Opinion

by Jon Konen, Superintendent, Stevensville Schools In every classroom across our district, learning is happening in ways that look very different than they did even ten years ago. Yes, we […]

by Jim Parker, Hamilton Just like none of them choked when he blasphemed the Lord’s prayer at Charlie Kirk’s funeral, not a SINGLE Montana Republican made a peep about the […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis The terrific trio of true representation in the valley! Taxes going down! Across Montana – on television, radio, streaming services, mailers, and social media – tens […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton I was just wondering again why Montana citizens are so fascinated with Navy Seals! Navy Seals are not trained to be desk jockeys. They are not […]

by Chad Miller, Florence The recent opinion piece titled “USCM wants a handout” paints a dramatic picture of the proposed Sheep Creek critical minerals project. Unfortunately, it does so by […]

by Jane Lambert, Stevensville Dear Dana Henricks, Your belated response to my simple question from last September really amuses me. All I asked was for the Democratic game plan to […]

by Shawn Wathen, Hamilton It has been a while since I have written. Not because you have actually acted in a manner consistent with your job description as a legislator, […]

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton Senator Daines, I did not hear you speak publicly to your president, urging him to go to Congress for permission to bomb the capital city of […]

By Rep. David Bedey, HD 86, Hamilton Senator Bob Phalen’s latest attack on traditional conservative Republicans, like Representatives John Fitzpatrick, Ken Walsh, Linda Reksten, and me, is—to put it mildly—once […]

byBig Corral Park Supporters: Paula English Carney, Brian Wrede, Clay Moore, Jeff Jones To the Citizens of the Bitterroot Valley, the Ravalli County Commissioners, and the Ravalli County Park Board: […]

by Gail Goheen, Corvallis A hearing held in Montana U.S. District Court (Missoula) last month considered challenges to the Forest Service (FS) proceeding with its planned Gold Butterfly (GB) logging […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton “The quality of being naïve; lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment; innocence or unsophistication.” Some people consider a naïve person to be endearing, cute or innocent. […]

by Paul E. Roege, P.E., Corvallis Having been involved in both national security and technology development aspects of critical materials for years, I was nevertheless only vaguely aware of the […]

by Richard Parker, Stevensville Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Keith Ellison (AG) and Mayor Frey of Minneapolis were at the very least complicit with all the Somali fraud in Minnesota. […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville The last several “Letters to the Editor” pages have been filled with liberal lies and half-truths. The underlying motivation for these writers is TDS (Trump Derangement […]

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton Congressman Zinke, I received a survey from your office Tuesday. The survey does not allow me to share my view(s), the survey only provides opportunity to […]

by Archie L. Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis A political silence colder than a normal winter has settled across Montana. Where is the governor, Montana Senate and House leadership, the […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton The Trump administration is bragging about saving billions of dollars by eliminating government agencies and laying workers off, in order to eliminate waste and fraud. I […]

by Dana Henricks, Florence Dear Jane Lambert, This letter has been a very, very long time in coming. Sorry for the delay, but I have been mulling over your two […]

by Sheryl Olson, Hamilton Once again, thank you Bitterroot Star for keeping us updated on the current developments on the Sheep Creek Mine. Your investigative reporting and the clear presentation […]