Guest Post

By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton The Washington Monument, which honors and memorializes our country’s first president, is about to reopen after nearly a decade of being closed for repairs. There […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville Chances are, from time to time you, like me, could do a better job of looking beyond current news, towards a bigger picture, a more informed […]

By Southside Historic Preservation Committee: Nansu Roddy, Joan and Dave Bryan, Alex Shaffer, Ty Stotz-Capelle, Alene and Thomas Tunny, Deidre and Jack Engelman Tricie Callaghan-Stover’s recent commentary published here is unfortunate, […]

By Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton I was taught in forestry school to analyze problems and opportunities by gathering all the data available and find a solution or make a decision after […]

By Toddy Perryman, Corvallis “On August 8, 2019, President Trump authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrest 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi. A more efficient strategy is to […]

By Ty Capelle, Hamilton Is the city of Hamilton overlooking a substantial monetary windfall ? I am not talking about a few hundred dollars in fines for violating the cell phone […]

By Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I’ll start with another quote. It’s from Google and expresses the meaning intended by Yeats way back in 1919. “it means chaos is descending […]

By Tricie Callaghan-Stover, Hamilton I became a member of St. Francis Parish in 1978. I have adult children who received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation and Marriage in […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville Thank you, Walmart. I have been a gun owner for over 50 years. Owned and used high powered hunting rifles, shot guns, semi-automatic hand guns, […]

By Mike Mercer, Stevensville I have no particular political slant as I dislike all politicians but they have a function. It is our job, as citizens, to be the sentinels […]

By Reilly Neill, Livingston Climate change and global warming are important issues for Montanans. Coming changes will broadly impact our economic sectors and put inevitable strain on state resources. Challenges […]

By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis The Forest Service is moving forward with one of its largest project in decades which will have an impact on the water Bitterroot Valley ranchers and […]

By Rick Landry, Corvallis With all due respect owing one of our nation’s approaching octogenarians, I must respond to David Stover’s assertion that “your party (Democrats) own the KKK as […]

By Rep. Mary Ann Dunwell, Helena “We need to talk about suicide,” teachers said choking back tears, or letting them flow, as they interviewed recently for Montana’s Teacher of the […]

By Peter Lethenstrom, Stevensville Having followed your instructions, I have graduated from being the “Apprentice” to now being “Boss” and happy to state you were and continue to be an […]

By Dee Gibney *unedited Sadly the vast ignorance of the left continues in letters to the editor. They cannot accept the fact that the United States of America have laws […]

By Jay Bugli, Stevensville Open Letter to Ravalli County Commissioners: In regards to the Hughes Creek Gate, there is one serious issue that has not been discussed: The land parcels […]

By David Stover, Stevensville I read the guest comment from David Welch and at first blush, I thought it was a conservative individual dissing liberal Democrats. He indicated that his ancestors […]

By Marty Essen, Victor When Donald Trump wishes to defend his bigotry, he calls people of color “racists.” When US Senator Steve Daines wishes to defend whatever he’s working on for […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville On August 22, a lady called me and told me of an unusual encounter with a hummingbird she had that morning. She noticed her kitten was […]