Guest Post

By Scott Sales, President of the Senate, Mark Blasdel, President Pro-Tem, Fred Thomas, Senate Majority Leader, Greg Hertz, Speaker of the House, Wylie Galt, Speaker Pro-Tem, Brad Tschida, House Majority Leader Montanans should rest assured that […]

By Montana Governor Steve Bullock Montanans are no strangers to challenging and unprecedented times. In 2017, we tackled the most expensive fire season on record and the largest since the […]

By Robert D. Walsh, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Bitterroot College Here is a good example of how people are easily fooled.  Although it functions in some ways that resemble the way a college […]

By Rep. David Bedey, HD 86 , Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD 87, Rep. Sharon Greef, HD 88 The overall severity of the COVID-19 virus outbreak is not yet clear. But prudence […]

By Jane Lambert, Stevensville So, you want to blame somebody for the Covid-19 outbreak? Look up… God is culling the herd!  

By George Wuerthner, Livingston The proposed Darby Lumber Timber Sale Phase Two on the Bitterroot National Forest is a Trojan Horse being implemented under the guise of “forest health” based […]

By Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville I want to give a shout out for a recent good news activity that deserves a hearty THANK YOU. The walking-path benches from town to the river […]

By Teresa Larson, Victor Certain parts of Marty Essen’s rant in the March 4 issue of the Bitterroot Star may or may not be correct, but when he addressed the […]

By Corrine Gantt, Chair, Nancy Neal, Linda Weber, Rich Morrisey, Skip Kowalski, Linda Schmitt, Mary Blankenbaker, Ravalli County Democratic Central Committee Call us naive, or idealistic, but we have always believed that […]

By Marc Mentel, D.O. (Physician), President, Montana Medical Association The entire planet is facing the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and now it is in Montana. Make no mistake, this is […]

By Rep. Theresa Manzella, candidate for SD 44 What an honor it was to be invited to CPAC, and be recognized and awarded for my legislative efforts. To have the […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton In quoting Numbers 5: 11-31, it is clear that Mr. Essen does not understand the passage because he misquotes it and slants it the way he […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville With The New York Times “1619 Project,” every month is now Black History Month. The Project “aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor Just a short analysis here. When the government extorts money from those who work by force, it aggravates them. When it gives it to those who have not […]

By Suzanna McDougal, Hamilton I have been a solar user for over 20 years. It is finally becoming affordable partly because the price of batteries has gone down significantly.   Our PSC, […]

By Ed Greef, Missoula Tim Fox has statewide connectivity. Let’s take a look at why this is so important. This summer you will be asked to select candidates in the […]

By Manousos Kouidis, Missoula I am a political science student at UM, and I am greatly concerned about the impending climate crisis. We need new political leadership in Montana to combat […]

By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis Last week, Bitterroot Valley newspapers reported many of the facts associated with the Friends of the Bitterroot’s (FOB) first lawsuit in more than a decade. Their […]

By Steve Jones, Corvallis I want to second Ann Hardings letter “Burning issue” from last week. It’s approaching that time of year where, from my east side Corvallis deck, the […]