Opinion

By Montana Library Association Board of Directors : President – Lisa M. Jackson, Vice President – Elizabeth Jonkel, Past President – Dawn Kingstad, Secretary/Treasurer – Mary Guthmiller, ASLD Chair – […]

Congress voted this week to undo virtually all the protections put in place since the Great Recession to guard against future economic crashes and bailouts and hand the reins of […]

If you listen to most western politicians – regardless of political party – talk about the U.S. Forest Service’s timber sale program you’ve likely heard them describe it as a […]

Imagine hiking with your family on a trail in the Rattlesnake Wilderness just outside Missoula, or on a wilderness trail in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Suddenly your peace and quiet […]

By Margaret J. Gorski, Stevensville   Warren Buffett is known to have said, “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”  Benjamin Franklin […]

Who elected the candidate to represent Montana for the next 18 months?   The Montana GOP obliged MT Counties to in total spend maybe three quarters of a million dollars […]

By Bob Brown, Helena   Greg Gianforte eventually apologized to the reporter he manhandled on election night. For some the apology was late and inadequate. For others Gianforte shouldn’t have […]

Well, maybe not too much of a surprise. Considering the not well announced city council meeting dealing with the unsightly tower in the “Riverview Cemetery”, and the more of an […]

A small Helena group has floated an Initiative idea for a vote in 2018 about mail-ballot elections. The group follows the play-book of the People’s Power League (PPL) established in […]

I would just like to say how lucky the Hamilton High School is to have such a spectacular teacher as Mr. Thacker. The recent end of the year pop concert […]

In 1284 when Washington DC was suffering from a rat infestation, a man dressed in pied clothing appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher. He promised Congress a solution to the […]

In response to march for truth, you are doing nothing more than causing trouble when none should be had. You are wrong, Russia did not interfere with Trump’s election. You […]

By Kirk Miller, Executive Director, School Administrators of Montana   Today, as every day, teachers called the names of more than 140,000 students, as they took attendance in Montana’s 821 […]

I would like to inform the Stevensville community of the activities American Legion Fort Owen Post #94 has planned for the Memorial Day weekend. The weekend for us actually starts […]

I rarely become political. I can’t help but think that the issue with the river access is more simple than complex. Every one of us, whether a resident of Stevensville […]

The March For Truth will be held Saturday, June 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the State Capitol in Helena. What is the March for Truth? Across the country, […]

Somebody once said, “If you can’t dazzle them with the facts, baffle them with BS.” (bull stuff). Along with most irrigators in the Lone Rock/Three Mile area, I am baffled! […]

By Bill Geer, President, Montana Wildlife Federation   Another acrimonious session of the Montana Legislature has come to end. Montana’s hunters, anglers and other outdoors enthusiasts had several successes in […]

I attended the SHS board meeting on May 9th. On the agenda was the contract non-renewal of the high school counselor, Mr. Steven Coop. It was standing room only! With […]

I have noted the letters regarding the choice of a politician. Especially the one from a wife and her veteran husband advocating the continuance of the Obama’s affordable care socialist […]