If you lose your local paper, you lose the majority of your local coverage. So we'll get fewer pictures of small-town parades, criminals to be on the lookout for, and somebody's kids making a basket in the big school tournament.
The cost of living in Montana is driven by the cost of housing. What about getting a good job that INCLUDED housing? Montana companies desperately need to fill some positions so they're willing to offer free or very low-cost housing options that come along with the gig.
Paul's weekly Friday Farmer Finishers touches on Billings school safety, the Matt Rosendale/Speaker of the House debacle, and gearing up for the upcoming Flakes trip this month.
It definitely is a worker's market right now but if you have a good job do everything to keep it and count your blessings because someday it will change.
I've always told people the best jobs are the ones you can do yourself, with no one breathing down your neck just you, and endless monetary benefits the more you do.