Guest Post

by Evan Schroedel Rep. Greg Overstreet’s no vote is hard to understand. My name is Evan SchroedeI. I ran for House District 88 here in the Bitterroot Valley last November […]

by Bill Jones, Stevensville I must begin my comments with a brief description of a particularly ugly incident at the March 20th opening of the new Hamilton VA Clinic. More […]

by Jill Baker, Executive Director, Humanities Montana  Last week, Humanities Montana became the latest casualty of DOGE when we received an email informing us that our federal grant from the National Endowment […]

by Blaine Billman, Airway Heights, WA (formerly Stevensville) If you own water shares administered by the Supply Ditch Association here in the valley you are given a piece of paper […]

by Michael Hoyt, Corvallis The Bitterroot National Forest notified the public of its gigantic Mud Creek Project in September 2019. Such a notification is required by law to give members […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis We bear the burden of saving our democracy I never thought I’d feel the need to write such a letter, but here we are. Donald Trump, […]

by Tim Adams, Stevensville Thank you to Michael Howell for his return to actual journalism—diligently calling local government agencies rather than merely printing talking points from Democrats, as the Bitterroot […]

by Kay Schrader, Darby I had to comment about the commercial on TV that asks us to write our Montana congressmen to vote supporting a non-partisan judiciary. Did you notice […]

by Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton You have an opinion letter in your March 26 edition that requires a  response. Mike Garrity of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies is proudly  taking […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis Trump is a liability: to our country, our state and our Valley. Nationally he runs off our allies, destroys trust in our nation, turns them into […]

by Steve Jones, Corvallis An Executive Order issued March 20, 2025 directs federal agencies to speed up approvals for mining projects on federal land. A list of “priority projects” for […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Consumer prices are up. Gas prices are increasing and in Montana were $2.60 per gallon prior to the Musk/Trump slash and burn of government agencies to […]

by Nate Luibrand, Darby I’ve read with interest the recent articles and letters in the Star concerning DOGE and the effects of cuts on local Forest Service employees and the […]

by Roger Rademacher, Hamilton Where do I start? I start the day with the news; some of it is uplifting and most is not. What dominates the news these days […]

by William Slade, Stevensville I have written many letters and have not received any answers. You are supposed to be my employees. Well, folks, you sure aren’t doing your job. […]

by Nancy Reece Jones, Stevensville The evisceration of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency—not to mention all agencies affected by DOGE’s indiscriminate chain saw approach to cutbacks—has […]

by Kim J. Hasenkrug, retired RML employee, NIH Scientist Emeritus Rocky Mountain Labs is a state-of-the-art biomedical research facility, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) nestled in the […]

by John Grant, Hamilton The opening of the Veteran’s Clinic in Hamilton was celebrated, twice in one week, by large crowds of citizens appreciating Jon Tester’s commitment to veterans. Each […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis Amid everything else, amid the chaos of Trump attacks and his illegal uproars, now it’s the libraries. The agency that supports public libraries nationwide is being […]

Dana Gentry, Corvallis                       In response to Tony Hudson’s letter, March 19th, the accusations toward part of our Republican Central […]