Guest Post

By Ron Ehli, former Representative, House Majority Leader 2017, Hamilton As a former legislator, I get numerous calls this time of year from former constituents asking for assistance with voting their […]

By Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Politics – it can be a ! We Conservatives, whether Independent or Republican, have a choice to make. How to break the tie in […]

By Judy Vernier, Stevensville Vote Nancy Ballance Senate District 44 – voting records matter for the health of Ravalli County! Representative Nancy Ballance’s knowledge and foresight has been well applied and […]

By Tim Huls, President, Huls Dairy Inc., Corvallis The recent letter by Susan McCreary headed “Support for Tummarello” comes extremely close to the rule that it shouldn’t be justified with a response. […]

By Frank Machek, Stevensville I have known Margaret Gorski since she ran in the 2018 election for HD 88 and know that she is extremely dedicated to community service and acts […]

By Bruce Weide, Hamilton At age ten I expressed interest in a library card. “But they cost $5,” said my mother. End of discussion – access denied. Though I didn’t […]

By Rep. David Bedey, HD 86, Hamilton Nancy Ballance and I have served together both on the local school board and in the Montana House of Representatives.  In both cases, I’ve […]

By Ed Greef, former Representative for HD-88, Florence This is an open letter to the voters in the north end of the Bitterroot Valley, specifically SD-44 and HD-88. It is time […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville World Bee Day is May 20. We here in Montana need to get immediate attention to bumblebees, especially endangered bees living here, the Western bumblebee (Bombus […]

By Richard Hulse, Hamilton What is a representative of the people? A representative (or Senator) is elected to REPRESENT the electorate in fulfillment of their campaign promises. This can only be accomplished […]

By Katherine Scholl, Florence Representative Nancy Ballance is well known for her strong ethics and hard work at the Montana Legislature. For eight years, she has been a leader whose […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville One year ago this month, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed The Equality Act. Every Democrat voted for the bill. It’s the LGBT lobby’s chief legislative […]

By Susan McCreary, Stevensville When a known anti-property rights, zoning promoter like Sonny LaSalle writes a letter in support of Dan Huls for county commissioner, the statement that the “leftists” did […]

By Chris Hoffman, Corvallis Mail-in ballots have just been sent out for the June 2nd primary election, and while there are many important races, none may be more important than the […]

By Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale Nancy Ballance’s finance genius should not be lost. Sending termed-out Rep. Nancy Ballance to the State Senate would place her genius at public financing just […]

By Joseph Hopkins, Tobacco Prevention Specialist, Ravalli County Public Health Department In this time of uncertainty amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is certain, lung health has never been more […]

By Cindi Hamilton, Hamilton I’ve just read a certain ridiculous assertion by the Solutions Caucus candidates in this valley just one too many times and can’t hold back my outrage […]

By Mark Adams, Stevensville I recently read the letter the Mayor of Stevensville posted on the Town’s website. I have some genuine concerns. Mayor’s fact: “The agreement signed by the […]

By Rachel Bartlett, Stevensville To those who believe in the sanctity of life, I feel it is my God given right and duty to inform those who are pro-life, as to […]

By Jim Burrill, Corvallis I want to call attention to these points which you have not mentioned in your recent advertisements: – Your recent mailing indicated that you voted in favor […]