Archives for April 2022

by Carrie Rusk, Corvallis My name is Carrie and as some of you readers may know, my husband Wayne Rusk is running as a constitutional conservative Republican for House District 88. […]

by Kirk Thompson and Skip Kowalski, Co-Chairs, Bitterroot Forest Collaborative The Bitterroot Forest Collaborative (BFC) has been providing management recommendations to the Bitterroot National Forest for over 14 years. Our volunteer members […]

by Sen. Theresa Manzella, Hamilton Article IV, Section 3 of the Montana Constitution states – “Elections. The legislature shall provide by law the requirements for residence, registration, absentee voting, and administration […]

by Rep. David Bedey, Hamilton My initial instinct was to ignore Senator Theresa Manzella’s latest screed in the newspaper concerning her quest to waste taxpayer dollars on a special legislative session […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I am supporting Wayne Rusk for the Montana House race for District 88. That’s mostly around Stevensville. I just got a letter from our […]

by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis In response to 4/13/22 letter requesting Montana legislature investigate the 2021 election, please consider the following: Idaho and Colorado elections have no bearing on […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I think it’s time for another Esmay opinion letter. Let’s start with another look at our southern border. Is there a single reader who agrees with the […]

by Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale Mad Dog’s losses were so severe he abandoned attacking Ukraine’s capital. Praise to Ukraine’s supporters and prayer warriors. God answered those prayers. Mad Dog is regrouping […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis This is in reply to valley residents who are complaining about others being cheap with their money and voting against the college levy. Ballots are out now. […]

by Robert Walsh, Hamilton  April is National Community College Month. Across the nation, more than 1200 community colleges have good reason to celebrate. Community colleges in the U.S. enroll more than […]

by Dirk Revson, Victor Before voting on the BVCC levy, here are a few things to consider. We are talking about nearly one million dollars being spent to help a very […]

by Bob and Judy Hoy, Stevensville Hummingbirds split from swifts and treeswifts around 42 million years ago, most likely in Eurasia, and made it to South America about 22 million years […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor Is it just me or does anyone else question how a candidate for HD88 can claim to be a “Constitutional Conservative” while claiming a state’s application of […]