Anonymous Concerns about the Library District
Hello, I would like to share my concerns about the formation of a library district, and another increase in my taxes. As you are aware our property appraisals went up 43%. That translates to quite an increase in our taxes. I am on a fixed income; I assure you no entity raised my income by 43%. In addition to this, I understand we will be paying more taxes for schools in May because of an undercollection by the county. I also understand that we are very likely to start paying road taxes. And when will Eureka decide it…
Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of wildfire season- Camille Stevens-Rumann
Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire season – what that means for safety Camille Stevens-Rumann, Colorado State University and Jude Bayham, Colorado State University A wet winter and spring followed by a hot, dry summer can be a dangerous combination in the Western U.S. The rain fuels bountiful vegetation growth, and when summer heat dries out that vegetation, it can leave grasses and shrubs ready to burn. In years like this, controlled burns and prescribed fire treatments are crucial to help protect communities against wildfires. Well-staffed fire crews ready to respond to blazes…
Why did people lose their homes in the Great Depression?
The historical accounts pretty much say the Great Depression sucked, and some reading of Montana’s history will suggest that it started sucking out west before the “dirty thirties”. So, things sucked, people were poor- but what was the exact cause of homelessness that drove the spread of “hoovervilles”? What exactly was it people couldn’t pay? Rent, Mortgages, and Property Taxes (these are in a sense, much the same thing, with a mortgage being a lot like rent paid to the bank, and property taxes being a lot like rent paid to the government). Rent has been increasing-…
Learning of Hazards
I spotted this photo, from 1962 – in Lincoln County, as in Wittenoom, Australia, the sixties were happy days, when the hazards of asbestos exposure weren’t particularly understood. “Wittenoom was officially removed from the Western Australian maps in 2007 and legislation was introduced to forcibly remove the last three residents in 2015. This ghost town located at the mouth of the Wittenoom Gorge is the home of Australia’s greatest industrial disaster. However, being in the Hamersley Range, it can lay claim to being located in one of the most beautiful areas of the Pilbara.” https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/wittenoom-wa This article…
Trego's Mountain Ear 
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