by Scott Sacry The Corvallis High School baseball team hosted Missoula Sentinel on Saturday, April 5 in their first home game of the season. It was also the first game […]
Archives for April 8, 2025
Hamilton Invitational Track meet held
by Scott Sacry Hamilton hosted over 20 area high school track and field teams in the aptly named Hamilton Invitational on Friday, April 4. All the Bitterroot Valley high school […]
Florence/Darby Golf Invite results
by Scott Sacry The Florence and Darby high school golf teams hosted the Florence/Darby Invite at the Hamilton Golf Club on Tuesday, April 1 in what was the first golf […]
Victor’s Bugli to play in Costa Rica
by Scott Sacry Nichole Bugli of Victor was selected by the Student Athlete World USA (SAWUSA) group to represent the USA for basketball in their 2025 Costa Rica tour. Photo […]
Devils and Broncs tussle in tennis
by Scott Sacry The Hamilton tennis team hosted Corvallis on Thursday, April 3. In the overall team results, the Corvallis girls won 6-1, while the Hamilton boys won 4-3. Girls […]
Baseball bonanza
by Scott Sacry Hamilton The Hamilton boys defeated Missoula Big Sky 5-2 on Tuesday, April 1 in Missoula. Hamilton pitcher Cash Lawrence got the win. At the plate for Hamilton, […]
Softball roundup
by Scott Sacry Corvallis On Tuesday, April 1, Corvallis hosted Frenchtown and lost 7-11. For Corvallis, Lacey Jessop went 2 for 3 and scored 3 runs, Ella Daly went 2 […]
Local ‘Hands Off!’ protest draws large crowd
by Sarah Glass Hundreds of Bitterroot Valley residents gathered in Hamilton on April 5th to participate in the “Hands Off!” event, part of a nationwide protest of the policies of […]
Impacts from federal RIFs coming home to roost in Ravalli County
by Michael Howell Two weeks ago, the Bitterroot Star published a story containing a number of questions that were going unanswered by anyone locally on the Bitterroot National Forest including […]
Hamilton council responds to federal layoffs
by John Dowd With many concerned over the federal layoffs, even the Hamilton City Council is getting involved. After seeing the concern from citizens, the council invited the community to […]
Local Republican Party elections finally held
by John Dowd Last week, on Monday, March 31, the Ravalli County Republican Central Committee (RCRCC) finally held their elections, an action that has been contested within the committee for […]
Multiple Sclerosis awareness in the ‘Root
by John Dowd April is National Volunteer Month, and the Bitterroot is not short of volunteers that go above and beyond for the community. However, given that last month was […]
Stevensville FFA team wins state title
The Stevensville FFA Chapter returned home from the 95th Montana State FFA Convention with a state championship title in Agronomy — marking a major victory for the program and the […]
To Speak for the Old-Growth Trees (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)
by Micki Long, Bitterroot Forest Collaborative We stare up, through hundreds of branches, large and small, trying to see the top of a huge, old-growth Ponderosa Pine. We think about […]
Mud Creek project intensifies global warming
by Michael Hoyt, Corvallis The Bitterroot National Forest notified the public of its gigantic Mud Creek Project in September 2019. Such a notification is required by law to give members […]
Call to action
by David Leslie, Corvallis We bear the burden of saving our democracy I never thought I’d feel the need to write such a letter, but here we are. Donald Trump, […]
Democrats abandon values
by Tim Adams, Stevensville Thank you to Michael Howell for his return to actual journalism—diligently calling local government agencies rather than merely printing talking points from Democrats, as the Bitterroot […]
Non-partisan judiciary
by Kay Schrader, Darby I had to comment about the commercial on TV that asks us to write our Montana congressmen to vote supporting a non-partisan judiciary. Did you notice […]
Response to Garrity
by Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton You have an opinion letter in your March 26 edition that requires a response. Mike Garrity of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies is proudly taking […]
Trump Effect 6
by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis Trump is a liability: to our country, our state and our Valley. Nationally he runs off our allies, destroys trust in our nation, turns them into […]
