Opinion

  Who is Barack Obama, nee Barry Soetero? He is an enigma. I pose the question, because it lingers like an itch that can’t be scratched. • He campaigned against […]

  Kudos to Mr. Evan Jordan of Frenchtown for his letter of 8/27/12 in which he contests Representative Denny Rehberg’s use of taxpayer money to support his candidacy for Senator. […]

Rain, rain, come again Before we blow away. The grass is brown, The river’s down And smoke is in the air.   I guess it’s feeling autumn, And the temperatures […]

Last month, on the Interstate highway between Gold Creek and Drummond, transporting a fellow Montanan to Seattle to attend to her daughter’s dying, I changed a flat right front tire […]

By Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale President Obama is like a superbly capable, super competitive ball player who inexplicably keeps running the ball in the wrong direction. Because of the mega-media’s […]

By Marc Cooke, Wolves of the Rockies, Stevensville I recently attended the three-day Wildlife Summit in Boise, Idaho. This Wildlife Summit was conceived to achieve several goals. A steady downturn […]

  I am a teacher in Chicago, Illinois. I ride the bus to go to work almost every day and recently I noticed the posters displayed inside the bus promoting […]

  Mr. Dewey, I am not sure where you grew up, or what words you use to describe a community, but I can assure you, I know what a community […]

  The Bitter Root Water Forum recently completed a sediment reduction project on a section of Three Mile Creek Road. Because of highly erosive soils in the drainage, Three Mile […]

  Several years ago a friend of mine, Rhoda Cargill from Troy, MT, told me about a book recommended by her father, a scientist at Argonne Laboratories. a Chicago scientific […]

  Having just participated in the No Coal Export Action which took place at our state capitol last week, I want to tell my friends and neighbors just why I […]

Thank you for providing a forum for political dialogue. I respond to two August 15th letters. First, regarding “Liberals create despair.” Most liberals, like most conservatives, are working people who […]

  Once again, I am compelled to respond to Van P. Keele’s left wing political blather published on opinion pages of Ravalli County newspapers recently. I generally agree with much […]

  On behalf of Pantry Partners Food Bank I would like to thank Colleen Miller who manages the Stevensville Community Garden for all she has done for us. Thanks to […]

  We made it! The project is near finalization and the summer weather has cooperated beautifully. The information below is provided to advise about the planters and amenities. How the […]

  By Tonia Bloom, Hamilton I have been following with great interest the controversy over the management of the Chief Joseph Pass cross-country ski area.  For decades my family and […]

My friend John Ormiston has decided to put his hat in the race for Ravalli County Commissioner. John has asked that I be his campaign Treasurer even though I have […]

When the Annie E. Casey Foundation released its 2012 data report last week, it provided a mixed bag of statistics that suggest both progress and problems in terms of how […]

You’ve got to hand it to Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans. They’re bold, in-your-face, and generally honest about their vision for America. Their agenda was made ever more clear in […]

By Kelsey Milner, President, Bitterrooters for Planning As you may be aware, our county commissioners are in a public process of editing a draft policy for natural resource use on […]