Guest Post

By Montana Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jon Sesso (Butte),  and Democratic Minority Whips JP Pomnichowski (Bozeman) and Margie MacDonald (Billings) The 66thMontana Legislative Session began January 7th and based on […]

By Jay Bugli, Stevensville   Bill Geer’s recent letter supporting a “road fine bill” to improve public access used as an example the Hughes Creek Road, claiming it has been […]

By Nick Gevock, Conservation Director, Montana Wildlife Federations, and Bob Sanders, Conservation Program Manager, Ducks Unlimited All Montanans benefit from public lands. We all know it, whether we’re a hunter, hiker […]

By Wade Sikorski, Baker, MT Trump is the most corrupt president we have ever had. He might soon be indicted or impeached for obstruction of justice, violating the emoluments clause […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville Included among the hundreds of previously-sealed documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that were released by the National Archives in November 2017 […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville Keystone KXL partners have spent $2 billion dollars, and want to spend billions more to complete the northern leg of Keystone XL. From Hardisty, Alberta to […]

By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD87, Hamilton   Thank God that a group of Republican legislators has taken the initiative to rid the Montana House of Representatives of a 30-year supermajority […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville   Whether you like him or hate him, Donald Trump can do something which a large majority of Americans would support–order that the Federal Government decriminalize […]

By Kathy Hundley, Chris Marchion, Karen Aspevig Stevenson, and Andrew McKean   A year ago, Senator Steve Daines introduced legislation that would strip protection from five wilderness study areas (WSAs) […]

By Cathy Scholtens, Stevensville Last week I lost my wallet, filled of course with everything one needs: credit cards, cash, driver’s license, etc. I had no idea where I had […]

By Mike Miller, Stevensville I got to read the actual Bitterroot Star ‘paper’ recently; I usually only have access to your online version. I saw some interesting items and made […]

By Bill Geer, President, Montana Wildlife Federation Last fall during the political season, everyone running for the Montana Legislature touted their credentials as being for public access.  But what does […]

By Lois Hansen, Clothes Closet, Stevensville   The Joy of Christmas is alive and well in Stevensville! Smiles, laughing, bright eyes and comments like “Oh, Mommy will just love that!” […]

By Tom Tunny, Southside Historical Preservation Committee In November, Kate Hampton from the Montana State Historical Society addressed the Hamilton City Council about the idea of forming a Historical Commission […]

By Donna Thompson, Program Director, Genesis House, Inc., Stevensville Holiday Greetings to our friends, neighbors and folks who would like to learn more about Genesis House, a transitional group home for […]

By Charles Mabbott, Darby In your 12/5 edition there was published a letter which claimed “that CO2-caused climate change is nothing but a huge lie created by globalist schemers to […]

By Trish Foster, Stevensville If you are a landowner within the Three Mile Irrigation Gravity Fed System, then you may have noticed that you have new charges from the Bitterroot Irrigation […]

By Frank Novotny, Captain, U.S. Army, retired, Victor So, Mr. Tester stands with the military. Whoopee! It would be much better if he stood with the Constitution. Remember now, his party has […]