Opinion

by Pam Morris, Stevensville I was horrified when I got my mail-in ballot and discovered there were next to no Democrats running in our county. My first question was, are folks […]

by Tony Jones, President, Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association (RCFWA) is one of the oldest sportsman’s clubs in the State of Montana with roots […]

by Maria Hipp, Darby   My grandparents were drawn to this Valley not for the beauty, but for the promise of a paycheck and a steady living. My grandfather moved to […]

by Friends of the Lee Metcalf NWR Board Members: Paul Hayes, Tom Puchlerz, Skip Kowalski, Sharon Schroeder, Jim Schroeder, Jay Gore We all love living here in the Bitterroot Valley, […]

by Kelly Whitmoyer, Corvallis I am writing to ask you all to consider voting “YES” on November 8th to renew the Ravalli County Open Lands Bond. Here’s why:  I was born […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Do you read Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters from an American”? She is a political historian who lives in Maine with her lobsterman husband, teaches at Boston […]

by Marc L. Sabin, Corvallis Those of you who attended the GOP meeting of candidates last Wednesday at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds in Hamilton heard Ryan Zinke talk about the need […]

by Charles Mabbott, Darby On October 25, the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, issued a report on fossil fuel’s threat to human health and called for immediate action to reduce fossil […]

by Bonnie Glasser, Stevensville In response to the October 5 letter from John Schneeberger, I find it interesting that he begins by stating that rapid climate change is difficult to tackle […]

by Richard Armerding, Missoula Ed Sperry’s letter to the editor in the 10/26 edition is surprising. He claims that a vote for John Lamb, Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House, will […]

by Bob Williams, Stevensville The purpose of government is to protect the people from factions of the rich and powerful – Federalist paper #10. You might have heard that “Democracy is […]

by Wanda LaCroix, Missoula As Americans struggle with high gas prices, oil giants are rolling in massive profits. Exxon Mobile broke records, raking in 19.66 billion and Chevron amassed 11.23 billion […]

by Hillery Daily, ND, LAc, Hamilton; Allison Young, MD, FAAP, Missoula; Emory Hoelscher-Hull, student, Montana State University In the summer of 2017, Internal Medicine Physician and Missoula resident Dr. Tom Roberts suffered a […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton I am writing in response to Patty Franklin’s letter entitled “Democrats are complete failures.’’ It is a matter of public record that the Democrats have accomplished many […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville   I ask for those who may be considering voting for the Libertarian candidate John Lamb to consider the effect of a vote for […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton   Extremism grows out of fear – fear of not getting into heaven, fear that someone will take our stuff, fear that people will think we’re not […]

by Gary Leese, Stevensville Montana – the Last best Place, a big-time advertisement for several years recently. Today Ravalli County has been discovered as a place of beauty.  We have a […]

by Tim Adams, Stevensville I’m irked you let Jon Tester have free rein to just copy and paste his talking points into the paper.  FYI Tester is correct when he says […]

by Sapphire Community Health Board of Directors: J. William (Bill) Peters, MD; Judy Griffin, RN; Jim Morton; Dixie Stark The Sapphire Community Health Board of Directors opposes ballot measure LR-131, standing together with the broader […]

by Elliott Oppenheim, Florence Is our America invincible? We may soon get the answer.  Several hundred delusional candidates are running for offices throughout the country in the mid-term elections. They have […]