Opinion
Editor, I’m proud to contribute to Montana’s biggest industry as a farmer. We put food on the table for families across the country and the world, but we need the support of our leaders to continue doing our job. President Trump is renegotiating trade deals that are crucial to Montana ranchers and farmers’ success, and Senator Daines has worked alongside the President to put Montana agriculture first. Steve Daines played a key role in securing three historic trade deals with our four largest trading partners – Mexico, Canada, Japan and China. These deals have allowed Montana farmers and ranchers to finally start competing on a level playing...
Editor, Dr. Linda Reksten is an outstanding legislative candidate in House District 12. She is a fourth-generation resident of Polson. She has a distinguished 34-year career in education, with 17 years as an elementary school principal, four years as Polson School Superintendent and wrote two books ...
Editor, Politics. Let me be clear: I don’t enjoy it. Fundraising calls disguised as opinion polls, one-liner character assassinations (did you know Candidate X collects dead body parts? Think about that!), endless repetitions of attack ads that don’t address competency or record, etc etc...
Editor, To the undecided and independents: you will decide the next make up of our state’s political leaders and national representatives. You are the ones that determine our collective voice. Please be responsible and use your voice through your ballot. A Montana impartial political histor...
Editor, I am writing in support of Gerry Browning who is running for MT HD12. Browning’s experience in the medical field and as a business owner gives her a wide range of knowledge and experience to represent her constituents and the state of Montana. She believes in responsible government and...
Editor, My name is Tim Huls, and I am a recently retired dairy farmer in Ravalli County and past president of the Montana Dairy Association. I am writing to strongly encourage the voters in District 47 to send Daniel Solomon back to the Montana Senate. I got to know Dan when we both served in lea...
Editor, Every election cycle, we ask ourselves what it is that we need as a community and what are the qualities and qualifications we are looking for in those vying to represent us in Helena. We believe that Linda Reksten is the person we are looking for as she runs for House District 12 State Representa...
Robert Earl Staudenmayer, 34, of Bigfork, was sentenced at District Court in Polson on Sept. 17 to ten years in the Montana State Prison with no parole eligibility for bail jumping. Staudenmayer was convicted by a Lake County jury on a bail jumping charge and is still awaiting trial on theft and money lau...
Editor, Our mission should always be to preserve the nobility of America’s character: One Nation Under God. A place where anybody’s dream can come true. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were the fulfillment of 1,000 plus years of western ...
The work of the 2019 legislative session has come full circle on two bills vetted in the Senate State Administration Veterans’ Affairs Committee, which I chaired. One was SB 275 by Sen. Al Olszewski (R-Kalispell) and HB 524 by Rep. Marvin Weatherwax (D-Browning) that brought attention to needs for reco...
