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High quality of care and service Editor: My recent personal experiences with Pioneer Medical Center, Sweet Grass County and Big Timber city emergency services was far above average, as was

Don’t fall for I-185 deception

The proponents of I-185 say this massive tax increase on cigarettes will help reduce smoking in Montana. But when you dig into the details of this gargantuan tax hike, it

John McCain: A man of character and contrast

With our current leadership bereft of values, Senator John McCain’s passing has caused much of America to reflect upon the values that McCain exemplified. Whatever your political persuasion, you cannot

It’s all casserole today

This column and future ones like this are dedicated to my first journalism mentor, the late Gus Schrader, sports editor of The Gazette in my hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Letters to the editor

Is diversity really the nation’s ‘biggest’ threat? Editor: In response to Lee Smoot’s letter in The Big Timber Pioneer (Aug. 23) replying to Dan Hammes editorial (Aug. 9) on diversity:

Another look at diversity

Editor, Regarding Mr. Lee Smoot’s letter to the editor last week: Perhaps it will calm your fear about diversity to recall that genetically – which is to say, substantively –

Ode to a Big Timber old-timer

“Old Nels” to us, in many ways, was the last of a long lost generation. Nels was a dear, friendly man who died at age 80, three years ago. He

Let your caged bird take a shot at a radio

Ifirst heard the show on the car radio a couple of Saturdays ago. I listened again last Saturday to see if my first impression was wrong. It is a talk

Senseless vandalism

The Big Timber City Council Tuesday night spent much of its meeting talking about Lions Club Park vandalism and what to do about it. We just don’t understand why it

Letter to the editor

Editor: This is my reply to Dan Hammes’ column on diversity in the Aug. 16 Pioneer. Diversity causes more harm than it does good. We are always told America is