Guest Post

I am rereading an article from the Bitterroot Star dated October 21, 2015 regarding Patty Walters who received the 2015 Courage Award from SAFE. I am late in responding, but […]

By Patti Eldredge, Victor I appreciate Jeff Burrows’ editorial piece in October attempting to explain the commissioners’ $675K settlement with Big Sky Development in May 2014, and their $300K settlement […]

By Judy Hoy, Stevensville At their next meeting, the Ravalli County Board of Health will discuss the significant increase in birth defects on human babies and other young animals. They […]

For more than ten years, the Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development Area has provided free forestry consultation and up to a 50% cost share for private landowners wishing to […]

The volunteer Board of the Ravalli County Museum along with Executive Director Tamar Stanley and staff would like to thank the family of George “Stag” Vogt and wife Jo, and […]

By Wayne Gardella, SBA Montana District Director As the voice for our nation’s entrepreneurs, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrates all small businesses on a daily basis. When our […]

Silviculture is a specialized field of forestry that is concerned with the long term health and productivity of a stand of trees, or many stands of trees. While a forester’s […]

I was pleased to hear that our governor declined to join others who want to deny Syrians and other people escaping the violence in their part of the world entry […]

Reading in last week’s opinion I saw the Quran being quoted, however, the quote was incorrect. 5.32 is often misquoted to make Muslims look as if they are a peaceful […]

By Janelle Gustafson, Acting State Director, USDA Rural Development Montana I love living and working in rural Montana. The open spaces, the feeling of community, and the strong agricultural heritage […]

The Stevensville Christmas Share Tree would like to announce we have met our goal of matching funds to obtain a grant from the Phyllis & Dennis Washington Foundation. We would […]

“Whoever kills an innocent person, it is as if he has killed all of humanity.” (Quran 5:32) So we can build our walls higher and punish trespassers, or we can […]

In light of the recent Veterans Day commemoration, I want to thank all veterans for their service. We honor the fallen and all past servicemen and women, and salute active […]

This is not going to be easy to explain for people who don’t know about logging and scaling logs. This is the way you tell how many board feet of […]

The LGSC (Local Study Commission) has prepared ballot form and language that would franchise Ravalli Residents to vote in the Primary Election of June 7, 2016 for OR against 2018 […]

By Terrie Casey, Chief, Voluntary Service, VA Montana Health Care In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To […]

The Bitterroot Bookworms would like to thank the community for their awesome support for the Stevensville Christmas Share Tree Chair-i-ty silent auction that finished Friday, December 6. The generous winners […]

Let us see if we can understand why Van P. Keele chose to verbally chastise two of Montana’s Congressmen for not voting to increase our national debt limit as stated […]

Montana Republicans want U.S. Judge Brian Morris to declare the Open Primary unconstitutional so only registered Republicans can choose their candidates. After a favorable decision, Matthew Monforton (R-HD 69) suggests […]

I like many others have a full life unlike Ms. Fahnestock-Thomas who has nothing to do but sit and think in her blue chair. Facts are number one to any […]