Opinion

The early colonists in this country fought hard against taxation without representation. They gave their lives to be free of Great Britain’s tyranny. It seems to me that the public […]

  Regarding Legacy Ranch Subdivision, I would like to sincerely thank the two Planning Board members who wisely voted against approval. Robert Myers and especially Howard Eldredge showed great wisdom […]

  Did we spend too much, or, not enough? The answer of course is in one’s perspective. In the end it turned out that this session had three groups of […]

  On Saturday, April 14th, the power up Skalkaho and Grantsdale was out for about half an hour. I’m with Ravalli Electric Co-op who gets their power from NorthWestern Energy. […]

  The Legacy Ranch subdivision, which has no public support, is an environmental and legal disaster waiting to happen. Behind it is some fishy politics that compel us to follow […]

  Recently I have noticed heavy coverage in local news about the Flatiron residential planning and most recently the Legacy Ranch residential development. In 1979 when my wife and I […]

  One of the offices that we will be voting for is for a member of the School Board. One of the contenders, Lee J. Tickell, is listed on the […]

  The Stevensville High School Art program would like to publicly acknowledge and thank River’s Mist Gallery in Stevensville, owned by Gretchen Spiess. Gretchen donated her gallery for the month […]

  One week remaining, and several of the big bills still remain in flux. The big question (back when I was a young feller we used to say this is […]

By Stevensville Planning Board: Aimee Cavill, Mel Cook, Dan Cranston, Mark Adams, Desera Towle and Ben Longbottom   The Stevensville Planning and Zoning Board is presently reviewing and proposing updates […]

By Andy Roubik, Corvallis For many years, one of the chief forms of community involvement in the Bitterroot has been rallying to fight the next outrageous subdivision. There have been […]

  Inside the maze is confusing – Are bills like Lazarus? Last term I was looking through the window into the maze. This session, even though I am actually standing […]

  Somehow I cannot believe that the Ravalli County Planning Board has not yet figured out that it needs to listen to the public it represents! It seems obvious that […]

  “Only an armed people are a sovereign people and only armed people are free.” Really? I don’t exactly want to argue, just to point out that very few people […]

  The ability to comment on proposed state and federal government regulations is an important right for all Americans. Since we live in a republic, not a direct democracy, public […]

  Four of five comments concerning my March 8, 2013 letter to the editor said I lied. I quoted but didn’t list references for three studies, all of which should […]

  I am formally requesting that Commissioners Foss and Stoltz recuse themselves from deliberating about and voting on Legacy Ranch Subdivision. Commissioners Stoltz and Foss both received maximum contributions from […]

By Diane Wright, Chief Development Officer, American Red Cross of Montana When Hurricane Sandy struck last October, Montana Brownie Troop 3623 immediately took action. Realizing that many hurricane victims did […]

Interesting letters in the paper of late: freedom, freemen, water and dog rights. What is freedom? So many definitions and so many passionate pleas. We must know what it is […]

  The Ravalli County Commissioners Still working on the railroad   Now, what to do with The coming “payload”   Never should have got there (and that includes Stevi and […]