Guest Post

By Edward Monnig, Missoula In preface to commenting on Stewart Brandborg’s opinion piece on wilderness issues (December 16), I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the service that he and […]

Over the last few weeks, we have watched a gang of self-styled revolutionaries take over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. In addition to trespassing on public lands, these […]

I have to say that week after week, it’s getting a bit tiresome to read the diatribe of a certain contributor to your editorial section slamming liberals. Personally, I could […]

Good local government necessarily requires an informed and knowledgeable electorate. To this end the efforts of the Local Government Study Commission should be focused on what provides adequate and easily […]

Thank you, Jerry Haslip, for your comment that conservatives think liberals have their heads in the sand and a tendency to think the sky is falling. Liberals probably feel exactly […]

Anyone believing that bringing Muslims into this country is a good idea isn’t looking at what’s happening in Europe. Europeans are horrified at rapes occurring by Muslim men against innocent […]

By Claire Kelly, Stevensville It is past time to put ‘Christ’ back into ‘Christian’. In four weeks, 2016 voting will commence with the Iowa Caucuses. News pundits predict Senator Ted […]

The Florence Civic Club thanks the many volunteers and anonymous gifting angels for their support in making the 2015 Share Tree and Toys for Tots projects successful again. In this […]

Never underestimate a liberal’s inability to rationalize, or their demonstrated ability to write volumes about inconsequential facts! Even when confronted by evidence that global cooling is not man caused, a […]

The Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary Ravalli Unit 47 would like to say thank you to the following people who made decorating the cemetery in honor of our Veterans […]

As I’m watching Republicans and gun rights activists do their usual whiny crybaby dance, because President Obama took a reasonable step to protect human lives, I can’t help wonder why […]

After hearing and reading that our ‘supposed representatives’ of this Ravalli County, the Commissioners, all five of them, once again voted to cost us taxpayers more money, I had to […]

Perhaps in recent years, a Ravalli County Attorney has communicated to the Ravalli Commissioners to follow their duty and contract to place county advertisements in a newspaper which is being […]

We would like to take this opportunity to say a well deserved “thank you” to Gene Mim Mack, Bill Perrin, and Tim Hunter. We appreciate the time and effort that […]

I am outraged and apoplectic! These damn commissioners need to be sued individually for failure to “fairly and honestly” represent the citizens of Ravalli County. Let’s take it out of […]

Having served in the U.S. Navy for 26 years and having been frequently involved with the awarding of contracts, I am well aware that contracts can be awarded to other […]

This letter regards the 12/23 Ravalli County Commissioners 5-0 vote to pay a lot more money in 2016 to place County Display and County Legal ads in fewer circulated newspapers. […]

By Bob Brown, Helena If it’s broke, let’s fix it. That’s what Montanans need to do with our dysfunctional office of Lt. Governor. The dysfunction dates back for at least […]

Star Editorial One has to wonder whether there was an ulterior motive in the County’s legal notice bidding process this year. Certainly the award of the bid to the Ravalli […]

This year, access to Montana’s natural resources was threatened in Congress by agendas that simply don’t understand our traditions and heritage. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) became an […]