By Paula Short, Stevensville I write to encourage my fellow Lone Rock School District residents to support the tax-neutral Lone Rock levy. We are currently living in uncertain times, but […]
Not public
By Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville Town Council meetings are supposed to be public meetings. In my opinion, the virtual meeting planned for Thursday is NOT a public meeting. If the Council […]
Opportunity missed
By Bob Williams, Stevensville What a golden opportunity for President Trump. Almost heaven sent. Put the right people in the right places, with appropriate experience, to respond to the COVID-19 disease […]
Do you drive drunk?
By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton I certainly hope not. Do you wear a face mask in public? I certainly hope so. What do these have in common? Maybe more than […]
Resumé help for Daines, Gianforte
By Dana Hendricks, Florence Dear Steve Daines and Greg Gianforte, I think you’d better update those resumés. Here, I’ll give you a hand: [Steve Daines] [Greg Gianforte] [Address] [Phone number] [Email […]
Support for Manzella
By Laura Fricke, Florence; Tom and Karen Round, Florence; Matt and Penny Brainard, Florence; Maria Cole, Stevensville Theresa Manzella will support the Constitution representing us in Helena. She stands for […]
Support for Ballance
By Former Rep. Ron Ehli, House Majority Leader 2017, Hamilton It is unprecedented times like these, we expect our political leaders to do exactly that; lead. Whether it is President Trump or Governor […]
Redefining varmint
By Andy Roubik, Corvallis No, I’m not talking about our politicians! Every spring across our great state and throughout the west, young and old alike take to fields and pastures to […]
Support from legislators for economic development
The RCEDA Commissioners: Ryan Oster, Kay Clevidence, Doug Davis, Teri Polumsky, Bob Thomas, Bob Whalen, Ed Greef, Mike Bradt, Allen Bjergo Ravalli County is the 7th largest county in Montana […]
Strange days have found us, but we are pushing through
Bitterroot Star Editorial These are some really strange days. Our lives have been disrupted. We can’t spend time with our friends and family. Kids are out of school. No sports […]
Many good reasons to vote ‘FOR’ a community college in Ravalli County
By Ravalli County Workforce Alliance, Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, Wendy Campbell, Victoria “Tory” Clark, Julie Foster, John Grant, Steve Grover, Terri Johanson, Jennifer Johnson, Candy Lubansky, Susan Penfield, John Schneeberger, Dixie […]
Let’s come together right now
By Bob Cumming, Florence In response to David Welch’s contribution in the April 8 Opinion section of the Bitterroot Star, “An Unbelievable President,” pointing fingers at the President or other […]
Thanks, we needed that!
By F. Jennings, Stevensville On Sunday April 4th, we heard quite a commotion on our street! When we went out to check, there were some 15/20 firetrucks and first responder vehicles […]
Big Government
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Apparently to some people “big government” means too many bureaucrats telling us what to do and earning too much money from our taxes. To me “big government” […]
Time for the truth
By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD 87, Hamilton Last week, Missoula legislator, Brad Tschida, wrote a letter to the editor making false claims about me. He told my opponent he would take […]
Expert in social distancing
By Larry Campbell, Darby In spite of yet again ignoring my repeated requests to be taken off his list of contact numbers, I had to chuckle at Senator Daines’ most […]
Let’s clean up
By Teresa Larsen, Victor Yesterday while riding my bicycle along the Hwy 93 bike path south from Victor to Hamilton, I was saddened and disappointed to see the huge amount […]
Proven principled leader
By Palmer and Shirley Scott, Florence We are writing in support of the candidacy of Sharon Greef for House District 88. As an experienced legislator, she has proven herself to be […]
A possible positive
By Henry Fowler, Stevensville One possible positive consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is the diminishment of globalism (i.e., the erasure of national borders to ease the global movement of people […]
Support for Olszewski
By Frank Novotny, Victor To those of you who consider yourself to be conservative i.e. NOT socialist/Communist/Democrat, I recommend voting for Dr. Al Olszewski for governor. He is an honest […]