Opinion

By Corrine Gantt, Hamilton Theresa Manzella, bless her heart, declared today on her campaign Facebook page, Manzella for Montana, that, in the interest of unity, she will take up the standard […]

By Kenneth Brown Jr., Hamilton A firearm has saved my life, both as a combat infantry man, Korean War, 1950, with three Purple Hearts, and as a Treasury and FBI agent, […]

By Roy Morton, Corvallis The more government plans the less the individual can plan. In other words, the more government plans and controls the life of the individual the less options […]

By Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville REMEMBER all those “flyers” you received in the mail? Yes, how could we forget? If you look closely at them you will see, if they were distributed […]

By Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Have you made up your mind on who you will vote for? I assume most have but let me throw out a few thoughts for those who […]

By Sue Devlin, Stevensville An out of the blue FB message was sent to a local business here in Stevi earlier this week: it was from someone who calls himself/herself Patrick […]

By Joseph C. Gallagher Jr., Stevensville Our reality and our future? If these numbers are true for 10/24/20, are we the new Neanderthal species on this planet and China the new […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville In just a few days, Montanans will go to the polls and vote their preferences on office holders and issues. One of these issues is whether marijuana […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Do you stop at stop signs and stop lights? What are they for? Yes, to protect you and the people around you.  How is that any different […]

By John and Carolyn Snively, Missoula Despite the outrageous lies her opponent and his supporters tell in their ads, Kathleen Williams has an unimpeachable record of service to Montana and its […]

By Jennifer Stoneking, Missoula This November, Montanans will be able to vote on the initiatives I-190 and CI-118 to legalize recreational marijuana. I-190 details the legalization, regulation, and taxation while CI-118 […]

By Sarah Roubik, Corvallis We are so lucky for the opportunity to have Laura Merrill represent Ravalli County in Helena!  I have done business with Laura for over 26 years and […]

By Morris Pearl, Chair, Patriotic Millionaires 215,000 American are dead from COVID-19, at least 25 million people are unemployed, and permanent job losses are increasing. The economic damage is most […]

By Arlene Helmbrecht, Victor The rebuilding or renovation of St. Francis church has been divisive and contentious. Soon the Zoning Board will make their decision. We will move after all legal […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton Colorado citizens had to make the same decision, and they decided wrong. They were told that allowing recreational marijuana would bring in additional tax revenues. It didn’t. […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor Pay close attention. Sometimes what you don’t see, read or hear may be just as important as what you do. In reading a few political advertisements for […]

By Bill Jones, Stevensville OK, I’ve been pretty busy this year and could have missed something, so maybe I can find someone to explain how a local state legislator of several […]

By John Ringer, Darby 1. The legalization of recreational marijuana in states such as California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado brought a flood of marijuana users into those states from states where […]

By David Parsons and Suzi Kimzey Parsons, Florence Those of us who live in the northern Bitterroot Valley are lucky to be able to vote for a candidate like Margaret Gorski […]

By Leanna Rodabaugh, Stevensville I don’t understand. I don’t understand how anyone would vote to retain the mayor. This man has corrupted our town. Anyone who disagrees with him is called […]