Guest Post

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 […]

By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton The Washington Monument, which honors and memorializes our country’s first president, is about to reopen after nearly a decade of being closed for repairs. There […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville Chances are, from time to time you, like me, could do a better job of looking beyond current news, towards a bigger picture, a more informed […]

By Southside Historic Preservation Committee: Nansu Roddy, Joan and Dave Bryan, Alex Shaffer, Ty Stotz-Capelle, Alene and Thomas Tunny, Deidre and Jack Engelman Tricie Callaghan-Stover’s recent commentary published here is unfortunate, […]

By Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton I was taught in forestry school to analyze problems and opportunities by gathering all the data available and find a solution or make a decision after […]

By Toddy Perryman, Corvallis “On August 8, 2019, President Trump authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrest 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi. A more efficient strategy is to […]