Guest Post

By Dave Hurtt, Florence The five Pachyderm clubs in Montana seem unaware that charity begins at home. They continue to collect dues which are sent to state and national offices […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville He swore he’d do his best, but spends little time on his job. He accepted emoluments from foreigners.  He abused his authority by dismissing legions of […]

By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton Really?  “China will pay for these tariffs.” In what Universe? Maybe when Mexico pays for the wall? Remember your junior high economics – tariffs are […]

By J. Ward, Lolo Tax cuts – trickle down, tsunami up. Bull puckey, great wealth, celebrity. Ignorance, arrogance, greed, unearned wealth and privilege. I love my country and the freedom […]

By Sharon Dedmon, Board President, Bitter Root Water Forum We are swept off of our feet and completely blown away by the support of this community for the Bitter Root […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton I don’t know where Claire Kelly gets the idea that White Christian Americans believe they are genetically pure and superior to the rest of humanity as […]

By Jane Lambert, Stevensville I would like to thank the Friends of Fort Owen for honoring me at their first official Annual Meeting. As a Trustee, it was my privilege […]

By Star Jameson, Hamilton While attending a fundraiser for Ravalli County Recycling, I was astonished at how few younger people attended. Is there an assumption that recycling is a given […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor Mr. Brown surely gave all voters, especially Republicans, something to think about. A thinking conservative may actually ask the question: Should I compromise my principles? The […]

By Mary Ann Dunwell, Helena In the waning hours of Montana’s 66thLegislative Session, good public policy squeaked through, including Medicaid expansion and an infrastructure bill. But, public works can’t fix […]

By Bruce Perry, Stevensville I would like to thank all the people that came to my rescue on Memorial Day last year when I hit a deer on my motorcycle […]

By Jimmy Edwards, Class of 78, Jim Edwards, Class of 57 Isn’t it ironic that a Town Celebration became nothing but a fund raiser? Taking a celebration that was iconic […]

By Donald Helmbrecht, Corvallis American Legion Post #91 The markers that stand beside the road in the location of a fatality are placed and maintained by The American Legion as a […]

By Rosanne Larson, Stevensville To the man and women driving a small white car, who stole my purse on Monday April 22. in Stevensville, I want you to know that […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville Some ‘White Christian Americans’ believe they are genetically pure and superior to the rest of humanity. They are wrong. Though individually unique, we are who […]

By Bill Geer, Missoula The 2019 turned out to be a success for wildlife and habitat. We look back at a session that had more than 80 bills affecting our core […]

By Bob Brown, Bigfork A half century ago the power in Montana politics was the Montana Power Company. Created to provide electricity for the operations of the Anaconda Copper Company, “the […]

By Jim McCormack, Stevensville If you wanted a lesson in how to be disrespectful, the April 25th Stevensville Town Council meeting was the place to be. Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Michaelson […]

By Amy Horlacher, President, NVPL Foundation Board The North Valley Public Library Foundation would like to thank all those who helped make our 2nd annual fundraiser, “A Novel Affair”, a […]

By Sidney Mehlschmidt, Hamilton In reference to the letter by Charles Russ suggesting the inclusion of the installation of photovoltaic panels in the Stevensville Schools Bond Issue: I agree that […]