Guest Post

By Linda Habeck, Corvallis   Open Letter to Ravalli County Weed Board & Department & Residents of Ravalli County: I’m writing this letter because I feel that if the alyssum weed […]

By Bill Geer and Wagner Harmon   Unlike most government agencies, which are funded by tax dollars, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is funded almost entirely by a […]

By Gordon Wax, CPA, Stevensville Class of ’67   I had the good fortune to be a judge for the Stevensville High School senior projects. This is my second year […]

By Dennis McIntyre, Hamilton   On this Memorial Day, this is what I’m thinking as a service-connected Vietnam veteran: The VA and the entire country treat us like third-world bottom […]

By Joe Petrusaitis, Hamilton   Well, it looks like our chief executive has more problems with our homegrown Senator and the former head of the FBI. Jon Tester has a […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville   This letter offers information to voters of all ages about subjects usually avoided by most media in Montana. What follows are nothing but focused observations […]

By Greg Hertz, Speaker Pro Tem, House District 12, Polson     Governor Bullock and his surrogates, most recently Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney, have been pushing the narrative that Republicans […]

  By Senator Fred Thomas, Stevensville   A poll on public lands from the University of Montana generated quite a bit of controversy recently. In fact, most of the poll […]

By Jennifer Rokosch, Stevensville   Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), are an extremely controversial issue in Montana due to Senator Steve Daines and congressional representative Greg Gianforte. Rather than opening the […]

By Carolyn Cook   What a shame the Stevensville and Lone Rock communities have let our children down. I realize no one likes to see their taxes go up, but […]

By James K. Rummell, Corvallis   As a new resident of the Bitterroot Valley, I was surprised to see the comments from Mr. Sleath in the newspaper dated April 25, […]

  By Chris Clancy, Hamilton   One of the many pleasant things about living in Montana  is that, occasionally, you know someone personally who is running for political office. Kathleen […]

  By Keith Kubista, Stevensville   It’s a simple fact: Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) have resulted in less access for Montana sportsmen and sportswomen.  In a literal sense, these public […]

By Tammy Johnson, Mathematics Teacher at Stevensville High School, Pam Johnson, Spanish Teacher at SHS We would like to thank the past and present board members and administrators who have […]

As the owner/operator of the Spiritwood Disc Golf Course in Victor for more than thirty years, I feel uniquely qualified to speak to the matter of disc golf and to […]

Summer is on its way and the Hometown Heroes at The Living Centre are planning some fishing trips starting in May. If you have poles, reels, sturdy chairs or tackle […]

Spending is all about priorities. The question you should ask (and you should ask), is, are the priorities represented in the proposed Stevensville School Bond the right spending priorities for […]

From now until May 8th, Stevensville and Lone Rock residents will have the opportunity to vote for the future of our community and our children. Stevensville For Students (a group […]

As we contemplate our future with a local, national and global perspective, we head to the polls for the local primaries. I am not one for politics and have never […]