Opinion

by Greg Overstreet, candidate for HD 88, Stevensville Thank you to the primary voters of Legislative District 88 (Stevensville and Florence) for my 54% victory in the June 4th primary.  As […]

by Kris Bayer, Hamilton Most of us were taught in school that our government has checks and balances and that everything works as we are taught. Politicians are elected by the […]

by Evan Schroedel, candidate for HD 88, Florence Border crisis demands teamwork, innovative tactics. Imagine one morning a homeowner discovers that overnight his basement has flooded. The first step is to pump […]

by Deborah Tilden, Stevensville Here are the facts you ARE NOT being told by the petition gatherers about what CI-128 would do to change Montana’s constitution:  Based on the facts you […]

by Richard Parker, Stevensville This fake trial and Trump’s conviction is the final aftermath of nine years of the Democrats and the Democrat-controlled media and the deep state trying to stop […]

by Reps. Bill Mercer HD 46, Brandon Ler HD 35, Sherry Essmann HD 52, Jodee Etchart HD 48, Mike Yakawich HD 51, Nelly Nicol HD 53, Larry Brewster HD 44, […]

by John Grant, Hamilton I wonder if Steve Hall has reflected upon the possibility that his rumor mongering, fact free assault on Senator Manzella may have actually created a significant sympathy […]

by Brad Davis, Victor Thank you for your support in the election. You may have noticed throughout my campaign some issues that I raised have now come to the forefront and […]

by Thomas Tunny, Hamilton   How can free thinking Republicans continue to support a twice convicted rapist (the judge in the case says that what the jury found Trump did was […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Today I heard a new friend telling another new friend that there is a law “coming down the pike” that will take all control of our children’s […]

by Greg Overstreet, Stevensville The downed trees on May 23, 2024 took all of us by surprise. I had to use the chainsaw I keep in my truck to cut my […]

by Sheryl Olson, Stevensville This week my neighbor had the misfortune of falling off a ladder, resulting in serious, painful injuries. Once 911 was called, several first responders started appearing to […]

by Cathleen Reese, Hamilton Congress is working on funding appropriations for various needs and cancer research/prevention programs are a major need. I was diagnosed with 5 tumors in 2018…3 were cancerous. […]

by John Grant, Hamilton The laws brought against Donald Trump have been laws for decades. Not one was cooked up in order to entrap him. Change of venue motions are routinely […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis For those of you keeping score, contrary to Democrat lies, the number of capitol police officers killed on January 6 was zero. The only person killed that […]

by Kathleen Rhodes, Stevensville After reading the article in the paper about the “sign incident,” I find it saddens me. Why is something so minor being made a bigger deal than […]

by Jeff Kempka, candidate for House District 86, Hamilton In our society, the concept of individualism and the narrative of pulling oneself up by the bootstraps are deeply ingrained. However, […]

by Eddie Olwell, Stevensville In Chuck Stranahan’s Fly Fishing Journal in the Bitterroot Star May 29, 2024 he stated “FWP data over the last few years indicates roughly a 40% decline […]

FROM THE RAVALLI COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE: RULES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY – Adopted June 10, 2023 SECTION B SUB SECTION H – Election Policy. In the choice of officers […]

by Rachel Bartlett, Stevensville Well, Helen Sabin, you did it again. First of all, regarding HB 402, you tried so hard to make it come out the way you wanted. You […]