Guest Post

by Robert DoBell, Superintendent, Lone Rock School I wanted to take some time today to express my sincere gratitude, respect, thanks, support, and prayers that all of you have shown me […]

by Bill LaCroix, Victor Just an observation: Seems the “pro-trapping” letter writers here (as well as far-right, anti-wolf extremist, Jeff Burrows, inscrutably-occupying a powerful seat on a public-lands board) have “come […]

by Rep. David Bedey, HD 86, Hamilton In a recent letter, Missoula’s Brad Tschida accused me of failing to protect female legislators from “physical and mental abuse and anguish.” At […]

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville Be careful what you wish for. You might get it. Love him adoringly or hate him vehemently, in just a few days, Donald J. Trump will become […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Time to express my opinion again on what is happening in our country. Based upon some of the recent letters from other members of our community, it […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton Our Republican friends voted for Donald Trump to be President for the next four years. He promised great things like getting rid of the migrants (illegal and […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton After the January 6th attack on our nation’s capitol, the United States House Select Committee headed by a conservative Republican, was formed to investigate the insurrection. They […]

by Peg Brownlee, Florence Once again, the Fish and Wildlife Committee has kowtowed to the small minority of trappers in Montana and is allowing for no setbacks of traps on closed […]

by Brad Davis, Hamilton Finally someone has taken a stand against the anti-trappers by issuing the correct decision to do away with setbacks on closed Forest Service roads in Ravalli County. […]

by Brad Tschida, Missoula The MT House Rules Committee met on 12/3/2024 to determine if men should be allowed to use women’s bathrooms at the Montana State Capitol. At issue is […]

by KC York, President, Trap Free Montana Peering through Montana’s wildlife management smoke and mirrors.  A bear shadow was cast as Governor Gianforte’s priority to delist grizzlies was the marker for […]

by Bill Jones, Stevensville Perhaps the poster boy example of the restricted source information gathering practiced by so many voters nowadays could be the Nov. 20 LTE titled “Will Tester apologize.” […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton Our founding fathers, like John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Paine, John Penn and Benjamin Franklin, wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence due to the […]

by Archie L Thomas, Corvallis There was a time when Montana and the nation had a Republican and a Democratic party that was fiscally conservative, socially responsible and dealt with public […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis Why is it that every time there is a drawn-out election count, the Republican is ahead but the Democrat somehow after 30-40 days wins? Happened in 2020, […]

by Gretchen Spiess, Stevensville What’s happened to Stevensville? Now with social media, people are willing to complain about something they don’t like, but not willing to help. For instance, the Scarecrow […]

by Dr. Linda S. Kauffman. Stevensville I was very disappointed to see the Commissioner Burrows’ amendment removing all trap and snare setbacks from 16 or more seasonally closed roads in Ravalli […]

by Joseph G. Gallagher Jr., Stevensville Jared Diamond is the author of “Guns, Germs and Steel” and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He wrote another book called “Collapse” which is […]

by Erika Helene Etminan, Hamilton As a newcomer in Montana, I experienced the US election campaign live for the first time, albeit from a spectator position. I enjoyed listening to people […]

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville Today, the federal government debt is well over $36 trillion and will reach $37 trillion by the time Donald Trump takes office. It is on a trajectory […]