Guest Post

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 […]

by Lorie Ortiz, Darby We did not elect a president to the White House. The person that received that honor is a petulant, six year old, hydrophobic, frothing at the […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Wow! The liberals are going nuts over what President Trump is doing – hundreds of Presidential orders to implement his campaign promises. What is happening is […]

by Thomas Tunny, Hamilton Peep – peep, peep – peep, peep – peep… I don’t hear a peep out of any of our four Republican congressional members about what is […]

by Dana Henricks, Florence  We need your help. Big time. Steve Daines, Tim Sheehy, Ryan Zinke, and Greg Gianforte don’t give a rat’s butt about what we Montana Democrats think […]

by Skip Kowalski & Kirk Thompson, Co-chairs, BFC Recently, there was a LTE in the Star about the forest fire threat on the west side of the valley, lamenting the […]

by Jean Schurman, Class of 1972, Victor Last week I had the pleasure of judging students involved in the Victor History Day. The theme of the projects was Rights and […]

by Grace Wilson, Stevensville A huge thank you to the person who turned in the billfold they found in the BJ’s parking lot on January 24. Your honesty is much […]

by Archie L. Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis A solution to the housing shortage in Ravalli county may be in sight. The Office of Management and Budget sent buy out […]

by Deborah Mason, Hamilton Was I reading this right? After all this talk about lowering our property taxes, I read that the Hamilton School District wants to try another bond […]

by Don Gardner, Corvallis Hear ye, all who dwell in the Kingdom of America. Laws of the land are hereby changed. By proclamation of the king, all who reside in […]