Opinion

  I am writing this as a response to last Wednesday’s letter to the editor “Don’t accept the gay agenda.” Since I am fortunate enough to have the amazing and […]

  It is a favorite mantra of the right wing in Ravalli County to say that our previous Commissioners caused numerous lawsuits at significant cost to the County. If the […]

  This is an open letter to the voters in Ravalli County, to anyone running for office, all elected officials, and specifically to the members of the StEP committee. I […]

By Terry Moran, Chapter President of PFLAG Hamilton-Bitterroot, Michael P. Moran, MD As proud parents of a gay daughter and founding members of PFLAG Bitterroot-Hamilton, we would like to thank […]

  I have been out of town for a while and just caught up a bit on the news. Is it true that Greg Chilcott and Matt Kanenwisher of the […]

  Judging by the Ravalli County Commissioners’ predator policy, it is obvious that irrationality trumps science again. We recently provided the Commissioners with our published study, Observations of Brachygnathia Superior […]

As Parents and Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) become more open and visible in the community it is good for county residents to understand their agenda. They […]

  A funny thing happened this morning while I was watching the morning news. The announcer said, “The Senate has passed a bill to handle the problem of senators inside […]

Mitt Romney’s the Republican establishment’s choice for President. So was George W. Bush. “W” was good with a chainsaw, someone you could drink a beer with and do some fishin’. […]

  By Cathy Scholtens, Stevensville The Ravalli County Commissioners’ draft policy for managing large predators lists four laudable priorities: protecting the health and safety of people; protecting the safety of […]

  Freedom-loving Americans want to live in a society in which the only limits set by government are those that contribute to our collective safety and protect our God-given liberties. […]

  This is the third time you and your newspaper have misled the citizens of Ravalli County on the same issue of Saddle Hills Subdivision Settlement. You have not checked […]

  The letter from Virginia Bolen concerning Commissioner Ron Stoltz was very disturbing for me. Having been in a commission meeting with Bolen and watching her making fun of Ron […]

  As a long-time resident and sportsman in Montana, I oppose the Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act (HR1581/S1087) co-sponsored by Rep. Denny Rehberg. This terrible bill claims it will […]

  This is a tale of two county employees, That I have personally witnessed ocuring at the county commissioner meetings. One is still working for the county, the other was […]

  By Geoff Feiss, General Manager, Montana Telecommunications Association Last week, 24 US Senators, including Montana’s Senators Tester and Baucus, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging […]

  It’s time our County Attorney represents public interests! For instance, this last year, on the east side, north of Stevensville, we’ve seen standing water in new places, for a […]

  The Ravalli County Board of Commissioners reached an all time low last Friday when they fired Road and Bridge Department supervisor Ohnstad. Apparently he is being made the scapegoat […]

  In the past nine months I have attended at least 17 meetings of the Ravalli County Commissioners. These meetings have covered all sorts of topics – the Flatiron subdivision, […]

  My wife and I decided we needed a new 30″ gas cooktop for our kitchen. Since it originally came from Sears, we went to our “local” Sears store looking […]