Guest Post

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. […]

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 […]