Opinion

By Margaret Gorski, Stevensville   Thank you, Myla Yarhaus, for offering a piece of your recently purchased property to develop legal public access to the Bitterroot River for the new […]

By Sharon Greef, Florence In response to Jim Crews’ letter to the editor last week asking for me to explain further my letter of thanks recently to Myla Yahraus, I would […]

  By Keith Kubista, Stevensville   It’s a simple fact: Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) have resulted in less access for Montana sportsmen and sportswomen.  In a literal sense, these public […]

By Tammy Johnson, Mathematics Teacher at Stevensville High School, Pam Johnson, Spanish Teacher at SHS We would like to thank the past and present board members and administrators who have […]

As the owner/operator of the Spiritwood Disc Golf Course in Victor for more than thirty years, I feel uniquely qualified to speak to the matter of disc golf and to […]

Summer is on its way and the Hometown Heroes at The Living Centre are planning some fishing trips starting in May. If you have poles, reels, sturdy chairs or tackle […]

Spending is all about priorities. The question you should ask (and you should ask), is, are the priorities represented in the proposed Stevensville School Bond the right spending priorities for […]

From now until May 8th, Stevensville and Lone Rock residents will have the opportunity to vote for the future of our community and our children. Stevensville For Students (a group […]

As we contemplate our future with a local, national and global perspective, we head to the polls for the local primaries. I am not one for politics and have never […]

This fall all of us need to make the time to vote. It’s one of the few civic duties that our country asks of us and here in Montana, with […]

By Montana Governor Steve Bullock The decision to send Montana Soldiers and Airmen anywhere – to the front lines, to a forest fire, or to protect our nation’s borders – […]

  I am a US Navy Veteran with a service-connected disability. I am proud of the fact that I gave my utmost. After I retired from the Navy, I went […]

  I just viewed “Top Gun” and self-proclaimed war hero Troy Downing’s latest campaign video showing him jetting over a Sen. John Tester look-alike who is sitting on a farm […]

  After the recent school shooting the usual cries for gun “safety” went out. Stephen Smith who lost his mother in a school shooting wrote a great pro-gun guest editorial […]

This is a somewhat belated thank you to the new owner of the Fort Owen Ranch, Myla Yahraus. What a joy to hear of her civic minded attitude and wanting […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton It has been reported that the gone-viral passionate speech by Emma Gonzalez was an incentive for the recent school walkouts in Hamilton (and presumably elsewhere). Emma […]

By Cory Swanson, Helena   In 2015, the Montana Legislature ratified the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) –Water Compact with Montana, which settled all water rights claimed by the […]

  I know why the Democratic party can’t win. First, they don’t have a message. The Republicans came to the American workers with promise of bringing jobs home. They provided […]

  I graduated from a small college in the Midwest that is associated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa. My school is grounded in the liberal arts and […]

  The State of Montana lists over 60 birds as “species of concern,” including the threatened Piping Plover and the more seriously endangered Interior Least Tern and Whooping Crane. That […]