Opinion

by DW Shumway, Stevensville Fellow restless Americans! I have a solution: Let’s give actual representative government a try and see if the electorate can’t do better than the donor-compromised, lobby-compromised, […]

by Wes Wells, Department Chair, Stevensville HS Social Studies On behalf of the students and Social Studies staff of Stevensville High School, I would like to extend our appreciation to […]

by Archie L. Thomas, Corvallis I have never witnessed a greater lost listening opportunity than by Representative Zinke’s delegation during the 1/28/26 commissioners’ meeting. The disregard for public input or […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville I’ve been in three recent hacks of my personal information, and recently I read in the Montana Free Press it happened again through Christi Jacobsen, our […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton This past Thursday, Republican leader of the Senate, John Thune, said that if the Democrats do not come to an agreement with the Republicans on funding […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton I was just wondering. How many persons that were arrested at the January 6th insurrection and sent to jail and then pardoned by Trump, are ICE […]

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton I support David Bedey as State Senator for District 43.  Dave has served as our REPRESENTATIVE from HD 86. Dave Bedey has served the people of […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis A recent newspaper article detailed the challenges that election officials face across the state. And I went “Uh oh. Here we go again.”  So let’s head […]

by Peter Lethenstrom, Stevensville The wheels of the Gods grind slow, but they grind exceedingly FINE!

by Sen. Bob Phalen, SD 17, Glendive Governor Greg Gianforte made Montanans proud by joining with standout conservative leaders like Ron DeSantis in sending our national guard troops not overseas, […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton I was just wondering. How many persons that were arrested at the January 6th insurrection and sent to jail and then pardoned by Trump, are ICE […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis The terrific trio of true representation in the valley! Taxes going down! Across Montana – on television, radio, streaming services, mailers, and social media – tens […]

by Toddy Perryman, Hamilton White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media on Saturday: “Plenty of countries in history have experimented with importing a foreign labor […]

by William (Bill) Campbell, Conner Sheep Creek Manifesto. “USCM response….” This is more of the same, so passing by the fluff and getting down to what matters, let’s go straight […]

by Steve Jones, Corvallis Barb, I lived in Arizona. Barbara McNey’s appalled at ICE protests. I’m appalled she feels that way. If the situation has devastated the southwest, why is […]

by Jose Selig, Darby We have all been hearing unkind things about both political parties. I believe it would be beneficial to change those words into something constructive, especially considering […]

by Lea Bossler, Florence My grandfathers both served in WWII to end the spread of fascist cruelty and Nazi racism, punctuated with atomic bombs and “Never Again.” This isn’t just […]

by Bill Salterberg, Stevensville Trump’s Tough Guy Border Patrol looked very cowardly and fearful when they pepper sprayed and then gang tackled and killed a VA ICU nurse in Minneapolis, […]

by Archie Thomas, Corvallis An estimated 50 plus residents were present at a recent (1/26/26) County Commissioners’ meeting intending to address Ryan Zinke’s delegation listed on agenda. Due to an […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis If you’re looking for hard hitting news, and not interested in puff propaganda, get the “X” app and follow independent journalists. You’d know through Nick Sortor […]