Glacier National Park received full certification as an International Dark Sky Park this month due to its implementation of lighting fixtures and usage that limit harmful light pollution. The International Dark Sky Association, which awarded the certification, aims to set guidelines for parks across the world that would limit the impact of outdoor artificial lighting on … [Read more...] about Glacier National Park now certified as International Dark Sky Park

With a retirement pending, Missoula County this week announced its plans to expand the duties of its development director to a wider lands and economic development position. Dori Brownlow, a longtime county employee who has served as the county's director of development, will retire at the end of this fiscal year. Brownlow helped spearhead a number of the county's … [Read more...] about Brock to head Missoula County’s newly aligned economic redevelopment efforts

HELENA - Lawmakers on the House Taxation committee took their first look at a bill Thursday that would change the way Montana’s renewable energy tax credit works.  Under current law, people who put solar panels on their roofs get a $500 income tax credit. House Bill 17, sponsored by Rep. Jim Hamilton, D-Bozeman, would turn that tax credit into a tax refund, which he said … [Read more...] about 2021 Legislature: Committee considers solar tax credit bill

As I read of the use of federal officers sent to Portland against the wishes of the governor of Oregon and the mayor of Portland for the purpose of “protecting federal property,” I thought of these words from the Declaration of Independence enumerating one of the reasons for rejecting the rule of the British king: “He [King George III] has kept among us, in times of peace, … [Read more...] about Montana Viewpoint: Defending government property at the expense of liberty