by David A. Merrick, Corvallis – Now that the legislating period is nearly over it has become once again clear to me that all our local legislators tend to restrict […]
Opinion
Thanks from Beta Sigma Phi
Dear Editor, The Ravalli County Beta Sigma Phi chapters thank the citizens and businesses of the Bitterroot Valley for their support of our annual Good Friday Tulip Sale. The local […]
Fake attack on President
Dear Editor, The other day Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan launched a verbal assault on Barack Obama. Shortly after those two racists attacked Obama, the spokesman for the New Black […]
Ravalli County Airport – DOA
Dear Editor, The first “act of decency” by Commissioner/Chairman J.R. Iman would be an apology to the Citizens of Ravalli County for the disrespectful, arrogant, non-transparent meeting which was conducted […]
Commissioners making mistake
Dear Editor, Open letter to Commissioners: This letter is written on behalf of my clients, ICAARE, and other concerned citizens regarding the proposed expansion of the Ravalli County Airport. The […]
Support for Ravalli County Airport improvements
by George Marshall, Flight Instructor, Aviation Safety Coordinator, Pilot, Airport Board member, Hamilton Growth and change do not come easily. There are always those who fear the passing of the […]
Support for Clean Air Act
Montanans value a lot of things about their state: clean air being one of them. But lately clean air in the Big Sky and elsewhere has been under attack. Some member […]
Coordination nothing new
During a recent meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Ravalli County to consider the appointment of a new planning administrator, several people raised objection to coordination and spoke […]
Concern over county airport plans
By ICAARE Doug Nation, Terry Park, Phyllis Bookbinder and others Be watchful of the Commissioners’ actions regarding the airport. Since 2000, ICAARE (Informing Citizens Against Airport Runway Expansion) has been […]
Re: Mortenson/Krakauer/60 Minutes
Dear Editor, Since when do we take CBS News and Jon Krakauer as gospel? “60 Minutes” might have a better reputation than Glenn Beck but the ENTIRE CBS News organization (and […]
Weed policy is bad government
Dear Editor, It is interesting to watch the Weed Board with their newly found powers granted by the County Commissioners. I am not a cartoonist, but if I were, my political […]