Guest Post

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 […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I appreciate Dan Tomlinson’s erudition and efforts to set me straight on the Sixth Commandment. Most people here in the Bitterroot identify as Christian, so I […]

By Matt Kuntz, J.D., Executive Director, NAMI Montana It’s helpful to be at the same line of work long enough to be able to be proven wrong. I’ve been working […]

By Gary Milner, Corvallis For several years I’ve tried to square Trump and his followers with what Republicans say about core values: fiscally responsibility, family values, belief in the constitution, […]

By Dusty Weber, Hamilton Why should someone who works and cannot afford insurance pay for the insurance of someone else who does not work at all? Continuing to fund Medicaid […]

By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis Dear Ms. Manzella, In support of the wishes of the majority of your constituents, I strongly urge you to vote against HB 552. The Bitterroot Valley […]

By Mel Holloway, Corvallis Considering abortion is a contentious topic, and that ‘late term abortion’ is a politically generated term with no medical validity, it seems appropriate to learn about […]

By Rick Landry, Corvallis In a recent LTE, the dual authors advanced their opinions that there exists “no convincing evidence for global warming” upon a vague, non-sourced allusion to “31,000 scientists” […]

By Dan Tomlinson, Hamilton This in reply to Mary Fahnestock-Thomas’ letter of February 27 in which she gives an all-too-familiar spin on the Sixth Commandment. She notes God’s command “not […]

By Lee Banville, Professor of Journalism, University of Montana The students I teach at the University of Montana often show up with a powerful assumption: If there is some piece […]

By Mark Albrecht, Stevensville Any regular reader of the Star’s letters section is no stranger to political rants from both ends of the spectrum. As these diatribes seem to have […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Have you ever changed your mind because someone argued with you? Me neither. However, despite all the snow it’s time to think about and even to […]