Guest Post

by Margaret Gorski, Member of Ravalli County Collaborative, Stevensville I frequently hear that things in Washington are broken and that polls show a majority of people are concerned about the future of […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis “…Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security […]

by Tim & Patt Hancock, Stevensville I am writing this follow-up to my letter last week, which is sure to generate a letter of contrary opinion at least from Helen Sabin. […]

by Erika Helene Etminan, Hamilton Western culture has a problem: it is dominated by the mind – and this has serious consequences. The mind with its logical thinking is a useful […]

by Mary Mills, Victor Just when I was planning to write a note of thanks, Richard Brodowy, you beat me to the punch. So thank you, Richard, for prompting me from […]

by Star Jameson, Hamilton Recently there have been two important articles about the care of elders and inevitably their caregivers in Montana. In the past few years I have needed to […]

by Gretchen Spiess, Stevensville You may think that all Planned Parenthood does is abortions, but they do a lot more that most people don’t know about. Until recently, Planned Parenthood was […]

by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville The Mullens who own four local newspapers (including the Star)  could never have picked a better candidate for Publisher of their local newspapers. I […]

by Dee Gibney, Hamilton This article would have you believe a radio Christian program is spreading fear and lies about shots, masks, witchcraft and Global warming. He loves to quote the […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton To be “woke,” of course, simply means to be awake. It comes from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and was used at first especially in the context […]

by Jim Hamilton, Florence “Freedom Caucus forms in Helena” read the headline in the 1/21/23 Missoulian. The article went on to say that this caucus brands themselves the “constitutional North Star.” […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis A remarkable thing happened in Hamilton on Saturday, the 21st, at City Hall. One hundred forty Montanans gathered to hear Mae Nan Ellingson talk about the 1972 […]

by Gerry Cox, Corvallis So let’s talk about Election Integrity. It seems the Democratic party and the left leaning electorate have deep concern that the Republicans and the right leaning electorate […]

by Terri Lackey, Stevensville The US Constitution is under attack. Why? It is being used as a tool by nefarious people who want to shred it, write a new one, and […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville In my last letter I ended it by suggesting I was sick to my stomach over current events, especially those related to President Biden, over-spending and the […]

by Bill Jones, Stevensville Is it starting to look like the concept of fairness in American society as a whole is unraveling, or is it just me? Wasn’t a sense of […]

by Terri Lackey, Stevensville Last November you had the choice to vote according to your party affiliation. Elections can sometimes be frustrating, can’t they? So many signs, so little information. So […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor For those unaware, a country in the western hemisphere, a Republic, recently conducted elections. The results caused citizens of that country, including all races, creeds, economic levels […]

by Tim Hancock, Stevensville This is a letter to the residents of Montana and specifically to Ravalli County regarding this current issue around Article V of the Constitution. First, I […]

by Mary and Harvey Hackett, Stevensville We would like to thank Victor EMS: Roylene and Kristy Gaul, and Stevensville Rural Fire Department: Lee Henderson, Trevor Motley, Dan Jones, and John Efarr, […]