For three years our Ravalli County has been run by a very conservative government. So how are things shaping up? Where are the jobs, based on “conservative, pro-growth” […]
Opinion
Inalienable or unalienable
There is a saying in science: “In God we trust, everyone else bring data” which leads one to believe that the scientific methods that brought us out of […]
Government threatens Montanans’ privacy
We take privacy for granted. Too often we mistakenly assume that we are the only ones privy to our personal information. We assume it is within our discretion to decide […]
Climate change is real and it’s here
By Van P. Keele, Hamilton Climate change is real. We know it because we’re living it right here in the Bitterroot – earlier snowmelt, raging wildfires, record high temperatures, […]
Appreciation for NVPL board chair
I want to congratulate Dr. Joanne Charbonneau on her newly elected position as Chair of the Board of Trustees at North Valley Library. I work with Joanne as a […]
Head in the sand?
If Mike Mercer is going to write a snarky letter (July 10th) accusing me of spreading disinformation about climate change and not doing “my homework” before speaking out, one […]
Thanks to Main Street Association
We wanted to write and tell the Stevensville Main Street Association how much we enjoyed Heritage Days. We had planned to visit our friends in Hamilton and they sent […]
Foregone conclusion
The many, many Bitterroot residents who expressed their concerns over the impact the Legacy development will have on surrounding communities, the Teller Wildlife Refuge and the remaining heritage of […]
You’re dismissed!
Citizens of Ravalli County, you have been dismissed. Last week, despite overwhelming and substantive opposition from the public to the thirty-year construction zone in a formerly-rural corner of our […]
You get what you vote for
Following the recent approval by the Ravalli County Commissioners of the Legacy Ranch subdivision (town), I have read several complaining letters. I’m confused. As I recall, the previous commission was […]
Government not the solution
What are the solutions? Let’s say you want pizza for dinner. You order meat lover’s and the waitress says you have to have mushrooms and anchovies. It is their policy. […]
Concerned over loss of doctor
To the patients of Teresa Baldridge, MD: If you are as dismayed as I am over the July 11 dismissal of our MD Teresa Baldridge, I urge you to […]
Support for Tom Maclay’s ‘dream’
By Peter MacLachlan, Hamilton When Mr. Maclay’s ski area proposal was presented to us a few years ago, as a long-term addicted alpine (downhill) skier, I wanted it to […]
Commissioners have done it again
By Bill Lyon, Stevensville Well, our Ravalli County Commissioners have done it again and voted against the overwhelming desire of the people by approving the Legacy Ranch subdivision. We can […]
Setting record straight
I am writing to address the inaccuracies in the July 3, 2013 article titled “NV Library loses board chair, director.” The article describes my resignation from the position of Director […]
Thanks to John Conlan
I am writing in response to last week’s Star article about the North Valley Public Library. It is unfortunate that the article emphasized the mysterious disappearance of our former director […]
Climate change disinformation troubling
97% of scientists say manmade climate change is real. I am not an activist and I don’t even own a soapbox but enough of this disinformation is reaching our […]
Clothes Closet should utilize outside space
I am writing to address a situation I became aware of upon dropping off clothing to the Clothes Closet a little while back. My grandchildren and I had become […]
GOP obstruction costs us all
By Marty Essen, Victor What do gun deaths and environmental destruction have in common? Three letters: GOP. As I type this, yet another mass shooting is in the news. Even […]
Thanks from St. Mary’s Mission
Western Heritage Day provided a fantastic event for Historic St. Mary’s Mission. We wish to thank the Stevensville Main Street Association and Joan Prather for bringing the Salish Drummers […]