Guest Post

The Bitterroot Bookworms would like to thank the community for their awesome support for the Stevensville Christmas Share Tree Chair-i-ty silent auction that finished Friday, December 6. The generous winners […]

Let us see if we can understand why Van P. Keele chose to verbally chastise two of Montana’s Congressmen for not voting to increase our national debt limit as stated […]

Montana Republicans want U.S. Judge Brian Morris to declare the Open Primary unconstitutional so only registered Republicans can choose their candidates. After a favorable decision, Matthew Monforton (R-HD 69) suggests […]

I like many others have a full life unlike Ms. Fahnestock-Thomas who has nothing to do but sit and think in her blue chair. Facts are number one to any […]

When it gets to crunch time, and your back’s against the wall, one’s true colors are exposed for all to see. This is exactly the position our US Congress, including […]

What if they gave a war and nobody came? Well, nobody showed up to share thoughts Friday noon on the blue chairs outside the Ravalli County Museum. I put the […]

Answering last week’s guest comment, I’m a cat, dog, horse and cow person. State rights are political powers reserved for the states and not federal. In 1861 they argued over […]

The Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce members have access to a unique group of members known as LEADS. This free service is available to chamber members. The group meets twice […]

The purpose of my letter is to extend my thanks and good wishes to Mr. Jerry Haslip for his attempt at responding to the ridiculous meanderings of Van P. Keele. […]

Despite popular opinion, environmental groups are not responsible for the demise of the timber industry in western Montana, even though they have made for a convenient “whipping boy.” A strong […]

For as many years as I can remember, I have always made every effort to attend the Stevensville Schools Veterans Day Ceremony. This is a commemorative ceremony put on by […]

By Russ Lawrence, Hamilton As someone who attended a meeting of the Local Government Study Commission in April and has followed it closely since its inception, I appreciate the groundwork […]

In June of this year, after much public discussion and many public hearings, the duly elected members of the Government Study Commission judged it prudent to allow voters to decide […]

North Valley Public Library has been undergoing renovations for about a month in its Circulation Area, which includes the use of computer carrels and the young adult sections. Before reconstruction, […]

This is in response to Mary Fahnestock-Thomas. You sound like many of the uneducated Americans that have not ever picked up a Koran and read it, nor have you studied […]

Lemmings leap off cliffs into the sea when they exceed the carrying capacity of their life-sustaining habitat. That is a good thing; it increases the chance of species survival given […]

We would like to thank Cyndi Kenck and her nurse of The Goodman Group along with The Village Senior Residence, The Village Health Care Center, Riverside Health Care Center, Hillside […]

This is an open letter to health providers, health departments, news media and all concerned citizens. A new report, Protecting Children’s Health, that will hopefully prompt you to help protect […]

By Jeff Burrows, Chairman, Ravalli County Board of Commissioners This letter is in response to the misinformation and political hit pieces in regards to the Big Sky and Morado Mountain […]

I really enjoy Jerry Haslip’s responses to my letters on the economy and ObamaCare. He reliably uses many exclamation points (!), somehow figuring they’ll provide proof to his fact-less diatribes. […]