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Letter to the editor: US at critical crossroads
missoulian.com > opinion > letters...Realistically Congress spends 90% of their time politicizing everything and 10% working for us. Limit government spending by law.... ...Invest Social Security funds in U.S. stock markets for 10% returns instead of 1% we get loaning it to Government.... ...The dirty secret they won't tell is that if we don't change Social Security, it is going broke. Fixing it now is much easier....

Ukraine's Zelenskyy: Any Russian victory could be perilous
missoulian.com > news > world...Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks Tuesday during an interview with Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated... ...ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that unless his nation wins a drawn-out battle in... ...the United States and Western Europe.... ...If Bakhmut fell to Russian forces, their president, Vladimir Putin, would "sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran," Zelenskyy...

Death Notices for Thursday, March 30, 2023
missoulian.com...Fackler Jr., 76, of Hamilton passed away Monday, March 27, 2023 at Bitterroot Health Daly Hospital of natural causes.... ...Fackler Jr. HAMILTON - Ross B....

Georgia bill is latest GOP effort targeting prosecutors
missoulian.com > news > national > govt-and-politics...They are not being used to hunt deer, they're being used to hunt human beings and to slaughter children. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries... ...in a Christian elementary school in Nashville this week.... ...Texas Rep.... ...Veronica Escobar, referenced the images coming from Nashville, specifically of traumatized children looking out from a bus after the shooting saying...

Last Best Plates: Bringing the Mediterranean to Montana
missoulian.com > lifestyles > food-and-cooking...It wasn't until I sat down with owner Ersun Özer that I discovered so much more went into the décor of his restaurant.... ...The Mediterranean Grill has been a staple in Helena for 19 years.... ...He obtained his MBA in finance and business from Western State Colorado University.... ..., working for Sodexo at Carroll College....

Construction stops on Idaho cobalt mine about to ship ore
missoulian.com > news > local...Jervois Global announced Wednesday that it was suspending final construction on the Idaho Cobalt Operation"due to continuing low cobalt prices and... ...An Australian mining company poised to open the only cobalt mine in the U.S. has halted final construction on its Idaho Cobalt Operation west of... ...Tammy Stringham, executive director of the Lemhi County Economic Development Association, said in an interview Wednesday that news of construction... ...Russia also produces cobalt. Ore from the Idaho Cobalt Operation was set to be refined at a Jervois facility in Brazil....

Wolves" return to Belgium sparks familiar debate
missoulian.com > outdoors...For comparison, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem -- with Yellowstone National Park at its center -- covers about 3,437 square miles.... ...In contrast, Montana has just over 1.1 million residents, Wyoming has 578,000 people and Idaho has 1.9 million residents.... ...So even combined, the three states surrounding the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have a much smaller population than Belgium.... ...Although wolves were also wiped out in those countries, they were never completely killed off in Eastern Europe....

There's no quit in Missoula's David Koppang as he enters 6th year with Montana Grizzlies
missoulian.com > sports > college > big-sky-conference > university-of-montana..., at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington.... ...Montana's David Koppang (9) and Autjoe Soe (23) celebrate during the college football game between the Griz and Eastern Washington on Oct. 2, 2021... ...Then it was Roger Cooper, who's now coaching the linebackers. Now it's Ronnie Bradford, who is also the defensive coordinator.... ...First it was Shann Schillinger, who was hired this week as the University of Mary head coach....

Montana State's Darian White enters transfer portal
missoulian.com > sports > college > big-sky-conference...BOZEMAN -- Montana State point guard Darian White has entered the transfer portal, she announced on Tuesday evening via her Twitter account.... ...Montana State's Darian White dribbles around an Eastern Washington defender on Monday, Feb. 27 at Worthington Arena in Bozeman.... ..."I want to explore the next phase of my basketball career that Montana State has created for me.... ...Thank you to the most supportive & loving coach who gave me this opportunity to play at Montana State....

Is the Remote Work Boom Busting?
missoulian.com > business > investment > personal-finance...Smiling businesswoman discussing with colleagues through video call. Female professional is sitting in bright home office.... ...Now, as the Biden administration plans to end the public health emergency come May, recent federal data has the answer:... ...Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that boom is winding down.... ...Remember that most positions can't be done remotely, as evidenced by a November 2020 analysis of 2,000 tasks and 800 jobs in nine countries by McKinsey...