Guest Post

By Darlene Golas, MSW, Victor Bitterroot Veterans take heart, Laura Merrill has your back. For thirty years, I served wounded veterans as the provider of mental health services in the Bitterroot […]

By Paul Kink, Stevensville While it is heartbreaking for me to write this letter, I feel compelled to do so. A letter that I wrote appeared in the Bitterroot Star on […]

By Anna Potts, Stevensville I read your recently published article entitled “Trump Administration extends Free Meals for Kids through the entire school year,” and while I am pleased to see continued […]

By Pat Earnest, Hamilton When I first met the Gianfortes in June 2016, I saw something incredibly special, something that I am also deeply passionate about and interested in, serving others. […]

By Rep. Theresa Manzella, HD85, Hamilton When Matt Rosendale was running to be Montana’s State Auditor, he promised to expand access to high quality, affordable healthcare, and to always protect Montanans […]

Unless I last into my nineties, this will be my last opportunity to vote in a presidential election. We have been extremely fortunate to live in this beautiful country. There […]

By Archie L. Thomas, Corvallis I have a friend living in Melbourne, Australia with a population in excess of 2 million and one new covid case over the weekend as they […]

By Carlotta Grandstaff, Hamilton In a recent letter to the Star, George Corn rightly called out Sen. Steve Daines as a moral coward for his deafening silence on a U.S. […]

Mayor Brandon Dewey, Stevensville There is no question that the issue of whether I should be recalled has become one that is charged and polarizing in our community. We have witnessed […]

By Mark Adams, Stevensville I will start by quoting a passage from District Court Judge Hon Howard F. Recht’s ruling against Mayor Dewey. “By soliciting a quote from First Call outside […]

By Audree Tribbensee, Stevensville Stevensville has been held hostage by a small handful of mean-spirited bullies. This reign of terror needs to stop! Shortly after the people spoke in their election […]

By Mark Harris, Stevensville I recently encountered some folks complaining about Stevensville’s water and sewer rates on social media. They blamed Mayor Dewey for the costs. I just wanted to comment […]

By Sharon Gee, Stevensville There is a half-page ad in last week’s Star stating that Mayor Dewey shut off the water at the home of a paraplegic recovering from a gunshot […]

By Judy Burhop, Darby I would like to share my feelings on the wearing of masks. I want to direct my thoughts toward those who publicly “serve” us like doctors, dentists, […]

By Jean Belangie-Nye, Lolo These past years we’ve seen a sustained attack on Montana’s public lands from ideologues in the federal government and wealthy special interest groups who want to close […]

By Archie Thomas, Corvallis Have our expectations of our Senators become so low that we would actually consider electing someone like Theresa Manzella? All one has to do is watch her […]

By Lynn Koeppen, Florence Does Theresa Manzella even know what she means when she rails against “Big Government”? It’s easy to make up cute sayings about cutting big government, but when […]

By Patti Eldredge, Victor Margaret Gorski deserves our votes for SD 44 because she will work in Helena for the interests and benefit of Ravalli County. She is politically moderate and […]

By Kirk Thompson, Stevensville Several years ago, Theresa Manzella chaired a legislative committee hearing in Helena concerning abolishing the Wilderness Study Areas in Montana. About 50 people from all over Western […]

By Craig Siphers, Stevensville My mother and father always preached about making good choices. Many of mine have not been. Nor were my mother and father’s. Sometimes Dad more than Mom, […]