Opinion

By H.E. “Red” Caldwell, President, Bitter Root Valley Historical Society Board of Directors The Bitter Root Valley Historical Society (BRVHS) is a non-profit organization established to preserve and interpret the […]

Florence doing its part Dear Editor, The Florence Civic Club agrees that the medians both north and south of Florence are unsightly. The Florence Civic Club lobbied MDOT to install […]

  The Stevensville Town Council is bogged down by so many problems it’s hard to know where to start the digging out. Last Monday, a roomful of citizens turned out […]

  If only… Dear Editor, I am fascinated by the fact that Marc Cooke, Co President West, National Wolfwatchers Coalition, states, without any doubt, “a shot in the air could […]

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By V.A. Ciliberti, Hamilton Not unexpectedly the Tea Party is once again being attacked by the political left because of its basic philosophy which can be defined as: 1. Adherence […]

  Ravalli County budget crisis Dear Editor, Ravalli County needs five Commissioners like Michael Moore needs a  supreme pizza. Ravalli is the only one of the 56 Montana counties with […]

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By Doris Adam, Hamilton “…it’s just a matter of math.”–That’s what County Commissioner Matt Kanenwisher calls the laying off of 20 hardworking, hardscrabble county workers, or 10% of our county […]

  Support family planning clinic Dear Editor, Do you live in Ravalli County? Do you care about preserving life? Our US constitution? How about the rule of law? If you […]

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  The news from Stevensville this week is dire. When adults are unable to work together for the betterment of their community, it’s a sad day. Now the mayor and […]

By Glenn Kimball, Corvallis Communism’s architect, Karl Marx, prescribed methods to overthrow governments and first install Socialism, followed inevitably by pure Communism. He wrote, “Socialize medicine first, then all other […]

Sad day Dear Editor, To the person who took our red Old Town canoe: It is a sad time when we have to tell our grandchildren there are dishonest people […]

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Putting space program in perspective Dear Editor, The completion of the scheduled Shuttle mission and its return to earth ends a historic program of near earth space operations and the […]

How about a little transparency? Almost every candidate for public office makes a promise that, if elected, he or she will work hard to make the government more transparent and […]

Paying our debts Dear Editor, Our ears are bombarded by so much verbal inane nonsense over the airways and TV’s, so many political sound bites, it is extremely difficult to […]

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By John Cook, Stevensville Shame on you, Senator Shockley! Your recent opinion titled, ‘Medical Marijuana Court Order Troubling’, really does trouble me. For here, not only have you missed the […]

Dear Editor, Last Spring Greg Chilcott leaned across the commissioners’ desk and announced to the citizens in attendance, “It’s a new paradigm, folks.” In other words, decisions are going to […]

Dear Editor, Since the early 1970’s the Ravalli County family planning program has provided critical health services for low-income men and women in the Bitterroot. For decades, thousands of clients […]

Dear Editor, I am fervently hoping that in the matter of continued Family Planning funding, our Ravalli County Commissioners do not allow their personal religious and moral beliefs to outweigh […]

Dear Editor, Let’s consider what liberal 2012 voters should remember about Obama’s distinguished performance as president of our country so far – can’t think of one good thing! Now, let’s […]

Dear Editor, I was at an event in Missoula last week. We wonder why our country is in trouble. I talked to a person who admitted being a communist, and […]