Guest Post

By Braden McCarty, Florence With Montana having one of the highest veteran populations per capita, it is critical we have a strong voice for our veterans back in Washington, DC. I’m […]

By Suzanna McDougal, Hamilton Mike Cooney is our best bet for Governor here in Montana. It is scary to think of his GOP opponent Gianforte in that role. Gianforte has not […]

By Adam Rissien, WildEarth Guardians, Missoula Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue flew into Missoula on June 12 to sign a “modernization blueprint” memorandum directing the U.S. Forest Service to essentially double […]

By Matthew Chappell, Choteau Has Montana devolved back into the Washington Territory? History affirms that the Montana Territory was born in 1864, after leaving the Washington and Dakota Territories in 1863. […]

By Elliott Oppenheim, MD JD LLM Health Law, Florence I am dizzy. How can any one of us make sense of anything in these confusing times? What is true?  I […]

By Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale I’m celebrating the patriotic July Fourth by joining with others in “investing” in a phantom subscription to the only independent, historic-type paper remaining in this region–the […]

By Maureen Powell, Michael Moran, M.D., Terry Moran, M.S., R.N. Montanans like to joke about having nine months of winter and three months of company. As the snow fades from the mountain […]

By Nan Christianson, Hamilton Yet again, Montana gives me good reason to be proud.   We watched in disbelief, and some in horror, as the Covid-19 virus marched its way around […]

By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton We’re in the middle of pandemic and people won’t even do the simplest, easiest thing to stop the spread – WEAR A MASK. Inconvenient? Off putting? […]

By Grace Wilson, Stevensville Who is that behind the mask, Someone I know, or should I ask? I can’t see the smile I once knew so well, Is she happy […]

By Star Jameson, Hamilton It has come to my attention through conversations with three people in the billing office that our local hospital is charging for Covid-19 testing. They are asking […]

By Shey Joy, Stevensville If you are curious about the character of those behind the current recall effort directed at Mayor Dewey, I suggest you take a minute to visit the […]

By Mark Adams, Stevensville I recently was party to a conversation concerning the turnover at the Stevensville Town Council. It was stated that there have been seven people on the Council. […]

By Jane Lambert, Stevensville I hope people stand behind Brandon Dewey and keep him as their Mayor. He ran for office for the right reasons — to serve the people of […]

By Tonya Eckert, Stevensville Mayor Dewey is proposing to push through a budget in early July, prematurely asking for extreme increases that are irresponsible and frankly make no sense at all […]

By Bill Kelly, Stevensville To clarify Mr. Crew’s position on serving as mayor of Stevensville again: Despite several past and current council members’ apparent interest in bringing Jim Crews back to […]

By Dempsey H. Vick, II, Stevensville 1. Brandon is Stevensville First: He has dedicated his entire lifetime to service of not only individuals in our community, but to the community as […]

By Janet Pruitt, Stevensville I am writing to express my deep concerns over my first experience in attending a town hall council meeting here in Stevensville, MT last Thursday evening (6/25/20) […]

By Ashley Mae, Kalispell Harassment: Definition from Webster’s Dictionary: noun: harassment; plural noun: harassments aggressive pressure or intimidation. The resignation of yet ANOTHER Town Clerk must be addressed by this town. […]