Opinion

  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 […]

By Gary Milner and Jennifer Knell, Corvallis, and others listed below From the newspaper we learned that Michael Moore and Dane Scott of Missoula are developing Mill Creek in the […]