Opinion

By Marty Essen, Victor As a professional speaker, I’ve spent much of the past four years performing at colleges across the country. While the subject of my show is rare […]

Someday, one day, any day that comes along I’ll promise to finish that task, providing nothing goes wrong. I made that promise a long time past It didn’t get done […]

Dear Editor, On June 9, our commissioners wasted half an hour of taxpayers’ time and money giving a regrettably inadequate presentation on “coordination”, their far-right scheme to use truncated, Civil […]

Dear Editor, The Flat Iron show is back in town. 450 acres, 389 houses, plus condos for another 162 residents, plus 4 commercial developments. These are “plans,” one can only […]

by Kathleen Stachowski, Other Nations, Lolo Animal rights (AR) supporters were recently demonized in a guest column by Theresa Manzella of Willing Servants Christian horse rescue group. Willing Servants has […]

Dear Editor, The national debt, now above $14 trillion, is equal to about 95% of our GDP. That’s up from 51% in 1988. Now, every man, woman and child living […]

Dear Editor, I am undergoing my second round of cancer. I feel that only I can decide how much pain and loss of ‘quality of life’ I can endure. No […]

Dear Editor, I offer my personal observations from the June 13, 2011 Town Council Meeting of Stevensville. The primary reason for my attendance was Item B under Unfinished Business – […]

by Theresa Manzella, Willing Servants Any time we send out a mailing concerning the horse harvesting situation, we always get several responses. Fortunately, most of them are positive and supportive […]

Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Stevensville Super 1 Foods – Barry, Rich, Maryann, John, Shawna and James – and the girls at Ridgeway Pharmacy and the Coca-Cola […]

Dear Editor, I have had an undying affection for this waterway for 65 years, ever since my brother-in-law took me to fish it for the first time. At that time […]

Dear Editor, I have to really question if the Town of Stevensville truly wants to have a Community Pool? The Community Pool season has once again been delayed. It seems […]

Oh, it’s good that we recycle things when we’ve got a place to go And the Fairgrounds are the present place but the commissioners say, “No!” So where will we […]

by W.C. Bolen, Hamilton – Our educational system is in deep trouble. In a recent letter to you a writer stated that 90% of those testifying at the May 26 […]

Dear Editor, On behalf of Pantry Partners Food Bank, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the Post Office Food Drive on Saturday, May 14th. We appreciate the […]

by Marty Essen, Victor Every spring in the Bitterroot Valley we have our own reality show: “Are You Smarter than a Black Bear?” This morning, as I made the mile-long […]

Oh , RCWATCHDOG has a site Where we can keep in touch With how Ravalli County’s run. You know, taxes, zones and such. Down at the County Building The Commission […]

Dear Editor, The recent action of the Ravalli County Commissioners whereby they voted as a block to rescind or nullify resolution #1244 opened the door for them to replace an […]

Dear Editor, The Stevensville High School Class of 1981 will hold its 30th class reunion this year on August 5-7, the same weekend as the 99th Annual Creamery Picnic. Planning […]

Dear Editor, I read an interesting editorial in the WSJ (4/1/11) written by Stephen Moore, a senior economics writer. Mr. Moore states that today in America there are nearly twice […]