If you saw the legal notice regarding the Burnt Fork Estates Subdivision in the Bitterroot Star, page 16 of the Aug. 26, 2020, paper, you saw …
Fans of solar energy celebrated last week in Helena after the Public Service Commission rejected a utility's plan that would have priced most …
In rural areas across the state, critical access hospitals are constantly balancing their mission to offer high quality care to our neighbors …
Tricie Callaghan-Stover’s recent commentary published here is unfortunate, both for its distortions of the facts and for the surprisingly divi…
I'll start with another quote. It's from Google and expresses the meaning intended by Yeats way back in 1919. “It means chaos is descending up…
I was taught in forestry school to analyze problems and opportunities by gathering all the data available and find a solution or make a decisi…
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“On August 8th 2019, President Trump authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrest 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi. A…
I read Theresa's Manzella's Op-Ed and did not find it to be slanderous. She focused on facts. For Nancy Ballance to ask the Central Committee …
Ever since the Supreme Court told us ignorant people that corporations were people too, and, could contribute as much money as they desired to…
It’s both humbling and gratifying to see the community come together for the River. On August 10th, the Bitter Root Water Forum hosted our ann…
It all began in Iran in 1977, when Mehran Nasseri, who had recently returned from studying in England, was expelled from Iran for protesting a…
I am grateful today, Sunday, August 11th, for Theresa Manzella’s op. ed. about standing on principles in the “Ravalli Republic.” She is upset …
When Donald Trump wishes to defend his bigotry, he calls people of color “racists.” When U.S. Sen. Steve Daines wishes to defend whatever he’s…
Rather than helping Montana regain a second U.S. House seat, Republican Sen. Fred Thomas has chosen to take partisan political potshots and sp…
As the Districting and Apportionment Commission begins their work, I am encouraged by the leadership of the commission’s presiding officer – S…
Watching the residents of Hong Kong today should make us stop and think. The residents of Hong Kong are standing up singing American patriotic…
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For decades, Montanans have sought a path towards resolving the management of more than a half-million acres of public lands designated as wil…
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President Trump claims to be the greatest champion of rural states like Montana, but he continues to decimate our communities. His latest atta…
Political parties in the U.S. are built on the “big tent” idea. Our political system at all levels evolved early on to one of majority rule. T…
It was a few years ago that the Supreme Court granted the very wealthy the ability to use their vast amounts of money to control the elected o…
We have arrived at the midway point of the 66th legislative session with a lot accomplished and a minimum of diversions. Getting things done s…
