Students in Hamilton and Stevensville staged walk-outs last Wednesday in solidarity with a national movement in response to deadly school shootings. Following the mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high […]
Archives for March 20, 2018
Stewart Brandborg honored at wilderness celebration
Local wilderness advocate and organizer Stewart “Brandy” Brandborg was the introductory speaker at last week’s St. Paddy’s Day Wilderness Celebration that drew a packed house at the Bedford Building in […]
Schurman benefit this Saturday
The “Jam for Jean at the Gym” will be held this Saturday, March 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Stevensville School multi-purpose room to raise money to help […]
Stamey libel suit agains Star dismissed
A federal district court judge has dismissed the case filed by former Ravalli County treasurer Valerie Stamey and her husband Richard Stamey against the Bitterroot Star and the newspaper’s publishers […]
Big Creek area gravel pit permit applications deemed deficient
After an extended review, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued letters of deficiency to two Victor area landowners relating to their applications for Open Cut Mining permits for […]
Stevensville School District to host Proactive Coaching event
The Stevensville School District will be hosting a presentation by Proactive Coaching on Monday, March 26. Proactive Coaching is a nationally known organization that works with schools to help intentionally […]
The conservative case for CSKT Water Compact
By Cory Swanson, Helena In 2015, the Montana Legislature ratified the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) –Water Compact with Montana, which settled all water rights claimed by the […]
What Democrats need to do
I know why the Democratic party can’t win. First, they don’t have a message. The Republicans came to the American workers with promise of bringing jobs home. They provided […]
Machiavelli was an OK guy
I graduated from a small college in the Midwest that is associated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa. My school is grounded in the liberal arts and […]
Respect the habitat
The State of Montana lists over 60 birds as “species of concern,” including the threatened Piping Plover and the more seriously endangered Interior Least Tern and Whooping Crane. That […]
More to the story
I wish to add a little to the whole story that Dennis Hicks put in his letter to the Bitterroot Star dated Feb. 28, 2018. I think he did well on […]
Can an environmentalist be pro-business too?
I spent much of my adult life working with people fighting over what is left of the original America that Lewis and Clark explored a short 200 years ago. […]
Caroline Hare Davis
Stevensville – Caroline Hare Davis of Stevensville, MT, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018, following a prolonged illness at The Living Centre. She was 82 years old. The daughter of […]
Donald P. Barrie
Stevensville – Donald P. Barrie, 90, passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at his home in Stevensville. He was born August 11, 1927 in Enumclaw, WA. Don was raised in […]