A Jan. 22 Chronicle report detailed a spate of wastewater treatment problems around the county that threaten groundwater quality and drinking water supplies in rural parts of Gallatin County. The problems stem for rapid housing development and lack of state oversight devoted to keeping up with that development.

The state Board of Regents is compounding the ill-advisability of its hasty decision to name its own chairman the new commissioner of higher education by offering the commissioner what can only be considered to be an exceedingly generous compensation package.

Right on cue, a trio of environmental groups has again challenged a plan to protect the main Bozeman municipal water sources from catastrophic wildfire.

There seems to be a communication breakdown among the Bridger Peak Town Center's property manager, the merchants in the shopping center and the passengers of the Streamline bus service.

Montana State University's technology park has a new name, new executive director and a new lease on life. And it has new expectations to live up to.

The Montana University System regents are being far too hasty in their decision to hire their own chairman as the state commissioner of higher education. It is damaging to their image in the eyes of Montanans. And, perhaps more importantly, it has denied other qualified individuals, including perhaps some Montanans, the opportunity to seek this very important position.

Unless you live under a rock, you probably have the distinct impression that the state of Iowa is the epicenter of this nation's very political life.

The Bozeman area’s reputation as a good place for hi-tech industry established itself some years ago – perhaps before it was really deserved. It seemed that there was a lengthy era when entrepreneurs established tech startups with just a handful of employees only to fizzle out or sell out to an out-of-state corporation that moved the business elsewhere.

State educators recently gathered in Bozeman to “rebrand” Montana’s two-year colleges and make them more attractive to potential students. Talk centered mostly on renaming the colleges, which today are a hodge-podge of community, technical and tribal colleges.