Guest Post

By Jim McCauley, Stevensville Playhouse We are very grateful for the continued support of community over the last 25 plus years.  Thanks to the continued support of local businesses and […]

By Jamie Wolf, Missoula It is a breath of fresh air when members of congress put partisanship aside and work across the aisle. I applaud Republican Senator Daines and Democratic Senator […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville   Sadly, our President and his agents grossly neglected the USA Intelligence Agencies, and subverted the USA Department of State, by withholding desperately needed Military and […]

By Tim Peterson, Hamilton   Ending the corruption in our government is gaining support around the nation. In metropolises of several million people to rural towns of less than 2,000 […]

By Sheryl Olson, Stevensville I was very confused this week as I read my mail-in ballot for Stevensville’s town council positions. It was then I realized that other town residents […]

By Greg and Nancy Trangmoe We are writing in support of our excellent town councilor, Patrick Shourd. In his role as councilor he has shown positive energy and commitment to […]

By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton The political lines are clearly drawn. The Republican and Democratic platforms are directly opposed: Republicans believe the culture produces the government. Democrats believe the government produces the culture. […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville A September 2019 study and other studies show exposure to extremely low levels of glyphosate, the primary chemical in Roundup and other glyphosate containing herbicide mixtures […]

By David Welch, Hamilton Ed Sperry’s most recent LTE is riddled with false and misleading assertions regarding the current impeachment inquiry. Perhaps the most blatantly false assertion is that Democrats […]

By Jerry D. Esmay, Stevensville I want to take this opportunity to inform the public about a recent change to the eligibility requirements for membership in the American Legion. On […]

By Jason Ellsworth For years Montana has suffered from a stagnant economy, while liberal democrats have used the Governor’s office to prevent job creation. Each year tax revenues goes up, […]

By Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I was amazed to see George Corn’s Guest Comment in the October 16th Star. With his vast experience as a past Ravalli County […]

By David Welch, Hamilton First they denied it; then they admitted it; and now they say it’s OK. They are wrong. It is not OK. Trump asking Ukrainian president Zelensky […]

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 […]