by Loey Knapp, Stevensville We have an opportunity to support our students by voting for a continuation of the Tech Levy. This levy provides our Stevensville School with the funds […]
Republicans beware
by Dana Gentry, Corvallis Concerning open primaries, I wish they were closed. They confuse voters as candidates can register to vote on any party ticket, and not even be in […]
Lone Rock School
by Gary and Carol Leese, Stevensville District 3 voters We at Lone Rock School, in partnership with the community, strive to empower our students with knowledge to become respectful contributing […]
Riders vs. rowers
by William (Bill) Campbell, Conner The two-party system is broken. The previously existing symbiotic relationship that functioned to maintain balance and build our Republic to be the greatest ever known […]
County confers with Zinke’s Field Rep.
by Michael Howell On Sheep Creek Mine project At the request of the Ravalli County Commissioners, a field representative from U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke’s office paid the commissioners a visit […]
An inconvenient truth: a reply to Helen Sabin
It’s almost unbelievable that someone spreading easily disproven claims now wants to lecture others about “bearing false witness.” Let’s be clear about something: the information I’ve shared isn’t rumor, gossip, […]
Resurrecting Reagan’s ‘Big Tent’
by David Bedey This past legislative session, I was proud to support lowering property taxes for over 80% of Montanans, increasing vocational education opportunities for young Montanans, strengthening the financial […]
Why is a Rino-Crat running for HD 86?
by Archie Thomas A Rino‑Crat brings together the best of Republican and Democrat, finding more common ground with community neighbors than points of separation. Over my 50+ years in Hamilton—as […]
TACO > CHAOS
by Tom Tunny, Hamilton Recently, there have been a couple of events that have confirmed that “TACO leads to CHAOS.”TACO… Trump “always chickens out” > chaos. We can see this […]
Maintain the Roadless Rule on national forests
by George Wuerthner, ecologist, Livingston/Gardiner In 2001, the Forest Service passed the Roadless Rule Conservation Act. The Trump administration is seeking to rescind the Act. During a brief public comment […]
The false promises of artificial intelligence
by Sneed Collard, Missoula Like many, I spend a fair bit of time thinking about AI and its impacts on the world. Much of this time is not by choice. […]
Mail-in voting ballots
by Charles Sleath, Hamilton I had the misfortune of seeing Trump speaking on the TV about mail in ballots while watching the news. He told 3 lies in 3 minutes. […]
Protect the valley!
by Helen Sabin, Corvallis At the March 24 Hamilton Republican Women’s Club debate, voters in Senate District 43 – Corvallis, Hamilton, Darby, Conner, and Sula, saw a clear contrast in […]
Innovative readiness training
by Star Jameson, Hamilton I came across a reference in the Classified Ads to a new program proposed as a collaboration between the Darby School District and Darby town in […]
Michele for sanity
by Parnelli Sharp, Victor Does it seem to you lately that things have gone crazy? Well, they have. There’s so much division; so much uncertainty; so much confusion? Why […]
‘Transparency’ Project
by Larry Campbell, Darby In spite of being listed as a FAST 41 “Transparency” Project, the only thing transparent about the Sheep Creek mine has been years of public deception […]
Rules of disengagement
by Tony Hudson, Stevensville We are living through a season in which extremism on both ends of the political spectrum is treated as evidence of conviction rather than a warning […]
Bitcoin
by Charles Sleath, Hamilton It’s been reported that the war Iran is costing the American taxpayer upwards of a Billion dollars a day! I was just wondering if Trump and […]
Legal theft
by William (Bill) Campbell, Conner The residents of the Bitterroot Valley are being victimized by means of and attempt to apply the provisions of Eminent Domain (relating to physical property […]
Ice rink planned for Big Corral
by Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners signed a Memorandum of Agreement last week expressing their intent to lease some land and buildings at the Big Corral Park to the […]