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At its meeting in Thompson Falls on Monday, the city council defeated a proposed ordinance to start licensing cats. The ordinance was proposed after...

To the editor, On Oct. 5, 2018 at Deer Lodge, Thompson Falls’ football game against Deer Lodge was one of the best games I have ever seen. And I...

Hopefully, the members of the Noxon community have noticed the landscape work being done to the Noxon Emergency Services building. In an effort to...

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Attributed to Edmund Burke. I suspect that if we individua...

Hello Sanders County! This election season has seen much drama and contention with the discussions of choices to be made among the candidates for the...

I am writing in response to Blaine Blackstone’s column from September 27. Specifically, I would like to address misunderstandings perpetuated in...

Editor, After attending the Candidate Forum held at the REX Oct. 6, 2018 it is clear that: Paul Fielder will be a superior choice to the current,...

Years ago, voters in Sanders County passed an initiative that all elected county positions are to be non-partisan. We note that Carol Brooker has...

In his three C-5 Financial Reports through June 20, Paul Fielder reports receiving slightly more than $5,000 for his County Commissioner campaign and...

Editor, Kudos and Hats Off to Tony Kimberlin of Libby, Montana, who so correctly pointed out that our United States of America is a republic and not...

Jon Tester bought a million-dollar mansion in Washington, D.C. Matt Rosendale bought a ranch home in rural Montana. Jon Tester has supported all of...

The general election is just about a month away. We’re thankful for absentee ballots that allow us to research issues and candidates at home before...

Editor, Less than 100 years ago, you could not vote unless you were male and owned property. Today anyone 18 and over can vote, if they are...

To the Editor: In the May 2018 Rural Montana magazine (p. 12), Senator Jon Tester begins his response to a posed question with this statement:...

This letter is in reply to Blaine Blackstone’s disgraceful article about Christine Blasey Ford. He questions her decision to come forward with her s...

I, along with my wife, have been paying into a retirement fund the government calls Social Security, when they’re not calling it their personal...

Dear Editor, I am extremely disheartened by the content of Mr. Blackstone’s “Street Smart” opinion article from the September 27 issue. It appea...

This week, the tradition that is homecoming begins for Sanders County schools. The students will participate in Olympics, dress-up days and dances....

I for one am happy to see some kind of balance in the Ledger Opinion pieces with the addition of the column “Street Smart” by Mr. Blaine...

Editor, I would like to thank you for the printing of the very intellectual and informative articles, written for years, by Jim Elliott. For example,...

When I picked my boys up from Noxon School on Tuesday, September 18, they each handed me a pocket version of the Constitution.  Attached to the...

Parents, are you listening? Sanders County Local Advisory Council (LAC) has a vision of building a stronger community. They have spent countless...