Opinion

  As our community continues to move forward on the path of providing a free, public skatepark for the Bitterroot, one of the questions that some are asking is about […]

  It was an historic day. The voting board showed all green, not a single red, or no, vote. Not even one! As the voting took place, which is just […]

By Patricia Meakin, Stevensville If we are going to fight wars, we should be willing to take care of our injured veterans in an expedient manner. Yet, hundreds of thousands […]

  In 1996, the Montana Freemen were a well-known group. I’ve heard Ravalli County Sheriff Printz rode out on horseback to negotiate their surrender, later to win a court case […]

  What is freedom? Is it a figment of our minds, a desire like trust, like faith, like love, hope or is it perhaps something similar to all of these […]

  Unlike reform, radical social change is “fixing” things on a grand scale – the old order has to be uprooted and destroyed. For us Americans, that means this: Gays, […]

  I’m still waiting to see if the County Commissioners will write into law that Ravalli County will enable a Justice of the Peace to execute any dog he pleases. […]

  Animal Protection and Control is once again in the headlines since the Commissioners are proposing another dog ordinance. There have been several misstatements and misconceptions I would like to […]

  This letter is especially for the Grantsdale students, faculty and parents. Growing up in rural Nebraska, I attended a two-room school with a total of 32 students. We were […]

  I want to thank Jerry Haslip for his predictable responses to my letters regarding economic policies. I was especially encouraged that Jerry disputed very little. When he did, he […]

  Ideology trumps facts in Commissioner Suzy Foss’ letter to the editor regarding the Forest Service application for in-stream water rights. Facts: The State controls water in Montana. The State […]

According to an ad and article in a local newspaper, there is a new way to make a sport more attractive so it will have a greater attendance. I hope […]

  Every Montanan knows the experience of opening the utility bill and wondering how the rates were decided. Paying those bills is a challenge for many Montana families. To insure […]

  I’d like to thank Commissioner Foss for coming up with a label I can finally live with. After decades of living and working in Montana, Idaho and Washington, working […]

  The grain bin has been raided. The previous governor was fond of saying how good a job Montana did budgeting its money and always making sure we had grain […]

  One of our own, Donald Morton of Victor, has reinvigorated a subdivision application that was first filed in 2006. The application for Legacy Ranch covers 395 acres between Stevensville […]

  By Evan D. Barrett, Director of Business & Community Outreach, Highlands College of Montana Tech Political anniversaries – it’s been 50 years since the March on Washington and Martin […]

  This is in response to a letter titled “Shameful outcome on dog fighting bill”, written by Kathleen Stachowski. Ms. Stachowski is the founder of an animal rights organization called […]

  Our property rights are under assault and we pay dearly to be assaulted. First, in order to have the means to assault our property, and us, the authorities must […]

  Your wildlife refuge is under attack from a Wyoming developer. A development with 639 residential units and 20 commercial units will be placed within 100 feet of the Lee […]