Columns/Editorials

Ever listen to the TV commercial of JG Wentworth in which various persons say, “It’s my money and I want it now?” That same sentiment currently applies to the IRS and the payment of tax refunds. For t...

The older I get, the more I wonder if I’m destined to walk the streets of this bustling city with tinfoil wrapped around my head. In the information age, I was fully prepared to give up some privacy f...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Real life isn’t always a perfect photo op. We’re all fully aware of this, but social media has convinced us to pretend that it is. We let our food get cold while we take artsy photos to post online. W...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Memorial Day is Monday and it is meant to be a more somber holiday since it honors those men and women who have given their lives in the military service of their country. It used to be on May 30 each...

The Roaring 20s was an interesting period of U.S. and European history, but I wonder how many people truly know the origins of the era. The simplest snapshot of the period would be the F. Scott Fitzge...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Earlier this week it was announced that Red, White and Boom is being postponed. Several in our newsroom talked about our trips to the event. I said I had been once and hated it. Managing Editor Chad W...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

This week, May 9-15, is National Hospital Week, and no small city can boast it has a finer hospital than Marysville and the surrounding Union County area. Nearly 70 years ago, March 17, 1952, Memorial...

Around this time last year, we started to hear speculation about a potential “pandemic baby boom.” While that doesn’t seem to have panned out, I’m much more excited about what did - the pandemic pet b...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

On Tuesday, the state of Montana ended its participation in the federal unemployment program. Governor Greg Gianforte said he wants the Treasure State to be open for business because he has heard from...

When people look back on this year and the last, I think they will be recognized as the catalyst of some amazing changes in the use of technology and the general structure of the American workforce. I...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

I wrote, several months ago, about my horse and the need to sell her. Eventually I did and bought a good horse for my son. We have been riding her pretty regularly. About two months ago, we began look...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

Union County is one of the fastest growing counties in the state. We see evidence of that every day with all the machinery moving dirt. Over the years, we have heard from new people moving to town who...

The idea of “citizen journalism” is something I’ve never been completely sold on. I frequently reflect on a debate from one of my college journalism ethics classes as to whether people documenting an ...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

President Biden recently established a commission to study overhauling the U.S. Supreme Court. He had indicated his intention to do so during the campaign. Although it is billed as a bipartisan panel,...

I’ve always liked Bigfoot. Maybe it was triggered as a child when I watched the Six Million Dollar Man fight the big shaggy beast, eventually ripping his arm off. Maybe it was because in the 1980s Uni...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

The announcement a week ago that Major League Baseball is moving its All-Star Game set for July 13 from Atlanta to Denver has created a storm of protest. The reason was not because of a COVID-19 dange...

Imagine if politicians in a state decided to pass legislation with the stated intention of increasing both election participation and integrity. As part of that effort, the bill included provisions th...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...

The term “Vaccine Passport” has been cropping up in recent news reports. It is proposed electronic or written proof that the person possessing it has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Now that doesn...

Almost two years ago, early in my time at the Journal-Tribune, I took photos and wrote a story about the Union County Health Department’s drive-thru flu shot clinic. At the time, a drive-thru clinic o...

Editor’s note: This is another column in Bill Boyd’s new series, “The Way It Was,” about growing up in Marysville. Bill continues to work with the Union County Historical Society to obtain information...