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What are CINOS?

October 4, 2023 by Guest Post

by Mark Snider, Hamilton When asked, most Republicans claim to be Christians. Has God made Republicans or Christians better people or more Christ-like in any way? What does the Bible say? […]

Filed Under: Opinion

The rainbow

October 4, 2023 by Guest Post

by Grace Wilson, Stevensville The rainbow belongs to God. It is His creation. Earlier in September the Bitterroot valley was blessed with a spectacular, rare, complete, double rainbow. The Bible tells […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Deteriorating library needs new location

October 4, 2023 by Guest Post

by Shelly Potts, Stevensville Is the institution known as the library an archaic has-been? The North Valley Public Library building is certainly old, having originally been constructed in 1910 with additions […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Pavement, traffic, speeding on North Burnt Fork Road

October 4, 2023 by Guest Post

by Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville The North Burnt Fork Rd traffic continues to become heavier each year with no effort to pave. However, the residents who live on the road are expected […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Re: devious forces

October 4, 2023 by Guest Post

by Kathy Love, Hamilton Oh, Helen… I’ve watched you call people names, denigrate them, call them stupid and uneducated and having a fifth grade education. When you have to do that […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Thank you

September 28, 2023 by Guest Post

by Cliff Trexler, Hamilton I want to thank everyone for being asked to be the Grand Marshal of the Victor Homecoming Parade. It was so very special to me. I taught […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Not common sense

September 28, 2023 by Guest Post

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I’ve been warned all my life about judging something as being “common sense” when maybe it is not. A current example of this, in my opinion, is […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Shocking expose of abortion industry

September 28, 2023 by Guest Post

by Rachel Bartlett, Stevensville “LIME 5,” written by Mark Crutcher, is a book everyone concerned about women’s health must read. “It exposes the second great pillar of lies that supports the […]

Filed Under: Opinion

So many questions …

September 28, 2023 by Guest Post

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton … for Terry Lackey regarding her letter in the Star on 9/19/23.  For starters, she informs us that the John Birch Society (JBS), which she apparently represents […]

Filed Under: Opinion

The only con I see

September 28, 2023 by Guest Post

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis This is in reply to the Terry Lackey and Doug Bohn letters in the 20 Sep edition that are no more than weak excuses for the unprofessional, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

In response to ‘Leaving the valley to devious forces!’

September 19, 2023 by Guest Post

by Terri Lackey, Stevensville Well, Helen, that is quite a story from someone who wasn’t even there.  To any of you critical thinking readers out there, give me a call if […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Fair question

September 19, 2023 by Guest Post

by Doug Bohn, Victor In response to Helen Sabin’s letter in the Bitterroot Star 9-13-23 edition “Losing the valley to devious forces,” I have one simple question for Mrs. Sabin. Helen, […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Illegal voting

September 19, 2023 by Guest Post

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis Are illegals voting? Yes! A man showed me a copy of a House bill, Montana HB402, that he got from a “John Birch Society (JBS) get-together.” One […]

Filed Under: Opinion

The classical Bitterroot Valley!

September 19, 2023 by Guest Post

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton A recent weekend offered not only the Regal Ensemble playing classical music at the Victor Performing Arts Center, but also Bitterroot Baroque, with over fifteen participants, playing […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Logging still top priority for Forest Service

September 19, 2023 by Guest Post

by Jeff Lonn, Hamilton The Forest Service continues to announce an endless parade of taxpayer-subsidized commercial logging projects across the northern Rockies; nowhere is that more obvious than here in Bitterroot […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Perspective

September 19, 2023 by Guest Post

by W.L. Slade, Stevensville Well, folks, from the American Legion magazine comes the cheerful news that two years ago our current administration saw fit to abandon Afghanistan and they left behind […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Regarding the Bitterroot Front Project

September 13, 2023 by Guest Post

by Michael Hoyt, Corvallis The massive Bitterroot Front logging project is being fast-tracked using emergency funds—taxpayer subsidies—provided by the 2021 Infrastructure Act. I call it a logging project, because, like most […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Losing the valley to devious forces! 

September 13, 2023 by Guest Post

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis The Ravalli County Fair is for fun, frolic, and celebrating the Spirit of the West.  However, last Wednesday and Thursday, John Birch Society (JBS) members devastated this […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Invasion at border continues

September 13, 2023 by Guest Post

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville The human INVASION at our southern border continues. Folks, this remains beyond my comprehension as to why we haven’t stopped it. The liberals have tried to convince […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Next legislative session’s work begins now 

September 13, 2023 by Guest Post

by Senator Jason Ellsworth, Hamilton It’s fairly common knowledge that Montana’s legislative branch of government is a citizen legislature that only meets in session for 90 business days every two years. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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