For private landowners in Montana, please consider these facts in opposition to HB-138 which would allow trapping on private land without written permission of the landowner. It would be quite easy for a trapper to claim they had, “Spoken to someone,” as a claim they got permission, with no real proof the property owner actually gave consent. In the meantime, trappers could … [Read more...] about Letters: HB-138 unnecessary and harmful to many

Several weeks ago America crossed a terrible threshold - 4000 people killed in a day by the coronavirus - and that has continued and gone up.  Nationally, new COVID-19 cases since January 1 are over 5 million, an average of over 200,000 a day. We’re over 425,000 deaths nationally from the more than 25.3 million who have been infected so far, and it’s getting worse.  Since … [Read more...] about Opinion: Gov. Gianforte should lead on mask safety

Since COVID-19 prevention with vaccines and elimination with anti-virals has not been yet sufficiently achieved, and the recent recognition that the majority of the risk in the sickest COVID-19 patients derives from an excessive viral induced hyper-immune response, rather than the virus itself and because multiple subsequent attempts to reduce COVID-19 mortality with … [Read more...] about Opinion: Missoula doctor promotes new COVID anti-inflammatory protocols

As a citizen of Montana residing in Missoula’s Ward 3, I find the proposed legislation taken up by the Montana House Judiciary Committee on January 18 to ban transgender athletes from competition in youth sports and penalize medical professionals who provide care to those individuals shameful. If passed, HB 112 and HB 113 will essentially punish vulnerable school age … [Read more...] about Opinion: Bills Targeting Transgender Youth are Shameful