It’s hard to believe. It’s been 175 years since the book was published. Originally titled “A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,” Charles Dickens’ novella was published on December 19, 1843. An instant hit, it sold out by Christmas Eve. When it first became available in America in January 1844, it was priced at 6 cents in book shops in New York … [Read more...] about Harmon’s Histories: 175 years later, ‘A Christmas Carol’ rings true

Sentinel’s Eco Club was started in 2010 by a group of students with the purpose of making the school more ecologically conscious. In past years, the Eco Club has organized trash pickup days to clean the student parking lot and to help with recycling. The trash pickup was a way for Eco Club to reach out to the community by picking up trash from the parking lots as well as the … [Read more...] about Sustainable Missoula: Eco Club helps lead Sentinel High toward sustainability

If you are involved at all in running a government, the first thing you need to learn is the Law of Unintended Consequences. That means that whatever changes are made in one area will suddenly be found to wreak havoc in an area you thought was only remotely connected to the thing that you changed. No matter what you jiggle, no matter how little you jiggle it, it will mess … [Read more...] about Montana Viewpoint: Uh-oh! The predictable, yet unintended consequences of tariffs

Missoula County faces an imminent threat to our future: the reckless industry of cryptocurrency mining. Our county commissioners failed to act quickly and enact a proposed moratorium addressing the energy intensive industry in the county, leaving our community to accept the risks. In September, the Board of County Commissioners faced concerned citizens, organization … [Read more...] about Readers’ opinion: Missoula County must impose moratorium on cryptocurrency mining

The Garden City is a great place to live, work and play. Over the years, our community has shown how important it is to be a smart, vibrant place that plans and acts for all of our citizens. As you may recall, in January 2015, Missoula city and county governments joined forces with 13 other local businesses and organizations to invest in a three-year Zero-Fare demonstration … [Read more...] about Mountain Line: Let’s grow our roster of Zero-Fare partners to 40 by year’s end