Archives for August 2020

By Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey Our community is going through a lot right now. As we combat the spread of COVID-19 in Ravalli County, we are faced with a lineup […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville The Stevensville school district has decided to leave the decision to each individual child of whether or not to wear a face covering in school when […]

By Cass Kalinski, Stevensville I second a recent guest post in the Bitterroot Star by Mr. Ed White of Hamilton, though “entertainment” is not how I would characterize the on-going conflict […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton COVID-19 is serious, but it’s not even close to the leading cause of death in America. As of today, the exaggerated number of US COVID-19 deaths is […]

By Kate Gervais, Corvallis Thanks to Marc Mentel, president of the MT Medical Association, for your great opinion piece, ‘Shut up, cowboy up, mask up.’ In a time when we are […]

By Jean K. Warner, Stevensville I will be 78 years old in a couple of months and am in good health. The other day I took a friend for lunch in […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville On May 26, 2020, I posted a Letter to the Editor in the Bitterroot Star (https://bitterrootstar.com/2020/05/action-and-reaction-the-consequences-to-come/ ), in which I asked some questions about what was going […]

By Anthony van Marle, Vietnam-era Veteran, 101st Airborne, Victor We all have an important decision to make this fall on who will represent us in the U.S. Senate, so it’s helpful that […]

By Ann Marie Carbin, Stevensville I am a long-time Stevensville resident, currently living in the Twin Creeks Subdivision. I had a concern with the water supply to the park area next […]

By Marilynn Wolff, Creekside Meadows, Stevensville California developers aided by planners with PCI Inc have submitted a new subdivision application for Burnt Fork Estates (BFE) to the town of Stevensville and intend […]

By Patty Johnson, Stevensville Does this seem like a similar letter you read last week? That is because it was intended that way. I feel it is imperative that every person […]

By Bill Geer, Lolo Thank you, Senator Tester, for addressing bad public lands policy. Montanans depend on our public lands to be managed for multiple use for our quality of life. […]

By David Leslie, Corvallis Donald J Trump has betrayed our trust in myriad ways since we elected him. He lies constantly; everything with him is self-dealing. He sabotaged our reputation in […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton To Me vs We: Just because you claim you have taken a few courses in history and civics does not make you an expert in those fields […]

By Russ Hanni, Stevensville You read the Star, you look forward to seeing it come out. It is informative, you get upcoming events, anniversary, town events and problems! The two town […]

By Pat Earnest, Hamilton I build relationships with people to learn to trust them. I have done this with Senator Steve Daines for the past four years. Steve Daines is working […]

By Andrea Tobin, Hamilton Bullock works to expand access to health care, Daines doesn’t. I want to commend Governor Bullock for doing what many rural state governors were unable or unwilling […]

By Kris Bayer, Hamilton If it’s not okay for me to steal, loot or vandalize; it’s not okay for a group of people to steal, loot or vandalize. If it’s not […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton In his March 21, 1861, Cornerstone Speech, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens said: “The [original US] constitution … rested upon the assumption of the equality of […]