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Trump mandate

May 13, 2025 by Guest Post

by Paul Vosters, Stevensville This letter is in response to Steve Schmidt’s LTE in the May 7 Bitterroot Star. He states that Trump did not receive a mandate as he […]

Filed Under: Opinion

America should produce what we do best

May 13, 2025 by Guest Post

by Steve Schmidt, Darby The stuff we buy is going to get more expensive. The reasons are not as straightforward as we might expect. There are notable solutions. John Deere […]

Filed Under: Opinion

‘Hands Off’ protest deserves applause

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton It’s difficult to imagine a better way to spend a warm, sunny Saturday in April than taking part in the nationwide Hands Off protest against the […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Chemtrails and do-nothingism

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville On Friday, March 28, 2025, the skies lit up over Missoula and the Bitterroot with an extraordinary amount of what are commonly known as “chemtrails.” Since […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Trump did not receive mandate

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Steve Schmidt, Darby Yes, Trump won the election. He is President. However, it is not correct to say he has a mandate. Trump received only approximately 32% of the […]

Filed Under: Opinion

NIMBY/No Sheep Creek Mine

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Charles Mabbott, Darby There are those who will say that opposition to the proposed Rare Earth Element mining in the upper reaches of the West Fork Bitterroot River is […]

Filed Under: Opinion

More reasons to stop REE mining

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Karen “Tana” Walsh, Hamilton I was pleased to see your piece on the rising concern among local groups about the potential for the Sheep Creek rare earth elements mine […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Measles outbreak

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Charles Treece, Victor I just wanted to share my experience as a victim of measles in the early 1960s. I was one of many unvaccinated children here in the […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Re: personality traits of narcissism

May 6, 2025 by Guest Post

by Leslie Conner-Maiyo, Corvallis I am an interested student of personality type and the following one has become a real intrigue, since it appears to be affecting our government. I […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Bring back old GOP

April 29, 2025 by Guest Post

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton Senators Daines and Sheehy, and Representative Ryan Zinke: Are you really going to let this insanity prevail?… kidnappings, cuts to vital services, pardons for criminal behavior, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Colstrip is dirtiest, most polluted

April 29, 2025 by Guest Post

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton The coal burning operation in Colstrip, Montana has achieved recognition as the dirtiest, most polluted facility in the United States of America! Not to be deterred, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Is there democracy without bipartisanship?

April 29, 2025 by Guest Post

by Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville As we all know the present Montana legislature is controlled by Republicans. From their present action of censuring legislators from their own party, it would appear […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Make America great again

April 29, 2025 by Guest Post

by David Leslie, Corvallis One of the things that Trump and the MAGA crowd get wrong is that they treat greatness as an assertion. In fact, it is a reputation. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

School bond an investment in the future

April 29, 2025 by Guest Post

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton The Hamilton School District has asked voters to approve a $49,000,000 bond to fund the construction of a new middle school and the renovation and expansion […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Confused by the injustice

April 29, 2025 by Guest Post

by Ralph Herr, Hamilton Why is it that the left Democratic Party is so hellbent on destroying itself; is it by choice or plain stupidity? With some of the left […]

Filed Under: Opinion

What makes a country great?

April 22, 2025 by Guest Post

by Steve Schmidt, Darby A country that enjoys economic prosperity has the means to do great things.  However, it is not the prosperity that makes a country great, it is […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Trump Effect 7

April 22, 2025 by Guest Post

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis It’s hard to keep up with Trump’s efforts to upend our democracy.  I believe most of his attacks are intended to distract us from his economically […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Merit or optics

April 22, 2025 by Guest Post

by Mike Mercer, Hamilton I make no claim to a level of intelligence that would prepare me to deal with some of the issues brought up in these pages but […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Corvallis Rural Fire District to run mill levy

April 15, 2025 by Guest Post

by Randy Skelton, Corvallis Rural Fire District Chief Corvallis Rural Fire District is asking the public in its district to support us on May 6th by voting “yes” to an […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Oath of Office

April 15, 2025 by Guest Post

by Michelle Long, Stevensville I would like to remind our four members of Congress and my fellow citizens of the Oath of Office taken by Senators and Representatives: “I do […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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