Opinion

When I was a child we were taught that mankind was 9,000 years old and descended from the apes. Back in the 70’s a Time magazine cover suggested that we […]

Today I took my dog to the park, he was on a leash. There was another dog there, as it turns out, not on a leash. When this dog saw […]

I’m writing in response to Bradford Larkin’s comments entitled “Something wrong with this picture.” When reading it I discovered that I still have a certain pet following me around… it’s […]

Citizens For Fair Water, Inc. (0263125) Public Benefit with Members, registered with the State of Montana, June 16, 2015, as a Type 52 non-profit Montana corporation having one (1) Officer, […]

Residents of Hamilton: on July 24 at City Hall, 223 S. 2nd Street, at 5:30 p.m., the Hamilton City Zoning Board of Adjustment, six members, will hold their meeting. Please […]

Fishing on the Bitterroot River has changed considerably in the last few years, and it’s not for the better. Not only has the flood of boats become relentless, the day […]

By Marty Essen, Victor   A cult is a group of people that shuts out conflicting information and rejects facts in favor of an alternative reality.   It’s time to […]

By Bradford Larkin, Hamilton   I am confused about one simple truth here in the Bitterroot Valley. Would anyone please help me understand why we in Hamilton pay 20-30% MORE […]

Thanks to the Stevensville Fire Department, the price of our homeowners insurance has dropped 28%. We even received a substantial rebate on the remainder of our current annual policy. Stevensville […]

The other day St Paul Episcopal Church and the Montana Human Rights Network shared in sponsoring a presentation featuring Soft Landing Montana, a group which works with refugees living in […]

I just attended a meeting with a woefully ignorant organization called Soft Landing. Ms. Poole, the speaker who helped start this, couldn’t answer simple questions and most of her responses […]

Many Republican and all Democratic senators are being kept in the dark while a cabal of old white men develop a top secret “health care plan.” But Senator Daines brags […]

Media coverage of the Gianforte/reporter incident appears slanted far left, but supported by many wimps from the right. The public would believe Gianforte initiated a Hulk Hogan type move by […]

In the second week of June 1964, the worst natural disaster in Montana’s recorded history occurred in the state. It took the form of heavy rains that in a few […]

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 […]