By Mark Brown, Stevensville Open letter to America, via Montana: A quote from John F. Kennedy’s book, “Profiles in Courage”: “In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his politics, ‘holds office’; […]
Archives for August 2020
Editor – do your job!
By Daniel Rogers, Hamilton Why do you publish opinion letters that are so obviously false? Do some research before publishing this nonsense. You recently published a rant by someone who opposed […]
Progress in the Bitterroot!
By Ray Niesslein, Stevensville Let’s vote for the candidate who shows up to work for our Stevensville community – Margaret Gorski for SD 44. 25 years ago, when I made my […]
Problem with mayor
By TC Richardson, TC’s RV Service, Stevensville I feel badly that I have never met my mayor, Brandon Dewey. Not that I haven’t tried. I have met my Ravalli County Commissioners, our […]
Confused
By Tony and Lynell Norman, Stevensville We have been advised by California developers that they have purchased 57 acres of land adjacent to Creekside Meadow, Logan Lane and the Middle Burnt […]
Political parties
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton In 1860, Trump would have been a Democrat. So would McConnell, Daines, Gianforte, etc., because then cotton was “king” and most men after big money wanted to […]
Another holocaust
By Teresa Larsen, Victor I would like to thank Dennis Hicks for his thoughtful letter in the August 12, 2020 issue of the Bitterroot Star largely addressing the issue of abortion. […]
A realtor with different values?
By Ed Sperry Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I’m an old veteran and I’m flat angry. Stevenville’s newest realtor with offices across the street from the Forest Service Office has managed to […]
Individual choice and stop signs
By Bruce Weide, Hamilton While getting blood drawn I spoke with a Hamilton nurse about the efficacy of wearing a face-mask during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The nurse wore a face-mask […]
People of Belarus deserve our support
By Tom Tunny, Hamilton The contested election in the Eastern European country of Belarus has been in the news recently. I would like to give my perspective on this important […]
‘Mail-in’ ballots
By Doug Bohn, Victor After attending multiple County Commissioner meetings recently about “mail-in ballots,” it has become blatantly evident that there are vast misunderstandings on both sides of the aisle about […]
Susan Anders
Stevensville – Sue was born on September 13, 1954, and passed away peacefully into the loving arms of the Lord on July 23, 2020. The great love of her life, […]
Bryan Wayne Whitlock
Corvallis – Bryan Wayne Whitlock, 57, died of natural causes at his Corvallis home on August 9, 2020. Born in Hamilton, MT, October 18, 1962, to Jim and JoAnn (Jack) […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 8-25-20 – 136 new cases
Total COVID Cases in Montana 6624 Total New Cases Today 136 Total number of tests completed since last report 2834 Total Number of Tests 236507 County Gender Age Range […]
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 8-24-20 – three new cases
Ravalli County Public Health Dept. August 24, 2020 As of 2 p.m. today, Ravalli County Public Health has received three new cases of COVID-19. Ravalli County currently has eight active […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 8-24-20 – 52 new cases
Total COVID Cases in Montana 6489 Total New Cases Today 52 Total number of tests completed since last report 22924 Total Number of Tests 233673 County Gender Age Range […]
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 8-21-20 – three new cases
Ravalli County Public Health August 21, 2020 As of 4 p.m. today, Ravalli County Public Health has received three new cases of COVID-19. Ravalli County currently has seven active cases […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 8-23-20 – 54 new cases
Total COVID Cases in Montana 6429 Total New Cases Today 54 Total number of tests completed since last report 1033 Total Number of Tests 210749 County Gender Age Range […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 8-22-20 – 167 new cases
Total COVID Cases in Montana 6376 Total New Cases Today 167 Total number of tests completed since last report 1089 Total Number of Tests 209716 County Gender Age Range […]
New Zealand mudsnails found at FWP fish hatchery
New Zealand mudsnails were detected at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Bluewater Fish Hatchery on Tuesday, Aug. 18. This is the first time FWP has detected mudsnails in a state […]