Guest Post

By Kim Lloyd, Helena Montana’s national parks are some of the best in the country, but they desperately need repairs. Parks across our county, like those in Montana, are facing […]

By Joanne and Janice Charbonneau Friends of the North Valley Public Library Stevensville   We would like to thank everyone who had a part in supporting the recent book sale […]

By Nate & Grace Luibrand, Corvallis We just want to thank Sonny LaSalle for his accurate, level headed evaluation of the state our forest is in and some reasons for […]

By Pamela Morris, Corvallis If, like me, you are concerned about Northwestern Energy’s request to increase rate payers’ bills in order to build another natural gas plant (and promote more […]

By Larry Johnson, Hamilton So if you want to throw out more of your hard earned money on additional taxes for a Community College, go for it. We are already […]

By Roger Koopman, Stevensville   On October 30th, the Public Service Commission held its much-anticipated work session to accept or reject NorthWestern Energy’s $6.5 million electric rate increase request. This […]

By Robert Walsh, Professor, Bitterroot College, Hamilton Volunteers have recently been circulating a petition among residents of Ravalli County to gather signatures in support of a ballot issue to establish […]

By Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton The purpose of this letter is to add some truth and facts to the efforts by Friends of the Bitterroot (FOB) to stop the valiant efforts […]

By Jennifer Knell, Hamilton I was grateful to see the Friends of the Bitterroot ad in the paper regarding the Bitterroot Front logging project proposed by the Forest Service/BNF as […]

By Brett Haverstick, Moscow, Idaho The National Park Service just completed taking public comments concerning the possible reintroduction of grizzly bears in the North Cascades of Washington. The recovery area […]

By Mary Lakes, Port Townsend, Washington I lived in Ravalli County for 36 years from 1982-2018. My family was raised here, I had a successful 20-year private practice in massage […]

By Dan Ritter, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Community Service Happy 25th Anniversary AmeriCorps! Each year, over 75,000 people serve in AmeriCorps across the US. Since 1994, national service has […]

By Jim McCauley, Stevensville Playhouse We are very grateful for the continued support of community over the last 25 plus years.  Thanks to the continued support of local businesses and […]

By Jamie Wolf, Missoula It is a breath of fresh air when members of congress put partisanship aside and work across the aisle. I applaud Republican Senator Daines and Democratic Senator […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville   Sadly, our President and his agents grossly neglected the USA Intelligence Agencies, and subverted the USA Department of State, by withholding desperately needed Military and […]

By Tim Peterson, Hamilton   Ending the corruption in our government is gaining support around the nation. In metropolises of several million people to rural towns of less than 2,000 […]

By Sheryl Olson, Stevensville I was very confused this week as I read my mail-in ballot for Stevensville’s town council positions. It was then I realized that other town residents […]

By Greg and Nancy Trangmoe We are writing in support of our excellent town councilor, Patrick Shourd. In his role as councilor he has shown positive energy and commitment to […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton The political lines are clearly drawn. The Republican and Democratic platforms are directly opposed: Republicans believe the culture produces the government. Democrats believe the government produces the culture. […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville A September 2019 study and other studies show exposure to extremely low levels of glyphosate, the primary chemical in Roundup and other glyphosate containing herbicide mixtures […]