Guest Post

Van P. Keele’s 23 September 2015 letter to the Bitterroot Star editor demands a response. In a nutshell, jobs are not back! The real unemployment rate is actually 9.3 percent! […]

On a balmy fall evening my son Craig drove me to see the newly created Bear Mountain Playground in Stevensville. The entire park was full of families, one group watching […]

By Jane Hron, RN BSN, Marcus Daly Home Health & Hospice Department Head Marcus Daly Hospice encourages you to review solicitation pleas carefully. Hospice is a movement that developed about […]

In the past couple of months we have had two emergencies requiring EMT’s and ambulances. The first responders were the folks from Three-Mile Fire. I cannot say enough about these […]

By Patti Eldredge, Victor Open Letter to J. R. Iman, Greg Chilcott, and Jeff Burrows, Ravalli County Commissioners and to their legal advisers Howard Recht and Alan McCormick, concerning the […]

Jeff Lonn, of Hamilton sent a very disturbing letter to the Missoulian entitled “Timber project threatens trail.” NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard), all over again. Apparently looking for sympathy […]

We are often reminded that “elections have consequences.” It certainly appears that was the case in Montana when on her way to being the first woman elected to Congress, the […]

Senator Jon Tester has “struck out.” The 2016 election should set the stage for his defeat in 2018. He has been an Obama lackey since the president first took office. […]

The Montana Republican Party claims a First Amendment right to associate in a closed primary election where only registered Republican voters are allowed to cast a ballot. The Republicans can […]

Here’s a toast to all hardworking Americans! As we recently celebrated Labor Day—the holiday founded for average working Joes, not corporate titans—I thought it’d be worthwhile to see where we’ve […]

By Ronald Wandler, Stevensville A lot of input has been circulated about the Three Mile sub district petition action taken by BRID. A whole lot of input about who owns […]

We write this letter to whole-heartedly thank Mayor Gene Mim Mack for his outstanding and remarkable service to the town of Stevensville. Mayor Mim Mack’s keen intelligence, coupled with his […]

The Stevensville High School Class of 1981 is planning a 35th Class Reunion to be held during the Creamery Picnic in August, 2016. On Friday, August 5 a meet and […]

I hate to disappoint Mike Garrity of Alliance for the Wild Rockies, but elk love clearcuts, for the simple reason that they love to eat, and closed canopy forests produce […]

The 9U Bitterroot All Star State Champs, and their families, would like to sincerely thank this community for their profound support of our fundraising campaign to attend the Cal Ripkin […]

By Michael Hoyt and Mel Holloway, Hamilton It is fire season in the west, and the proponents of commercial logging are at it again. Claims that logging can prevent wildfires […]

I just want to thank all the folks in the Bitterroot Valley (and Missoula) that stepped up to help when I sounded the “call to arms” to help a local […]

Whether first or sixth generation, Montanans care for each other. We treat our state as a common family home, and transcend our differences to help each other adapt to new […]

Time to reduce mercury levels of the fish in the waters of Montana. More later. For me, the free, preferred online source for a daily collection of news releases of […]

I would like to reply to the letter “Not Serving Us” by Marty Essen. After reading this letter, I want to say, way to go, Congressman Zinke! Finally more and […]