Opinion

By Chuck DeWitt, Informing Citizens About Airport Runway Expansion (ICAARE) For 19 years the mission of the bipartisan members and supporters of Informing Citizens about Airport Runway Expansion (ICAARE) has […]

  I do not understand why the fine citizens of Stevensville are not mad or just are not aware of what is happening in our local Town Government. We have […]

  Winners/losers. If there is one, there is also the other, so in our culture we compete (fight) to be the one on top. Is it so hard to see […]

  Downtown Stevensville has a new look! The North Valley Public Library needed new paint so we looked for colors that would tie together our three buildings and complement those […]

By Doug Soehren, Vice President, Ravalli County Recycling, Inc. Thanks to Mayor Mim Mack and the Town Council for their historic vote to support community recycling in Stevensville. In so […]

Any public figure sworn to uphold the law, implicitly, as it was handed down to him/her via our own state and federal legislatures, but, sadly so, finds himself/herself in breach […]

One person’s trash can definitely be another person’s treasure, witness the trivets and bulletin boards made from wine corks, the rugs and totes made from old t-shirts, the fences and […]

While working toward a better America for the kids, while staying current with what’s going on in the USA economy, what did you read and hear this last weekend in […]

    By Al Ekblad   Today, all workers have the right to choose to stick together and collectively bargain with their employer for a better life. Even employees’ who […]

  In a letter to the editor (Missoulian 8/25), Mr. Clayton Floyd purports once again to know what he is talking about. As has been the norm during his political […]

  Apparently times are not that tough at Town Hall. In the budget for this year, which will have been voted by now, $5,000 for a dumpster to be modified […]

  Editor’s Note: The following letter is published exactly as it was submitted.   Did you fine citizens of Stevensville know that the town is now (or has been) in […]

  I think we should make the corporations pay their fair share. CEOs should only get paid what McDonald’s managers get paid, and the corporations should pay the same tax […]

The Board of Trustees for the North Valley Public Library has decided not to have the book shelves in the Community Room any longer, so those of you who have […]

By Kristen Lothrop, Montana Food Bank Network For many families across Montana, the start of the new school year comes as a relief. Back-to-school means back to school meals and […]

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park’s proposed Wolf Stamp hearing on 8/14 was well attended. No matter the stamp name, all wildlife will benefit from education, habitat acquisition, increased game wardens […]

I was talking with a young friend and mother about bullying the other day and learned that her young son has had some trouble with it in pre-school or day-care, […]

The Great Recession “officially” ended almost five years ago, but looking at many communities across the country, you wouldn’t believe it. Ten million people are still searching for work, and […]

For over 60 years, the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association (MOGA) has served as an important voice for the outfitting industry and as a key partner in decisions that effect […]

Would you be OK making $400,000 less over your career simply because you’re a woman? I’m not and neither are my girlfriends! Yet that’s exactly what’s happening to women across […]