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By U.S. Senator Jon Tester Over the past few months, border security has dominated the conversation in Washington, DC.  The debate over how to best secure America’s borders led to […]

By Dee Gibney, Stevensville I have never seen so many Democrats who hate just to hate and Dana Henricks is no exception. She writes about President Trump and a made-up […]

By Susan McCreary, Stevensville For those who think that the Stevensville Town Council is at fault, I would be pleased to inform them that Stevensville has a general powers form […]

By Jerry Haslip, Victor I am absolutely flabbergasted by Trump hater Dana Henricks’ baseless claims in the April 3 Bitterroot Star. Here’s a partial summary of Henricks’ claims: 1. Trump […]

By Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Are you ready for major increases in your utility bill? Well, that’s what you can expect if Senate Bill 331 passes. The state Senate passed the […]

By Mel Holloway In a recent letter to the editor, the author attempted to assure us that global warming was in error. His evidence: the recent trend defying period of […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville Recently, a Letter to the Editor was printed in the Bitterroot Star by numerous members of the Montana Legislature, all of them Republicans, on the issue […]

By Montana Governor Steve Bullock Last summer, I met a woman in Lewistown who told me she made too much money to qualify for Head Start but couldn’t afford to […]

By Jennifer Knell, Hamilton To the mountain bikers who expressed their opinions about not riding in Wilderness Study Areas – thank you. It was refreshing to hear you put the […]

By Jerry Haslip, Victor Recent cold snowy weather has greatly delayed the arrival of spring weather and provides clear, indisputable, and concrete evidence that the global warming theory is BS! […]

By Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I Just finished reading the latest issue of the Star. I see the Mayor and Town Council are butting heads again, this time over a snow […]

By Tim Peterson, Corvallis I woke up this morning wondering how many people I interact with during my daily routine. My thoughts moved on to how much does the success of […]

By Dominic Farrenkopf, Director of Community Life, Activities & Volunteer Coordinator, Sapphire Lutheran Homes, Hamilton In anticipation of Valentine’s Day last month, seven organizations in our community decorated 160 large valentine envelopes […]

By Dana Henricks, Florence To those of you in Ravalli County who voted for Trump and plan to vote for him in 2020: You are my friends, my neighbors, my […]

By Senators David Howard (R-Park City), Roger Webb (R-Billings), Gordon Vance (R-Belgrade), Dee Brown (R-Hungry Horse), Steve Hinebauch (R-Wibaux), Keith Regier (R-Kalispell), Doug Kary (R-Billings), Jason Ellsworth (R-Hamilton); House Majority Leader […]

By Jim Burrill, Hamilton Here is my open letter to Nancy Ballance: In my short time involved in the local political scene, I have observed and learned a lot, not only […]

By Bill LaCroix, Victor Regarding Gash Creek Road: After hearing about how bad the Forest Service thought Gash Creek Road was in relation to all the other Bitterroot Face roads […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville Well intentioned people respectfully exchange ideas, accept facts, and consider differing points of view. This is fundamental to a functioning democracy. Knowledge is vital to […]

By Chris Broadhurst, Stevensville A painful reminder of what could happen if you don’t buckle up. Don’t let it happen to you. To my angel up above, it’s to you […]

By Craig Stirling, Hamilton, Jo Gmazel, Hamilton, Robert Oset, Hamilton, James Haynes, Hamilton, Jerome Hammond, Hamilton, Kit Tilly, Hamilton, Joe Rimensberger, Hamilton, Charles Mabbott, Darby We are Bitterroot Valley residents and long-time mountain bike enthusiasts.  We have […]