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Archives for March 2018

Respect the habitat

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  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

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  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 […]

Caroline Hare Davis

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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

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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 […]

Affordable housing in Montana

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Does Montana have a housing affordability problem?  According to Bryce Ward, Associate Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana, “the brief answer is yes […]

Bitterroot preschool educators honored

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A team of special educators at the Bitterroot Valley Education Cooperative has received the Paraeducator/Teacher Team of the Year award for Region V of the Western Montana Comprehensive System of […]

Mandatory trapper education on hold

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The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced that trapper education will not be mandatory for the 2018/2019 trapping season. The decision to not move forward with implementing […]

Upgrades made at 911 Center

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The Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office has upgraded its 911 furniture to Watson consoles. According to Sheriff Steve Holton, this will aid 911 staff in managing the day to day chaos […]

Don’t politicize education

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  In the wake of the Valentine’s day Florida high school massacre, I am deeply disturbed by what I see as the growing politicizing of education. Case in point: according […]

Support for Mayor Dewey

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  During a recent Stevensville Town Council meeting there was a discussion regarding the mayor’s employment with the fire department and a potential conflict of interest with his role as […]

Thanks for help

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  Thank you, Bitterroot Star, for your heartwarming and soul restoring lead story of March 7: Valley Heeds Call for Help. Thank you to the members and leaders of the […]

Support for WSA release bill

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  There have been so many letters and articles regarding Senator Daines’ Bill releasing less than half the acres in Montana Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) it’s hard to know where […]

Disappointed with Star article

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  I really love your paper, but I am sorely disappointed in the article by Michael Howell on what it means to lift the WSA designations. First, early in the […]

Another alarming study

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  An alarming new study was recently published concerning pregnant women who had measurable levels of glyphosate/Roundup in their urine. More than 90% of pregnant women in the study had […]

Lawrence wrong

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  If you read the letter and analyze it, you must realize, Mr. Lawrence would be a good writer for the left-wing half-truth news media. If he is going to […]

Everybody loves a parade

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  I understand that the White House is going ahead with their ill-advised military parade, sans 65ton M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, down Pennsylvania Blvd. on Veterans Day, Sunday Nov.11. […]

Raymond ‘Si’ Gonzalez

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Stevensville – Raymond “Si” Gonzalez passed away on March 8, 2018 at The Living Centre in Stevensville. Raymond was 96 years old. Si is survived by his wife, Dora, and […]