Opinion

by Daniel Krebs, Hamilton In early December, 2024, the environmental law organization, Earthjustice, drafted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to address the agency’s upcoming decision on delisting […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis On 12/24, Mark Snider dared us to “Fact Check This.” I know this is an Opinion page, but fact checking these lies and innuendo is like shooting […]

by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Decades ago I saw this business slogan. “We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you.” It is funny in […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton “NEW YORK (AP) —Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty […]

by Melora Neaves, Stevensville They say it takes a village, and on December 22, we saw it. I had posted on FB’s Moving Stevensville Forward page about wanting help finding somewhere […]

by Robert DoBell, Superintendent, Lone Rock School I wanted to take some time today to express my sincere gratitude, respect, thanks, support, and prayers that all of you have shown me […]

by Bill LaCroix, Victor Just an observation: Seems the “pro-trapping” letter writers here (as well as far-right, anti-wolf extremist, Jeff Burrows, inscrutably-occupying a powerful seat on a public-lands board) have “come […]

by Rep. David Bedey, HD 86, Hamilton In a recent letter, Missoula’s Brad Tschida accused me of failing to protect female legislators from “physical and mental abuse and anguish.” At […]

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville Be careful what you wish for. You might get it. Love him adoringly or hate him vehemently, in just a few days, Donald J. Trump will become […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Time to express my opinion again on what is happening in our country. Based upon some of the recent letters from other members of our community, it […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton Our Republican friends voted for Donald Trump to be President for the next four years. He promised great things like getting rid of the migrants (illegal and […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton After the January 6th attack on our nation’s capitol, the United States House Select Committee headed by a conservative Republican, was formed to investigate the insurrection. They […]

by Peg Brownlee, Florence Once again, the Fish and Wildlife Committee has kowtowed to the small minority of trappers in Montana and is allowing for no setbacks of traps on closed […]

by Brad Davis, Hamilton Finally someone has taken a stand against the anti-trappers by issuing the correct decision to do away with setbacks on closed Forest Service roads in Ravalli County. […]

by Brad Tschida, Missoula The MT House Rules Committee met on 12/3/2024 to determine if men should be allowed to use women’s bathrooms at the Montana State Capitol. At issue is […]

by KC York, President, Trap Free Montana Peering through Montana’s wildlife management smoke and mirrors.  A bear shadow was cast as Governor Gianforte’s priority to delist grizzlies was the marker for […]

by Bill Jones, Stevensville Perhaps the poster boy example of the restricted source information gathering practiced by so many voters nowadays could be the Nov. 20 LTE titled “Will Tester apologize.” […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton Our founding fathers, like John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Paine, John Penn and Benjamin Franklin, wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence due to the […]

by Archie L Thomas, Corvallis There was a time when Montana and the nation had a Republican and a Democratic party that was fiscally conservative, socially responsible and dealt with public […]

by Bill Cavanaugh, Corvallis Why is it that every time there is a drawn-out election count, the Republican is ahead but the Democrat somehow after 30-40 days wins? Happened in 2020, […]