Front, a taxidermist ...

Many Americans don't realize it, but Canada is our number one source of imported oil. If not for Canada's oil reserves, which include the vast oil-sands formations in Alberta, our country would rely even more on the OPEC oil cartel and transfer more of our wealth to the Middle East and South America. Canada is the only major oil-producing country, other than the United States, that allows Western companies to freely explore and develop its oil and...

After much debate Wednesday over the Highwood Generating Station proposed east of Great Falls, city commissioners chose to wait at least a month before they decide what to do about the city's involvement in the controversial coal-fired power plant. In a discussion at the commission's agenda-setting meeting, Great Falls' newest commissioners, Mary Jolley and Bill Bronson, demonstrated their differing positions on the power project. Jolley opposes the...