RML to sponsor NIMH Clinical Director Maryland Pao at the PAC, January 22, 7 p.m. Since suicide touched the family of Kimmo Virtaneva, Ph.D., a scientist who works in […]
Archives for January 2019
Conservative Republicans, moderate Republicans, and statesmen
By Champ Edmunds, former legislator, Navy Submarine Veteran, Missoula The 66th Legislative Session is upon us, and a new group of men and women has been sworn into office […]
Diversity
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton My husband went to the Performing Arts Series last night to hear Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite on guitar and harmonica and enjoyed it, but he’s […]
A large cow pie
By Frank Novotny, Victor I consider Mr. Sikorski’s letter, “The worst crime”, to be the equivalent of a very large cow pie. First, President Trump cannot be corrupt since he […]
Trump’s wall
By Charles Sleath, Hamilton Has anyone given any thought as to why Trump is obsessed with get $5.7 billion for a wall? Could it be that he needs the money […]
Response to ‘worst crime’
By Dee Gibney, Hamilton This is in response to “The Worst Crime” (Star Letters, 1/9/19). I find Sikorski’s statements about President Trump without evidence and the things he cited have […]
Democrats work to advance Montana’s interests
By Montana Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jon Sesso (Butte), and Democratic Minority Whips JP Pomnichowski (Bozeman) and Margie MacDonald (Billings) The 66thMontana Legislative Session began January 7th and based on […]
Lawrence Casey Scott
Corvallis – Lawrence Casey Scott (Scotty), 79, of Corvallis, MT passed away at his home on January 10th. Scotty was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Lawrence Scott and Doris […]
Darby boys on a streak
The Darby Tigers are on a winning streak. They notched two more wins this weekend by tripping up Seeley-Swan on Friday night and Clark Fork (Superior and Alberton co-op) on […]
Boys basketball update
The Hamilton Broncs edged out the perennial tough Dillon Beavers on the Beavers’ home court on Saturday, 69-67. Dillon had a strong third quarter to close the gap but Hunter […]
Girls basketball update
The Lady Broncs lost a nail-biter to Dillon, 37-33, in overtime on Saturday. Hamilton got off to a slow start but then held Dillon scoreless in the second quarter and […]
Talk on Bitterroot economy tomorrow in Stevensville
Local history lecture at North Valley Library
The Friends of Fort Owen is sponsoring a free lecture by historian Sally Thompson, “A Strange Story of John Owen and Father De Smet, Spring 1859,” on Thursday, January 10 […]
Pianist Arthur Kostuk shares his love of music
By Christin Rzasa This winter, residents of the Bitterroot Valley have the rare opportunity to experience music through the eyes of an accomplished concert pianist. Arthur Kostuk will be sharing […]
Exception may become rule for county sick leave policy
The Ravalli County Commissioners decided to grant a variance or make an exception to its sick leave policy last week that Commission Chair Jeff Burrows said would pretty much […]
Stevensville school board chair receives education award
Greg Trangmoe, Stevensville School Board Chair, was recently honored by the Montana School Boards Association (MTSBA) with the Marvin Heintz Award at the Montana Conference of Educational Leadership held in […]
Hughes Creek Road facts
By Jay Bugli, Stevensville Bill Geer’s recent letter supporting a “road fine bill” to improve public access used as an example the Hughes Creek Road, claiming it has been […]
Habitat Montana builds our public lands legacy
By Nick Gevock, Conservation Director, Montana Wildlife Federations, and Bob Sanders, Conservation Program Manager, Ducks Unlimited All Montanans benefit from public lands. We all know it, whether we’re a hunter, hiker […]
The worst crime
By Wade Sikorski, Baker, MT Trump is the most corrupt president we have ever had. He might soon be indicted or impeached for obstruction of justice, violating the emoluments clause […]
Another view of MLK
By Henry Fowler, Stevensville Included among the hundreds of previously-sealed documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that were released by the National Archives in November 2017 […]