Guest Post

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Have you been following the latest “Ponzi” scandal in our stock market? I’m sure most readers are aware that a lot of investors have lost a lot […]

by Jim Hamilton, Florence “MT delegation subdued on Trump” read the headline of the Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Missoulian. The reference, of course, was to the January 6 Committee’s recommendation that […]

Submitted by Mary Armstrong, Valley County Commissioner, on behalf of the county commissions of: Gallatin, Glacier, Golden, Jefferson, Pondera, Rosebud, Lake, McCone, Mineral, Madison, Judith Basin, Phillips, Daniels, Valley, Roosevelt, Wibaux, Hill, Big Horn, Missoula As Montanans, we care for each other. Across the rural-urban divide, generational divide, […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville All 50 states are now border states. Our southern border is wide open to dope, child abuse, sexual abuse and all attendant abuses. It […]

by Ron Madeen, Stevensville “Clear and Present Danger.” A Thomas Clancy novel and 1994 Harrison Ford movie depicted a rogue US Executive branch decision to kill Columbian drug warlords with a […]

by Bob Brown, Bigfork A new year brings with it new hope for a new beginning. As the ancient saying goes, the old has died that the new may be tried. […]

by Terry Minow, Chair, Big Sky 55+, Boulder In the early 1970s, frustrated with the corporate boot that dominated and bullied Montanans, the state’s people rose up. Led by ordinary citizens like […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton It’s the particular season for kindness, right? And kindness has been mentioned in some recent letters here and I want to join in. To me kindness is […]

by Wendy Gorski, Florence Unfortunately, the commission’s inaction to address the noise nuisance in Grantsdale is a disservice to the people they are supposed to serve. We’re dealing with the same […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Although most readers won’t recognize the name Martin Niemoller, many will remember having read or heard the following quote: “First they came for the socialists, and I […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville At the Town Council meeting on Thursday, December 8th, an agenda item caught my attention and I felt the need to express my concern for public safety […]

by Bill LaCroix, Victor Your Oct. 18th article quoted Stevensville District Ranger, Steve Brown, at length about his reasoning for carrying out a logging operation at the mouth of Mill Cr. […]

by Sen. Jason Ellsworth, Hamilton  I’m not a pro-marijuana guy. I voted against Montana’s adult-use cannabis initiative (I-190) in the 2020 election. However, since Montanans approved the initiative and recreational […]

by Jeff Lonn, Hamilton The October 18, 2022, Star article “Forest Service tries different technique in Mill Creek fire suppression efforts” got half of it right. The FS is certainly trying […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville In case you haven’t heard, the new owner of Twitter released internal documentation this week clearly showing how the information concerning the Hunter Biden laptop story was […]

by Wade Sikorski, Willard When Trump became president, he swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution. Trump’s willingness to obey the highest law in the land has always […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis “…Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton According to “Accountable.US”, a non-partisan organization focused on the “big lie”, ‘The deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 was the result of months […]

by Craig E. Thomas, Stevensville Rob, I missed your memorial in presence but not in spirit.  I remember when you built the new store. Quite a deal for Stevensville, but it […]

by Mark Lewing, Stevensville Attention, Stevensville area drivers of the Eastside Highway! How many of you are aware that the Highway Department is poised to shove another roundabout down your throats? […]