Guest Post

In response to Carla McDonald’s rebuttal to my last letter criticizing the Star’s coverage of the “big-box store” controversy, I’m amused she took five paragraphs to say absolutely nothing … […]

I am totally fed up with all the hype about “No Box Store” and all the comments made about business downtown being ruined. I think the competition for our dollar […]

I have a question for the people who re-elected Jeff Burrows for county commissioner. Mr. Burrows is one of three commissioners who appointed Valerie Stamey as treasurer, a decision that […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton So – some people in the Valley would really like to have a big box store come in to provide jobs and to make it no […]

I immediately fell in love with Hamilton and am waiting for my home. I grew up in rural Nevada and have seen first hand how “BIG BOX” stores killed my […]

How amusing that Mr. Cornelius would question my name linked to an anti-Walmart letter, saying he had never seen this before unless it was staff (I’m not); a prominently known […]

Officers for the Three Mile Community Center are now being nominated. If you want more than one person running the Center’s meetings, please submit your name for nomination or submit […]

We would like to thank the citizens of Stevensville and surrounding communities for their generous support of the United Methodist Women’s annual Fall Bazaar and Luncheon which was held on […]

What a wonderful community… The blitz build is over, the governor’s gone, and the dust has settled, so I wanted to take a moment to shout out a huge thank […]

On Saturday, October 25th, Heidi Kaminski of The Right to Bare Arms gym in Darby hosted a fun run to raise money for the Darby Trail of Discovery. The event […]

I’d like to call them the ‘Blade Runners’. The now generation! You know, Stevi’s little young starlets that, sporadically, just before twilight, come whizzing by on their majestically angelic skateboards. […]

Just before the 4 November 2014 election, Obama stated that even though he wasn’t on the ballot, his policies were! Much to Obama’s dismay, America’s conservative and independent voters agreed […]

How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise… The same can be said, I suppose, of cleverness. Most people don’t go to court, but those that […]

The long dreaded redefinition of the word “navigable” as applied to “Waters of the U.S. is finally upon us. The deadline for comment is this coming Friday, November 14 at […]

By Elaine Culletto, Office Manager, Bitter Root Irrigation District The Bitter Root Irrigation District services 16,665 irrigated acres along a 72-mile stretch from Lake Como to the Eagle Watch area. […]

In a recent op-ed, state senator Jennifer Fielder suggests that a Utah county commissioner, Nevada state legislators and a Canadian negotiator know what’s best for us here in Montana. I’d […]

For the last several months our family has been living a nightmare that has taken a toll on all of us. We appreciate all the phone calls and letters of […]

We are in essential agreement with the letter written by Cheryl Holden Rice of Stevensville published in the Bitterroot Star on October 15, which deals with the impending construction of […]

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) proposes to rebuild 5.8 miles of MT 203 Eastside Highway, roughly from Hidden Valley Road to the southern reaches of Lee Metcalf National Wildlife […]

As a trained journalist, I must say your recent issue’s coverage of the “big box store” controversy was downright shameful. Your front-page story covering Hamilton resident Clover Quinn’s petition was […]