I’ve spent the last month avoiding this piece because I didn’t know how to start it, which is ironic because if there is anything I’ve learned in the last four years it’s that starting is the only way to begin. There is no perfect way to start this article and no right or wrong subject to talk about, so there is also no reason why I shouldn't just start typing and see what I have to say. I honestly can’t believe that freshman year me and senior year me are the same person. F

The snow finally falls, after weeks of impatient waiting. For too long, the trees stood bare, the grass lingered stubbornly, and the usual softness of winter was absent. We are used to a winter that hides, one that cradles us in the gentleness of time. The snow usually buries the dead leaves, softens the harsh pavement, and shrouds the transformation. Spring life grows under the blanket of our quiet worlds, ready once the snow melts. This year, the transformation is raw, u

As the days grow darker and the temperature gets colder, our town prepares for the familiar arrival of winter. Frost crawls across windows, snow softens the streets, and ice forms in thin, sharp layers that can catch us by surprise. Winter reminds us that some cold fronts are natural—inevitable, even. But another kind of cold is sweeping across the country, and it has nothing to do with weather. This winter arrives through ICE raids: sudden, unannounced, and devastating. Fami

In late spring of 1886, a dramatic event that haunts our town unfolded. Four men, drawn by the call of gold, established a camp on a broad gravel bar along the northern edge of the Snake River. Three of them had traveled together, partners in pursuit of Montana riches that had so far eluded them. They were German immigrants named Henry Welter, T.H. Tiggerman, and August Kellenberger. The fourth, another German named John Tonnar, joined their hopeful enterprise later. Their pa

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I will first start off and say that I am incredibly grateful for the education I have received from our high school, and I wouldn’t have...