By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis Dear Ms. Manzella, In support of the wishes of the majority of your constituents, I strongly urge you to vote against HB 552. The Bitterroot Valley […]
Archives for March 2019
Rethinking the ideological barriers to Pro-choice?
By Mel Holloway, Corvallis Considering abortion is a contentious topic, and that ‘late term abortion’ is a politically generated term with no medical validity, it seems appropriate to learn about […]
Are we entitled to our opinions?
By Rick Landry, Corvallis In a recent LTE, the dual authors advanced their opinions that there exists “no convincing evidence for global warming” upon a vague, non-sourced allusion to “31,000 scientists” […]
On the Sixth Commandment
By Dan Tomlinson, Hamilton This in reply to Mary Fahnestock-Thomas’ letter of February 27 in which she gives an all-too-familiar spin on the Sixth Commandment. She notes God’s command “not […]
Stevensville Schools to run spring bond election
The Stevensville School Board voted unanimously to proceed with bond elections for both the Stevensville High School and Elementary School Districts in May, 2019. If passed, the bonds will address […]
Bitterroot National Forest Travel Plan review delayed
Regional U.S.F.S. officials have announced that their expected response to objections filed over the issue of mountain bike use within the Sapphire and Blue Joint Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) will […]
Stevensville Civic Club issues invitation to community
The last few years have been rocky for the Stevensville Civic Club, with declining membership and volunteer burnout, but a group of community volunteers has stepped up in an attempt […]
Gash Creek Road situation a closed and open case
Gash Creek Road west of Victor was briefly closed last week but opened within a few days upon reconsideration. The opening, however, was accompanied by an advisory warning to winter […]
Update on Trooper Wade Palmer’s condition
March 20, 2019 Montana Highway Patrol Chief Tom Butler and Lindsey Palmer, the wife of Trooper Wade Palmer, provided the following statements today: “There have been some false rumors circulating […]
Joshua Mariah Tripp
Frenchtown – An extraordinary man died last week: On March 8, 2019, Joshua Meriah Tripp, 44, went down with his logging helicopter near Port Angeles, Washington. Josh was tireless, compassionate, […]
Phyllis Ann Roberts Daniels
Salem, OR – On February 27, 2019, Phyllis Ann Roberts Daniels left her earthly home and moved to her heavenly home. She was our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and […]
Winston Morgan Wanstrath
Darby – Winston Morgan Wanstrath, 85, of Darby passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018 at Marcus Daly Hospice. Winston was born August 21, 1932 in Kalispell, Montana. He was the […]
Forest issues advisory for Gash Creek Road conditions
March 15, 2019 The Stevensville Ranger District is advising winter recreationists to use extreme caution when driving Gash Creek Road (Forest Road #737) west of Victor. The road accesses the […]
FWP proposes amendments to recreation use rules on river, hearing March 19
At its Feb. 13 meeting, the Fish & Wildlife Commission approved proposed amendments to the Bitterroot river commercial use rules for public comment. In December 2017, the commission adopted administrative […]
Ravalli County Flood Preparedness Update
March 14, 2019 Emergency Services in Ravalli County are continuing the recent efforts to support flood preparedness as temperatures increase and snow and ice accumulations begin to melt. There has […]
Floodplain Permit Application FA-19-02
Legal Notice The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment on a floodplain permit application to cover a bank stabilization project within the floodplain of the Bitterroot River, at […]
Flood Plain Application #FA-19-01
Legal Notice The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment on a floodplain permit application for work proposed within the floodplain of the Bitterroot River at 48 Bush Creek […]
Notice of Hearing on Name Change – Frisbie
Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Travis Frisbie, Travis Frisbie, Petitioner Cause No. DV-18-400 Dept. No.: 2 Notice of Hearing on […]
Support for transparency in government
By Lee Banville, Professor of Journalism, University of Montana The students I teach at the University of Montana often show up with a powerful assumption: If there is some piece […]
Finding common ground
By Mark Albrecht, Stevensville Any regular reader of the Star’s letters section is no stranger to political rants from both ends of the spectrum. As these diatribes seem to have […]