Opinion

The Southern Poverty Law Center founded in 1971 is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry. Some of the issues of social injustice on which they […]

  By Marina Weatherly, Stevensville The Ravalli County Commissioners are currently in the process of changing our existing Sign Regulations to permit installation of mega- billboards along the Highway 93 […]

The change being considered for the maximum allowable size for a billboard to 672 sf is not a change my household supports. The current allowable size of 32 sf is […]

I’ve just been made aware of the changes to the billboard ordinance which are being discussed. I think increasing the size of billboards by 2000% is unnecessary and intrusive. I […]

Are you fricking kidding? These new sign regulations sure sound like a joke! There is no excuse for allowing these ridiculous sized signs. I am against signs that are anywhere […]

  We are appalled at the idea of the increase in the size of advertising signs – we moved here 20 years ago because of the beauty of the Valley, […]

I understand that the present Ravalli County Commissioners are revisiting and considering revoking the present Ravalli County Sign Ordinance that sets limits for off-premise road signs on Highway 93 and […]

  I don’t usually write letters to editors, but this letter really got to me! This is in answer to Ms. Julia I. Fernandez-Clegg from Chicago (Letters Sept. 12, 2012). […]

  It has been my privilege over the past 15 years to work and become friends with John Ormiston who is running for a seat on the Ravalli County Board […]

  Thank you to the Lone Rock Bible Church’s Men Group for rerouting part of the trail in the River Park, and cutting away the windfalls. Every winter and spring […]

By Sarah and Andy Roubik, Corvallis If the current sign ordinance changes that are being discussed are implemented, the maximum sized off premise sign allowed on highway 93 in Ravalli […]

  One has to commend the members of the Board of Directors and the many volunteers that constitute the “Ravalli County Recycling” group in Hamilton. They have done a remarkable […]

  I recently attended a meeting in Hamilton, Montana regarding the Bitteroot Valley Natural Resource Policy which is located at http://www.rc.mt.gov/planning/range.mcpx. I am in support of the above-referenced policy. This […]

I’m writing today to ask voters to reelect President Barack Obama and our farmer-Senator Jon Tester. Let me provide some insight as to why a conservative 84 year old great […]

  The truth is out – the Obama administration knew that the Benghazi attack was pre-planned within 24 hours afterward! Yet members of the Obama administration – including Obama, Clinton, […]

  The people of the United States continue to hear of deaths and horrible injuries to our brave men and women in war zones while Republican Governors and Legislators around […]

  It is reassuring to realize that there are people that have the courage to write letters and to speak out in defense of our rapidly disappearing wildlife. The letter […]

  Should we sacrifice our Constitutional Rights at the altar of Foreign Policy? This election year has brought to the forefront a policy of appeasement and apology that puts foreign […]

For many weeks now, we have been suffering from the effects of wildfires on our health, our livestock, and our homes. Small fires, that because of long standing policy, have […]

Montana will probably vote for Mitt Romney as President, but without having Denny Rehberg in the Senate to remove Harry Reed as Senate boss, Romney would have to act in […]