For eighteen months now in an effort to buy an office, any office, Greg Gianforte and his monied friends in DC have flooded our airwaves and mailboxes with a barrage […]
Focus is on moving state forward
By Montana Governor Steve Bullock Montana currently has one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, with historic low unemployment and new businesses being created at record speed. […]
Outraged
I am outraged. How is it that law enforcement can yell at and bully me, and I cannot yell at and bully them? How is it that the court bureaucrats […]
Cell tower doesn’t belong in cemetery
This Mother’s Day and Memorial Day, many in and around Hamilton will head across the Bitterroot River to the Riverview Cemetery and pay their respects to their loved ones. This […]
Doesn’t represent Montana values
Gianforte has spent $4.6 million not counting the millions spent by the NRA and the National Republican Party to Quist’s $1.42 million spent to date in this election. Gianforte is […]
Support for Quist
The race for Montana’s congressional seat is sometimes framed dismissively as a contest between a “business person” and a “musician,” as though it was obvious which was better prepared. Government, […]
Who can we trust?
In Gianforte and Quist, we see diametrically opposed viewpoints, yet both declare they’ll protect Montanans’ interests in Washington. I generally ignore the candidates’ personal lives, preferring to stick to issues, […]
Support for Gianforte
I write in support of Greg Gianforte for Congress. I think he is the best qualified candidate. We need competent representatives. He has travelled many miles on the road listening […]
Support for Quist
It’s refreshing to see someone that wants to represent the people of Montana and not just “Montana” and out of state interests. He will work for all Montanans. He doesn’t […]
A most perfect solution
Human nature is closing in on some certain doings of Mr. Frump and associates in 2016. Closing in like four teeth of a huge vise chuck grip. Squeezing in. […]
Clean up your own mess
To the careless and disrespectful persons who left a campfire burning and too much trash at the site above the Gold Creek Campground on Burnt Fork Road on April 16th […]
Courageous Quist
Respectfully. The biggest issue of the Montana special election is the Montana mail-in ballot. Risking defeat by doing the right thing is the very definition of courageous. And in this […]
Leadership
This newspaper is very generous in publishing virtually all the opinion letters it receives, but I question the policy of sometimes changing the titles submitted by the letter writers. Especially […]
Size matters: bigger is better for wilderness
By Howie Wolke, Livingston When it comes to wilderness, bigger is better. From a human perspective, it is difficult to experience wilderness values such as awe, oneness with nature, solitude […]
Re: Three Mile Community/Senior Center
To the Three Mile (Lone Rock) Community, We are actively trying to raise funds to build our community building at the Ambrose Park without adding additional taxes to our already […]
Knowledge required for sound investing
Who do you seek for advice when you have money to invest? Do you call up the local farmer, a teacher and a couple of lawyers? Most people use professionals […]
Happy with Trump
The electoral vote serves the same purpose today as it did when our forefathers designed it. They had the wisdom to see that the sparse population spreading across vast territory […]
Crying foul
We all know a ton of dark money is trying to buy Zinke’s seat for Gianforte, but consider this: unless every penny of the costs associated with Trump Jr. and […]
Sanctuary cities a foolish notion
America has never been a nation of immigrants. America has been a nation of assimilated immigrants. America is unique in world history for its melting-pot characteristic. An astonishing mix of […]
Support for Quist
If you are a small Montana business owner, have you ever paid to interview a potential job applicant? And even more bizarre during the interview the applicant’s acquaintance rather than […]