Guest Post

Congratulations to North Valley Public Library on the great building improvements. The library is looking very nice and all of the necessary work is being accomplished. You have done a […]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident.” These are the opening words of our Declaration of Independence, though many are probably unaware that Jefferson’s original draft used the word “sacred.” […]

Hello, fellow Stupid Bowl irrigators. Replying to the opinion piece by T.C. Richardson (Star, 1-27-16) well, I would like to personally thank BRID manager Mr. John Crowley for a fine […]

By Robin Cunningham, Dan Vermillion, and Ed Tompkins As Montanans we live close to the land. Our unique way of life is directly tied to the quality of our lands, […]

I want to congratulate the Commissioners in Missoula on their extremely poor decision to let Syrian refugees into Missoula. Have you not been following what has been going on in […]

Dental and veterinary websites on the Internet state that “bad” genes of the parents cause underbite and overbite on children and on domestic livestock and there is no cure. They […]

By Dale A. Burk, Stevensville As we move further and further into the New Year, those of us who have been a part of this community’s flow into the future […]

I was so disappointed in the pathetic little blurb printed January 23rd on the turkeys. I had contacted the Star via phone 10 days prior with information from our local […]

The Department of Health & Human Services, the largest state agency, has a budget of almost $4 billion. DPHHS is in charge of everything from welfare programs to Child Protective […]

The GFWC Bitterroot Woman’s Club wishes to thank all those involved in the recent fall scholarship fundraiser at the Higher Ground Brewery. Auction and raffle items were donated by merchants, […]

For me trapping is a nightmare. That is why I volunteer to collect signatures to get Initiative 177 on the ballot for Montanans to decide if trapping should continue on […]

By TC Richardson, Stevensville I never thought I’d be confessing my stupidity in the newspapers, but I just found out that I am suing myself and am likely to pay […]

Ordinarily I do not participate in the ‘Letter to the Editor’ arena as I find some of the persons occupying the fringe seats irrational and unable to accept other points […]

When a couple ranchers face the death penalty for accidentally burning 140 acres of public land, but federal bureaucrats burn thousands of acres of public — and even private land […]

By now the whole world knows about the armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Malheur is a beautiful and very popular recreational area near the rural town of Burns, […]

America needs and deserves Presidential honesty, integrity, maturity, competence, transformative leadership, and efficient and effective management! In short, governance that serves the common good, not the left or the right, […]

By Edward Monnig, Missoula In preface to commenting on Stewart Brandborg’s opinion piece on wilderness issues (December 16), I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the service that he and […]

Over the last few weeks, we have watched a gang of self-styled revolutionaries take over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. In addition to trespassing on public lands, these […]

I have to say that week after week, it’s getting a bit tiresome to read the diatribe of a certain contributor to your editorial section slamming liberals. Personally, I could […]

Good local government necessarily requires an informed and knowledgeable electorate. To this end the efforts of the Local Government Study Commission should be focused on what provides adequate and easily […]