Opinion

By Ann Bethea (for) Florence Civic Club In 1980, when Steve and Sue Schertenleib first bought the market in downtown Florence (then called Economy IGA), there were two shelves of […]

By Judith Giglio (for) members of the Stevensville High School Class of 1967 There’s nothing like friends; friends who have known you for years, who still remember and care. There […]

  As a Vietnam veteran who served in Vietnam I remember very clearly that it was an extremely unpopular war. There were no signs in airports welcoming us home nor […]

Barbara Bush said to the Republican Party last week, “OK, we lost. Get over it, and get on with it!” She expressed the sentiments of the majority of US citizens […]

Water is essential to all life. The value of our property, our homes and even the ability of people to exist and maintain a livelihood depends upon availability and use […]

  This morning I opened the newspaper to the Opinion page before I looked at the “funnies.” My goodness! Jerry Haslip really outperformed Peanuts. His rantings are always amusing but […]

  Unfortunately, Ravalli county elections left a bad situation unchanged.  Excellent candidates were not chosen by the electorate to unseat the five incumbent Ravalli County commissioners, whose abysmal record will […]

  The Republican Party needs to have a serious conversation with the Libertarian Party. If they don’t, it will be increasingly difficult to win a statewide election in Montana. The […]

  On October 30th, I was unloading my two horses at the Larry Creek Trailhead when I had a serious accident. After unloading the first horse, I was inside the […]

  This letter is written to all of those irrational, illogical, and unthinking Americans who voted for Obama and Senate Democrats in the recent election. Common sense is a virtue, […]

  Social Security was one of the best programs that Franklin D. Roosevelt started for the Seniors. FDR set this up so that the American workers would have a guaranteed […]

  The Augusta High School Student Council is trying to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. We came up with the idea of how much money we could […]

By Paul Hayes, Stevensville   The long-awaited Lee Metcalf NWR Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) was issued to the public at the end of September, 2012. The Friends of the Lee […]

  Why are the same people who get so exercised about out of state influence on Montana’s elections so uninterested in out of state influence on our livelihoods? Too many […]

By Toddy Perryman, Ravalli County Recycling volunteer coordinator For the past two years or so, the non-profit organization Ravalli County Recycling (RCR) has been providing recycling services to Ravalli County […]

  This past week the local newspapers have printed the first negative letters regarding John Ormiston’s run for County Commissioner. This last-minute criticism from the Republicans hopefully means that John’s […]

Is there something wrong with Corvallis Schools sponsorship of a day called “Mix It Up”? No, the concept of the day and having students sitting with other students whom they […]

I would like to thank the Main Street Association, the Design Committee and Community Donors, for helping to create a more attractive, enticing and safer Main Street. The improvements have […]

  The current state or our nation, our state, and our county demand that we elect the best person for every elected office this November 6th, in order to elect […]

  Public service is a business where people try to convince others to elect them to oversee the money, policies, and operation of government  at the local, state and national […]