Opinions

Doctors have critical role in making diabetes-heart connection

One in 10 Americans lives with type 2 diabetes. Among many communities, diabetes is downplayed as “having a little sugar” and, with long family histories with the disease, dismissed as

Feral cats take up residence in BHC Library bus barn

Nothing brings more joy to some hearts than the presence of loving pets, especially dogs and cats. I myself have two dogs I adopted and just love them both to

Social Security Administration looks into survivors’ benefits

Donations were received from the E & R Church Women’s Guild for the Needy Persons Nutrition Program and also from Jean Kern for the Council on Aging meals program. Thank

Interim issues expected to resurface during legislative session

Montana Farm Bureau Federation The 66th Montana Legislature is underway and, already, a whole slew of bill titles and drafts are circulating. In preparation, we’ve spent the past several weeks

Internet shutdown reaches BHC Library

Last week, we had a bit of a scare at the Big Horn County Library. First, all the computers suddenly went offline and wouldn’t work. This required us to get

Senior centers provide vital community service

The year 2018 showed an increase in services provided by the Big Horn County Council on Aging in Hardin. We totaled 5,570 congregate meals and 1,885 home-delivered meals. At the

Hardin is No. 1

Iran across a YouTube video the other day that frankly irritated me to no end. It was made Nov. 29, 2018 by the “World According to Briggs” online channel and

Past MT speaker, representative, advocate removing ‘60-vote-rule’

One of us is a Democrat; the other is a Republican. We each served more than a quarter of a century in the Montana Legislature, mostly at the same time.

Challenge Calendars available to promote yearlong reading

The New Year is upon us. Whether for good or bad, another year has passed and with it all the resolutions we made last year at this time. Hopefully, you

Social Security or Medicare?

We invite you to start the New Year of 2019 out right with a resolution to visit your senior center more often. We offer a congregate meal each weekday. The