Guest Post

Mr. Baty: It is 2:45 AM, I just returned from the second call tonight for help. Twice tonight the volunteers of the Three Mile Fire District were asked to stop […]

I climbed in the Bitterroot’s Mill Creek Canyon decades ago. This year in returning to the canyon I was surprised by finding over 60 fixed routes and some 500 permanently […]

In response to your article, “Stevi changes weekend curfew.” I am so glad to see Stevi encouraging locking the kids up at 10pm. After all, kids should be heard but […]

Every Ravalli County property owner should look closely at their property tax bill. If you do your blood will begin to boil, and for good reason. You’ll see a brand […]

At Thanksgiving, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) chose to approve the waste-water permit requested for a nebulous big-box store south of Hamilton. Many in the Valley will see […]

By Carlotta Grandstaff, Hamilton Allow me to introduce my grandfather, Joe Foley. As a young man and soldier of the Great War, he was gassed on a European battlefield. He […]

Locally owned businesses support the communities that support them. Ten great reasons to shop locally: 1. Significantly more money re-circulates in our community when you buy from locally owned, rather […]

October was breast cancer awareness month and MDMH encouraged local men (Mammo Men) to raise funds for mammograms by wearing costumes and seeking donations. 2014 was another great year for […]

Stevensville Garden Club members recently honored veterans on November 11, 2014 at the annual Veterans’ Day Dinner held at the Hamilton High School. Hundreds attended this “special day of recognition” […]

I’ve been hearing all kinds of arguments pro and con over box stores. This isn’t about I can’t afford to go to Missoula for clothes, there’s all kinds of 2nd […]

I usually reserve my opinions about economic development in our county to one-on-one conversations. However, after all the “totally unfounded rhetoric” about the possibility of “Evil Walmart” coming, at long […]

Kudos to Mr. Cornelius and Mr. Freeman for their letters to you in the November 19th edition. I’m not a native of Hamilton nor Montana, however, I have lived in […]

By Roy O’Connor, Missoula Electric Co-op & Fergus Electric Co-op, Dan Vermillion, Park Electric Co-op, Tim Crawford, Fergus Electric Co-op, Mark Fix, Tongue River Electric Co-op, Robin Tawney Nichols, Missoula […]

The interlocking group of people here in the Three Mile area has been using anger as a means of control. Fortunately, it isn’t working this time. No amount of snarling […]

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 […]