Guest Post

By David Welch, Hamilton Ed Sperry’s most recent LTE is riddled with false and misleading assertions regarding the current impeachment inquiry. Perhaps the most blatantly false assertion is that Democrats […]

By Jerry D. Esmay, Stevensville I want to take this opportunity to inform the public about a recent change to the eligibility requirements for membership in the American Legion. On […]

By Jason Ellsworth For years Montana has suffered from a stagnant economy, while liberal democrats have used the Governor’s office to prevent job creation. Each year tax revenues goes up, […]

By Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I was amazed to see George Corn’s Guest Comment in the October 16th Star. With his vast experience as a past Ravalli County […]

By David Welch, Hamilton First they denied it; then they admitted it; and now they say it’s OK. They are wrong. It is not OK. Trump asking Ukrainian president Zelensky […]

By Stephanie Mapelli and Michael Sharkey, Stevensville The November 5, 2019 general municipal election ballot for Stevensville Ward 2 arrived in Saturday’s mail. The ballot lists Bob Michalson as the sole […]

By George Corn, Hamilton Trump is the creature our country’s founders warned us about. A corrupt, immoral president conspiring with foreign powers for personal gain and soliciting foreign interference in […]

By Mary Ann Eckroth, Mandan, North Dakota Rona (Veronica) Engelter was known as Miss E in Hamilton schools. Though she retired over 10 years ago from teaching, she was still a […]

By Tom Puchlerz, Stevensville I watched and listened in awe during my first year of hunting elk as a large bull screamed, nose flared, while he herded his cows from […]

By Jeff Lonn, Hamilton Bitterrooters from Hamilton to Victor should prepare to have their view of the Sapphire Mountains marred by Bitterroot National Forest’s Gold-Butterfly logging project. This enormous timber […]

By Dave Ward, Corvallis The old Chinese curse of “May you live in interesting times,” has certainly been playing out malignantly for the past 3 or 4 years. As a […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Paul Wheaton is “a giant doofus” (his words) in Missoula who was a brainy software engineer until he discovered “permaculture,” which for some years now has […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville What follows are gatherings of one person asleep at the switch, until Lavrov, Kislyak, and their recoding equipment got into our White House.  July 2016, the […]

By Janice Lee, President (for) Board of Directors, Ravalli County Recycling The board of Ravalli County Recycling (RCR) has made the difficult decision to permanently shutdown all operations, including drop-off […]

By Jim Kelly, American Legion Fatality Marker Program Loss of life from a vehicle crash has a devastating impact on families and friends of the victim. A loved one is suddenly […]

By Rev. Kendra Wilde, President, Rev. Dr. Marc Stewart, President Elect, and Rev. Valerie Webster, Council Member, Montana Association of Christians What could be more important than how we care for […]

By Brad Smith, Commander, American Legion Fort Owen Post 94 As most readers have probably noticed, the Tribute Wall previously located in the Veterans Park adjacent to the Main Street Association […]

By Sen. Jason Ellsworth, SD 43, Hamilton Rural Montana is facing some pressing challenges. We must provide quality medical care for an aging population, so our seniors can enjoy healthy, vibrant […]

By Jack Engelman, Hamilton For sake of brevity I would like to make a few points in response to Sonny LaSalle’s letter in the Bitterroot Star on September 18th. Sonny […]

By Brent Huseby, Hamilton Been attending St. Francis Catholic Church in Hamilton since 1972. Altar boy for seven years. The church building at 411 S. 5th Street in Hamilton is […]