by Jesse Mullen, Deer Lodge Montana Democrats face a rare opportunity: a complete reset. After years of decline, culminating in the 2024 election, the party is rudderless. There’s a chance […]
Archives for February 2025
American consumers lose protections
by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now shuttered. Approved by Congress in 2011 in response to the 2007-08 financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression,the […]
America’s greatness on chopping block
by Lorie Ortiz, Darby We did not elect a president to the White House. The person that received that honor is a petulant, six year old, hydrophobic, frothing at the […]
Trump should be applauded
by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Wow! The liberals are going nuts over what President Trump is doing – hundreds of Presidential orders to implement his campaign promises. What is happening is […]
Not even a peep
by Thomas Tunny, Hamilton Peep – peep, peep – peep, peep – peep… I don’t hear a peep out of any of our four Republican congressional members about what is […]
Message for Republican voters
by Dana Henricks, Florence We need your help. Big time. Steve Daines, Tim Sheehy, Ryan Zinke, and Greg Gianforte don’t give a rat’s butt about what we Montana Democrats think […]
New Darby Music Fest joins rodeo
by John Dowd On June 6, the Yellowstone Darby Xtreme Bareback Rodeo will be rolling out a new partner event to kick off the weekend. The Darby Music Fest will […]
County holds first hearing on proposed septage treatment and compost facility
by Michael Howell The Ravalli County Board of Commissioners received an initial report and held its first public hearing on a proposed septage treatment and compost facility at the end […]
Ravalli Street to see improvements soon
by Nathan Boddy Fifteen years ago the City of Hamilton engaged in a joint Transportation Plan alongside Ravalli County, which was aimed at determining how transportation systems could appropriately manage […]
Stevensville Hall of Famers inducted
The Stevensville Yellowjacket Hall of Fame held their 2024-2025 Induction and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, February 1 at the St. Mary’s Family Center. There was also a live auction and […]
Essen says eighth book is his best yet
Multi-award-winning Montana author Marty Essen has just published his eighth and most mass appeal book to date, “The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles.” Local author Marty Essen of Victor has […]
‘Spamalot’ next up for Hamilton Players
by Nathan Boddy Jennifer Floch and Stephen Tucker channeling the cast’s good energy prior to a Sunday rehearsal. Photo by Tucker Boddy (who plays the role of Prince Herbert.) Russ […]
Corvallis takes ‘Battle of the Bitterroot’ title once again
by Scott Sacry The Bitterroot Valley high school wrestling teams from Corvallis, Darby, Florence, Hamilton and Stevensville converged on Hamilton on Saturday, February 2 for the annual “Battle of the […]
Bitterroot basketball roundup
by Scott Sacry Florence keeps rolling The Florence girls are now the #3 ranked Class B team in the latest 406mtsports.com poll after their big win over Loyola last week. […]
The season of the blowout
by Scott Sacry A curious trend is emerging in high school basketball in Montana. There seems to be more lopsided games this year and it’s commonplace to see teams winning […]
Fire fuels management
by Skip Kowalski & Kirk Thompson, Co-chairs, BFC Recently, there was a LTE in the Star about the forest fire threat on the west side of the valley, lamenting the […]
Thank you, Victor School
by Jean Schurman, Class of 1972, Victor Last week I had the pleasure of judging students involved in the Victor History Day. The theme of the projects was Rights and […]
A thank you
by Grace Wilson, Stevensville A huge thank you to the person who turned in the billfold they found in the BJ’s parking lot on January 24. Your honesty is much […]
Housing shortage solution
by Archie L. Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis A solution to the housing shortage in Ravalli county may be in sight. The Office of Management and Budget sent buy out […]
D Lazy S Meadows subdivision advances
by Nathan Boddy The D Lazy S Meadows subdivision took a large step forward on Tuesday, January 21 as the Hamilton City Council approved the annexation and zoning request made […]