Archives for March 2025

by Kirk Thompson, Stevensville Once again there is an effort to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in the Federal government. However, you only need to look at Trump to see […]

by Skip Kowalski and Kirk Thompson, Co-chairs, Bitterroot Forest Collaborative The Bitterroot Forest Collaborative recognizes that forest management can be labor intensive. We understand that the Bitterroot National Forest has, […]

by Archie Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Where are the Republican war hawks, their support for the military and “the rule of law”? The administration releases duly convicted J-6 felons […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis Veterans, farmers, teachers, charity workers, federal workers, non-profit helpers – any who voted for Trump: Is your life better yet?? How many grants are “frozen,” government-speak […]

by Nancy Neal, Hamilton In response to LTE by Teresa Larsen. I need to ask you, have you ever seen a Monty Python movie? “Spamalot” is a musical based on […]

by Carrie Storrow, Hamilton I’m sorry that you did not enjoy the performance of “Spamalot” at the Hamilton Playhouse. I admit that the show is irreverent and definitely not everyone’s […]

by Thomas Tunny, Hamilton I recently read an article in the news regarding the eradication of “river blindness” in the African country of Niger, where 550,000 people or 11% of […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Wow! The last two issues of the Star have been full of liberal hatred toward our newly elected President. I find this hatred hard, no, impossible, […]

by Steve Jones, Corvallis US Critical Materials (https:uscriticalmareials.com) is on the move again. With the help of a new PR firm they are claiming they use environmentally friendly extraction processes. […]

by Vicky Bohlig, Hamilton I was so embarrassed and disgusted as I watched Trump and Vance team-bully Ukrainian President Velensky. It was horrific to witness how they represented our nation. […]

by Bill Salterberg, Stevensville A huge thank you to the Bitterroot Star for their recent feature detailing DOGE cuts and impact on local workers. Indiscriminate slashing of agencies and employees […]

by Dana Henricks, Florence I woke up about a week ago, had a cup of coffee, filled up another, then fired up my laptop to finish up a work project […]

by Doug Hatchimonji, Hamilton History provides many lessons for today, if only we remember and heed them.   Mid-December 1941 was a dark and terrible time. Germany had been bombing  […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville  The building leases are to be terminated per the DOGE website. Western Montana will not have a Social Security Office. The five offices left are in […]

by Tim Adams, Stevensville If you need proof that Democrats have learned nothing since Trump emerged in 2015, just check the Star’s latest letters page, where local drones dutifully parrot […]