Opinion

By Suzanna McDougal & Becky Homan, Board Members, RCR   With spring cleaning still underway, many in our community realize that recycling is the best way to do this cleaning […]

  Mr. Williamson’s comments on Walmart are so very accurate. The people who have called the Bitterroot home since their birth or have moved here from other places enjoy the […]

  First, I must admit I’m puzzled as to why comments are being solicited, again. It has been determined that, and I thought settled, there is a more than adequate […]

  Here are the Five Republican Stages of Un-Denial: • 1981 – 2013: Man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people! • 2014: I’m not […]

  In 1972, nearly 240,000 acres of federal public land lying between Montana’s iconic Rocky Mountain Front and storied Blackfoot River Valley became the first acres in the nation to […]

By Cobey Williamson, Corvallis Allowing a Wal-Mart to be built in Hamilton is as good as giving up on the future of the Valley. It is admitting, wholesale, that we […]

After reading the Mill Creek sport climbers’ response to my letter regarding resource and wildlife concerns, plus law violations related to their unsustainable climbing scheme in Mill’s extraordinary canyon, it’s […]

  Regardless of what your opinion is of the Airport issue, you have to give Mayor Mim Mack credit for being well versed on the subject material. Someone from the […]

  It was touching to see the piece in the news about Suzy’s great compassion for Valerie Stamey, what a wonderful move to take the blame off of herself and […]

  Well, 85% of you folks put Mr. Daines into the House of Representatives under the same old tune that most politicians use: “More jobs, better, smaller government.” Let’s start […]

  I want to thank all who took time to write letters of opposition to the Ravalli County Airport runway extension. After some pressure from ICAARE and Senator Testor’s office, […]

By Rich Morrisey, Corvallis With minimal public notice and virtually no public awareness, our Commissioners are about to foist a major airport expansion on us. A revised and made to […]

  I clearly state, before the reader proceeds, I am a personal friend of Mayor Gene Mim Mack and that all of the following information is gathered from local publications […]

  Did we really hear on KPAX last week Commissioner Suzy Foss plead for some compassion for Valerie Scott Addis Stamey? Did she really say, “This is a life we’re […]

Our Savior Lutheran Church of Stevensville celebrates its 60th anniversary on Sunday, June 29th. Through thick and thin the Lord has blessed the congregation of Our Savior with faithful pastors […]

  Once upon a time in a small mountain kingdom there dwelt a woman possessed by hubris. One year during the time of choosing, her minions declared they must choose […]

Sunday I had a “brother” at church call me an extremist for my position against gay marriage and refuse to shake my hand. Now, if I have my facts right, […]

  The recent primary election results in Ravalli county sends a clear and strong message, which is simply, “Do The Right Thing.” There is plenty of hindsight speculation about crossover […]

  Recently politicians and special interest groups have been running TV ads advocating construction of the Keystone pipeline. The usual claims are that we need it for energy independence and […]

  My wife and I love living in the Bitterroot. Back in 1996 we were at the north end of a 3000 mile, self-contained mountain bike trip along the Continental […]