Guest Post

By George Wuerthner, Livingston Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, often said: “Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I just think it’s important to put his name out there, so that anyone who doesn’t recognize it and know why it’s important can look it […]

By Walter Schweitzer, President, Montana Farmers Union When I looked up “food security” this definition made the most sense to me. “Food security incorporates a measure of resilience to future […]

By Archie L. Thomas and Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis We love the return to normalcy from the season’s first Hamilton Farmers Market. The hardworking vendors’ first spring harvest is regenerative. In […]

By Gary Milner, Corvallis Regarding the State Land east of Corvallis: To the mountain bikers who are building jumps, making their own trails, and constructing their own routes and play area; […]

By Gene Mallette, Helena I am disgustingly appalled by the notion that we should keep the names of pandemic victims a big secret! Sure, we need to protect personal discords against […]

By Bob Brown, Bigfork The study of history allows us the luxury of 20-20 hindsight. Looking back, we can see the little events that led up to the big moments, and […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville  Donald Trump could have been re-elected, with good numbers. All he had to do was follow through on briefings, avoid delusion, and put the right people in […]

Written by Gregory – fellow co-volunteer, submitted by Bill Bean – Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Ravalli County Ernie was one of the founding fathers of Habitat for Humanity in […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville Our federal agencies, which are supposed to protect humans and all other animals, are promoting even more use of the pesticides that are presently killing vertebrates […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville Regardless of the source (questionable) or its comparison to other viruses and outbreaks, there is one thing which is clear to me–the response to the corona […]

By Bonnie Gestring, Earthworks and David Brooks, Montana Trout Unlimited Clancy Creek, a tributary to Prickly Pear Creek, used to be a fine little Westslope Cutthroat Trout stream between Butte and […]

By Monica Hoffman, Laura Miller, Janelle Berthoud & Robert Underwood As employees of the Town of Stevensville, we write this letter to express our frustration, hurt and disappointment in several members of Council, […]

By Joan Prather, President, Stevensville Civic Club On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the Lewis and Clark Park, there will be a meeting of the Civic Club regarding […]

By Robert Walsh, Hamilton Community college confusion is flooding the Bitterroot Valley like spring runoff surging over the stream bed. Since this confusion about the community college district is not […]

By Dan Griffin, SFC, U.S. Army (retired), Hamilton Return David Bedey to the Montana Legislature! As an Army retiree and a 30-year member of the U.S. Armed Forces, I believe I […]

By Charles “Bill” Scholl, Florence Why are people from the Flathead, eastern Montana, Missoula and other areas of Montana trying to manipulate the voting on legislative races in Ravalli County? Our […]

By Allan R. Supak, MD, Stevensville A few observations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Why this overreaction? In my opinion, a Draconian response such as we are seeing would be more appropriate […]

By Russ Lawrence, Hamilton Almost 40 years ago I answered a call from a pollster who wanted to know what I thought was the most important issue facing the United States. […]

By Pat Earnest, Hamilton I am so grateful to have Steve Daines as our Senator. This man is the exact kind of person Montana needs — he’s hardworking, independent and tough. […]