Guest Post

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton Whooee! This must be a day for scammers…first thing this morning I get a video call from (they said) Publishers Clearing House Company. My new agent […]

by Ralph Polhamus, Hamilton On April 15th 2025 the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a women is based on biological sex, decreeing terms like “women” and […]

by Janet R. Bierer, Victor ​​I am writing in response to your recent coverage of the grievance involving a Hamilton firefighter. My connection to the fire service and this community […]

by Jim Hamilton, Florence Well, it didn’t long for Commando Bone Spurs to find a new enemy to put on his hate list. Was it Vladimir Putin, President of Russia? […]

by Caryn Miske, Montana Chapter Director, Sierra Club, Frenchtown Recently, the Trump administration proposed rolling back coal ash rules and cleanup regulations.  Coal ash is laden with lead, mercury and arsenic […]

by Casey Ribaudo, Lakewood, WA My name is Casey Ribaudo and I strongly urge a vote for Sam Forstag for Montana’s First Congressional District. I am from Ulm, MT and […]

by Ethel Schultz, Ulm Listen up and get behind Sam Forstag to represent Montana- he is clearly the best with the grit to blaze the way forward for every Montanan: […]

by Bill Salterberg, Stevensville The daily news is rarely shocking. I have grown numb from the onslaught of “crazy” coming from this White House, since each day we are met […]

by John Schneeberger, Hamilton Well, it’s election year voters and you know what that means: candidates telling you what you already believe, even if it is untrue. The Republicans will […]

by Mark Heyka, Missoula When I heard Sam Forstag, a candidate for Montana’s western Congressional district, speak for the first time, I quickly sensed he was the leader Montana needs. […]

by Eddie Olwell, Stevensville US Critical Materials, the company seeking to develop a rare earth mine in Bitterroot River Headwaters, claims to be opening an office in the Bitterroot this […]

by Hannah Gimpel, Hamilton I am writing in response to the Star’s reporting that U.S. Critical Materials’ intends to submit another, “scaled back” plan of operations for a rare earth […]

by MaryAnn Darby, Hamilton Why did our President start a war with Iran? Why did he use a profanity-laced message on Easter Sunday? Why did he threaten to wipe out […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis Remember the line from the movie,  “A Few Good Men?” “You can’t handle the truth?” That line comes to mind when reading Kathy Love’s 2025 legislative […]

by Pat Earnest, Stevensville I have known Michele Binkley for nine years. She was elected to serve as the representative for HD 85 in both the 2021 and 2023 sessions […]

by Robin Clute, Victor I read the opinions in your publication of Wednesday, April 8, 2026 and was impressed with the piece titled “Rules of disengagement” submitted by Tony Hudson. […]

by Skip Chisholm, Hamilton Recently, former legislator Fred Thomas voiced his support for David Bedey’s opponent in the upcoming election for Senate District 43—the south end of Ravalli County.  But […]

by Tim Marchant, St. Ignatius Twenty years ago, prominent Montana conservationists marched 7 miles from a local  Helena roadless area to the steps of the state capital. It was a […]

by Dr. Frank Lance Craighead, Bozeman Ecologists understand that each species occupies a ‘niche’ in the environment where the right living conditions (defined by temperature and moisture), resources (including food, […]

by Nicole Pepaj, Missoula I’m writing to support Sam Forstag for Montana. Sam is one of the most elite firefighters in the world, parachuting into dangerous wildfires, swinging a tool […]