Guest Post

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Jerry Esmay of Stevensville, I hear your pain and frustration. I’m just so very sorry that you believe any of that stuff. It’s true that Nancy Pelosi […]

By Paul Kink, Stevensville On Friday, November 20th, the United States saw 195,000 new cases of COVID-19, a record of new cases in a single day. More than 12 million Americans […]

By Vicky Byrd, MSN, RN, Chief Executive Officer, Montana Nurses Association The Montana Nurses Association continues to be incredibly proud of the Montana nurses serving our communities during the covid pandemic. As […]

By Jessianne Castle, Marion Randy Newberg doesn’t carry a sidearm. Clocking some 100 days every year exploring the unbound—and often bear-laden—pockets of the American landscape, Newberg says when it comes to […]

By Dennis Lenahan, Essay Chair. Post 94, Stevensville Parents of home schoolers, American Legion Post 94, Stevensville, is again participating in the American Legion Constitution Essay Contest There are cash awards […]

By Travis Gardner, Treasurer, Post 94, Stevensville Your local America Legion Post 94 has received a generous grant from a local anonymous “grateful citizen.” It is a pledge to match dollar-for-dollar […]

By Scott Turner, Corvallis The following are answers to lies told by the shiny, handsome, well-spoken wizards we call the press or the media. The Maine was not attacked by the […]

By Allen B. Gates, Stevensville Open letter to Ravalli County Commissioners  As noted in an earlier Open Letter to you, the Covid-19 pandemic is out of control in every state […]

By Helen Sabin, Corvallis This is in reply to Russ Lawrence’s article in the November 11, 2020 opinion section. The title was “Masks and Rights.” He begins, “…Your right to […]

By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton Literally. If you, despite all the evidence, choose not to wear a face mask or follow the protocols of the county health professionals, I’ll not debate […]

By Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Sometimes we fail to recognize positive services rendered by our county officials. It’s so easy to criticize; but, how often do we offer some […]

By Bob Brown, Bigfork The recent behavior of the current President reminded me of an insightful comment made forty or so years ago by then Governor Ted Schwinden. The Governor said, […]

By Jerry Esmay, Stevensville As I write this, the results of the recent Presidential election are still being contested by the Trump administration. However, the recent call for unification by former […]

By Russ Lawrence, Hamilton There is a legal principle that is best expressed by the saying, “your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.” The gentleman quoted […]

By Mike Mercer, Stevensville We have all been “hosed” at some time in our life and how we react to it, dictates what we learn from it. What I will call, […]

By Laura Garber, Hamilton As we all adjust to life after the election, it is important that we come back together. It is important that we remember we are all […]

By John Grant, Hamilton ANTIFA, QAnon, Socialist, Nazi. Epithets thrown around carelessly to describe someone with whom we do not agree? What defines a “TRUE” Montanan? 10 years? 30 years? One […]

By Bill LaCroix, Victor At a recent Ravalli County Commissioners’ meeting to ‘develop a message about COVID-19’, one man stood up to proclaim that he was an ‘Americanist’, which meant […]

By Brenda Allington, Florence On 04/07/2019, a letter to the editor entitled “Democrats Pushing Radical Socialism” was published in the Missoulian. My beloved friend, Kevin Hammond, a scholar of history and […]