Opinion

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville   Dale Burk was one of the first people I became acquainted with after I moved to the Bitterroot from Jacksonville, Florida, over eight years ago. […]

By Archie Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis The majority of Montanans had the common sense to return Jon Tester to the senate. Good for us. All Montanans sleep safer tonight […]

By Mike Miller, Stevensville I saw this public Facebook post after the elections from a guy named Jim Skelton; it read: “Republicans lost the house last night. Today there are […]

By Carolyn Cook, Election Judge, Stevensville With all the negativity and animosity that surrounded the campaign, I was not looking forward to working as an election judge at the Stevensville Polling […]

By Hattie Farrell, Stevensville I attended the November 8 meeting of the Stevensville Town Council. I spoke at the meeting about Jim Crews being considered for the council as he […]

By Jerry Haslip, Victor Allen B. Gates wrote another verbose diatribe containing blistering commentary about President Trump’s leadership qualities, as contained in his November 7, 2018 letter in the Bitterroot […]

By Bruce King, Hamilton Recently I received a book from a friend who grew up in Denmark, and married an American in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Denmark. The […]

By David A. Merrick, Corvallis Once again, an election is over and once again, nothing will change. Neither Truth or Justice was an issue and hasn’t been for much of […]

By Charles Sleath, Hamilton   What kind of nation are we that we would rejoice in sending our sons and daughters in harm’s way? They go for the honor, and […]

By Peter Lethenstrom, Stevensville   Democracy dies in darkness… the Washington Post. What do you think?  

By Star Jameson, Hamilton I am deeply disturbed that the media refer to the thousands travelling north through Mexico from South America as “immigrants.” Is this some way of whitewashing […]

By Allen B. Gates, Stevensville America is divided by political polarization and cultural turmoil!   Not since the Civil War has there been such polarization and cultural turmoil. The causes […]

By Tom Ruffatto, Jim Lindquist and Bob Popham   We recommend voting for Bob Nelson and Jeff Mark for Bitterroot Conservation District Supervisor. Both are experienced incumbents with hundreds of applications/ permits […]

By Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville   In my opinion, with the strict adherence of Senator Tester to the Democrats’ Washington DC liberal party line and his “NO” vote on one of […]

By Rich Morrisey, Corvallis Like to hunt? Fish mountain streams? Hike? Snowmobile? ATV? Trail ride? All Republican office holders in Ravalli County, Commissioners as well as State legislators (with the […]

By Sarah Roubik, Corvallis   If you are lucky enough to live in HD 85 and SD 43, you have the opportunity to vote for two exceptional candidates of different […]

  By David Welch, Hamilton   I have seen a number of “Vote Republican” signs recently and have been pondering why anyone would follow this advice. It turns out there […]

By Charles Sleath, Hamilton I was born in 1942 when Franklin Roosevelt was President and Hitler was the dictator of Germany. So, I’ve been alive during the regimes of many […]

By Larry Keogh, Hamilton Yikes! If you expect the government to operate like a business then I guess it is no wonder that instead of good, exemplary people we respect […]

By Taylor Orr, Stevensville Every year, I take pack trips in Montana’s backcountry. Every year, I have to change my itinerary due to poor trail conditions. This year, in the […]