Guest Post

By Tonya Eckert, Stevensville Mayor Dewey is proposing to push through a budget in early July, prematurely asking for extreme increases that are irresponsible and frankly make no sense at all […]

By Bill Kelly, Stevensville To clarify Mr. Crew’s position on serving as mayor of Stevensville again: Despite several past and current council members’ apparent interest in bringing Jim Crews back to […]

By Dempsey H. Vick, II, Stevensville 1. Brandon is Stevensville First: He has dedicated his entire lifetime to service of not only individuals in our community, but to the community as […]

By Janet Pruitt, Stevensville I am writing to express my deep concerns over my first experience in attending a town hall council meeting here in Stevensville, MT last Thursday evening (6/25/20) […]

By Ashley Mae, Kalispell Harassment: Definition from Webster’s Dictionary: noun: harassment; plural noun: harassments aggressive pressure or intimidation. The resignation of yet ANOTHER Town Clerk must be addressed by this town. […]

By Bent Laursen, Stevensville The Mayor of Stevensville is really messing up. He is ramrodding the Nicole Court development through without any regard to the citizens of Stevensville. He held a […]

By Jane Schutz, Stevensville The new proposed Burnt Fork Place Apartments (formerly Nicole Court) is of much concern. We who live in the area are very aware of the ground water […]

By Stephen McKenzie, Hamilton Thanks to Dee Gibney (Star 7/1/2020) for pointing out the irrationality of expecting Caucasian citizens to bear responsibility for the wrongs done by prior generations (to whom […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Of course they do. The point of saying “Black Lives Matter” and “Native Lives Matter” and “POC Lives Matter” (POC  = People of Color) these days is […]

By David Stover, Stevensville I agree with Mr. Henry Fowler concerning his letter “The lie of systemic racism.” I am tired of being expected to apologize for my whiteness as I […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville With two recent anti-Christian decisions from a supposedly “conservative” Supreme Court, it’s time for conservative Christians to start paying attention. We are living in a post-Christian America. […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville We can see that insect populations, particularly pollinators, here in Montana have declined significantly. We also know most vertebrate and many invertebrate species are dependent on insects […]

As a nation, state and society we are living in unprecedented times. As peace officer leaders in the State of Montana, we feel it is our obligation to speak about […]

By Jessica Shourd, Stevensville All community members need to practice respect, responsibility, integrity, and honesty. The importance of community is taught to third grade students as part of their Social […]

By Jim Haynes, Hamilton The 6/17/20 Bitterroot Star – covering Valley news since 1985 – contains an excellent historical, and insightful 100+ year chronology of the Huls Dairy family triumphs, market […]

By Renee Christensen, Hamilton Let’s all take a moment and acknowledge the elephant in the room – there is a movement afoot in our community to bring Jim Crews back as […]

By Mark Adams, Stevensville There are some people in Stevensville who do not understand the recall process. I will make an attempt to clarify the situation. 1) If an elected official […]

By Sue Devlin, Stevensville Bob Michalson lacks the professionalism and leadership we should expect from a Council President. As citizens, we deserve better. Ultimately, Bob is a problem finder, not a […]

By Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I just finished reading the letter to the editor entitled, “The Lie of Systemic Racism” by Henry Fowler in the June 24th issue of the Bitterroot Star. […]