Guest Post

by JH Daily, Darby The president, along with Elon Musk and their DOGE “wood-chipper” and “chainsaw” methods for cutting wasteful governmental spending have missed something – $10.7 million of taxpayer […]

by Russ Lawrence, Hamilton I am profoundly disgusted by the scorn and humiliation being heaped on our federal employees, our neighbors and friends who work hard to accomplish the tasks […]

Rep. David Bedey, R, House District 86, Hamilton Friction between the three branches of government is a feature baked into our constitutional order by our nation’s Founders. One way this […]

Kathleen Harder-Brouwer, MD, Ravalli Family Medicine Confession time: I have a weakness for bad movies. Movies that get played at midnight theaters. Movies where the audience is expected to yell […]

by Carlotta Grandstaff, Hamilton  I have called my three representatives in Congress repeatedly in the past few weeks to ask specific questions about the Elon Musk DOGEbag hacker team of […]

by Teresa Larsen, Victor The Hamilton Players have made the unfortunate decision to perform the show “Spamalot” which purports to be “irreverent.” Why would someone wish to produce or take […]

by Archie Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis The Republican administration is delivering on his campaign promises locally.  If all federal funds are stopped. Ricketts Road paving will be stopped.  If […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis I think we got sold a bill of goods in November, a Trojan horse, if you will, a strategic tactic built upon deceit… a hidden coup […]

by Jim Hamilton, Florence Well, it took less than a month in office for Mr. Trump to throw the President of Ukraine under the bus. It came after our President […]

by Thomas P. Tunny, Hamilton I understand that you don’t read newspapers very much anymore, but I hope somehow this message gets to you through social media or word of […]

by Archie L. Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis Attention, Americans, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, MAGA, NON MAGA, informed, uninformed voters, nonvoters and anybody not mentioned with a heart beat. “We’ve […]

by Dana Henricks, Florence Remember that scene in the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”where everyone in Bedford Falls freaks out from rumors of a bank run and rushes to […]

by Dallas Erickson, Stevensville It has been interesting to see how you, the local media, cover Harris Himes and his sheltering of people who would probably be homeless without his […]

by John Kochis, Hamilton Recently, it has come to my attention that funding will be cut for NIH impacting our lab. I find this deeply worrisome. The lab has been […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis  Everything we always wished for: takeover of Gaza, Executive Order banning Paper Straws, firing 1000 US Park Service people and an unknown number of BLM, Forest […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Musk owns six companies including Space X, Tesla and X (formerly Twitter).  He got $3.8 billion in US government contracts in 2024. Eleven federal agencies have […]

by Bill Jones, Stevensville Richard Parker wrote in his January 15 letter that Jerry Esmay had recently established and Parker agreed that “smart Americans” voted “overwhelmingly” for Trump. While many […]

by Skip Kowalski and Kirk Thompson, co-chairs, Bitterroot Forest Collaborative We’ve received some criticism for our Letter to the Editor (LTE) printed in February 5th’s Bitterroot Star, specifically the perceived inference that if […]

by Jesse Mullen, Deer Lodge Montana Democrats face a rare opportunity: a complete reset. After years of decline, culminating in the 2024 election, the party is rudderless. There’s a chance […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now shuttered.  Approved by Congress in 2011 in response to the 2007-08 financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression,the […]