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Cooperative effort

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

      This past Saturday, 2/13, a heartening, cooperative effort took place in the Bitterroot.          Many entities and volunteers organized to provide COVID 19 vaccine […]

Filed Under: Opinion

When will a fake-lawyer-disbar start?

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

Never! Although lawyers helped make dishonest political drama of the Trump I preachment circuses. House Speaker Pelosi knowing Trump’s guilty without sworn testimony hi-balls a most hasty impeachment to the […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Thou shall not steal

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

He had his purposes, in using the best megaphone in the world, and established operatives, to cause national sentiment, also organized groups, to doubt the results of the upcoming 2020 […]

Filed Under: Opinion

They’re not patriots

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

Warning. I don’t have a gun but I do have the power of the pen. Perhaps you don’t know that we have the same election strategy we have had for […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Betrayal of Republican Beliefs

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

Senate bill SB 162 and related voter ID bills perpetuate the Big Election integrity lie at Montana taxpayer expense.   It is an affront to every Montana Republican and Democrat […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Radical Republican Agenda

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

It’s been zero days since the Democrats have brought bills to deny people human rights, to deny women access to reproductive healthcare, to create economic disparity, to kill jobs, to […]

Filed Under: Opinion

The cost of ‘progress’

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

  I just had a person-to-person meeting with George Thomas (the town of Stevensville’s ex-public works director). According to George in order for the Town of Stevensville to have enough […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Business should remain apolitical

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

Thank you M. I. Holt! I quit going into Kodiak Jax when the political signs appeared on the business. That has been our ‘Go to’ place for a long time, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Questionable clinic

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

The past year we have been told over and over “avoid large groups, practice social distancing”. Clearly the county didn’t hear a word of it. Saturday’s vacation clinic was beyond […]

Filed Under: Opinion

SB 143 is good for Montana’s resident hunters and small businesses

February 19, 2021 by Guest Post

By: Senator Jason Ellsworth R-Hamilton, Senate District 43 As a small business owner and a lifelong sportsman who hunts on public lands, I have a deep appreciation for the outsized […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Republicans stand united in defending liberty 

February 11, 2021 by Guest Post

By: Senator Jason Ellsworth Senate District 43, Hamilton Senate President Pro Tempore, Republican As the 67th Legislature convened in early January, we did so with Republican majorities in both chambers […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Open Letter to Stevensville Town Council 

February 11, 2021 by Guest Post

Dear Council Members Devlin, Ludington, Shourd and Vick, Following a meeting with the mayor Thursday afternoon, several of us concerned taxpayers were informed that the first hearing on the Burnt […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Minutes of the Public Record

February 11, 2021 by Guest Post

Dear Editor, I am sure are probably aware of the the council agenda for February 11, 2021, Item A of New Business.  Whereas the Mayor has deemed that the audio […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Drama in the news

February 11, 2021 by Guest Post

Many thoughts and principles underlie the visual drama that unfolds around us daily in the news. One idea worth noting in this comedy is the founding fathers’ focus on the […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Springtime is coming in

February 5, 2021 by Guest Post

By Chuck Stranahan Angler’s Journal, 2-3-21 edition   Somehow the modern translation of that 13th century middle English poem quoted above is less than the original. The lyricism and nuances […]

Filed Under: Sports

Municipal water rights, municipal water fights

February 5, 2021 by Guest Post

To the Editor, Every resident in Stevensville depends on municipal water. To not have resolved the past mistakes of city administrations over water does not exonerate the current one. Actually […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Kodiak Jax within their rights

February 5, 2021 by Guest Post

Dear Editor, In regard to the sign at Kodiak Jax. We can like or dislike the opinions expressed on the sign. We can purchase or refuse to purchase the products […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Heavy on the nonsense

February 5, 2021 by Guest Post

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to M.I. Holt’s letter on January 27, titled “mean-spirited nonsense.” Holt’s whole letter is mean spirited — and heavy on the nonsense. Cody […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Outrageous fees and costs

February 5, 2021 by Guest Post

While I am not opposed to the zoning change, The costs and impact fees are outrageous. When folks find out how much it will cost for a B+B or a […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Out of the weeds

February 5, 2021 by Guest Post

I appreciated Col Sperry’s thoughtful letter of January 20, entitled “Let’s get out of the Weeds.” He addressed the issues of a Federal Government and an unelected Administrative State that is […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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