Opinion

By Jim Rokosch, Stevensville Ryan Zinke may be gone from the Interior Department, but he left plenty of foxes guarding the hen house. During his two years as Secretary, Mr. Zinke never got around to filling several important Interior Department positions, but he did slip plenty of people into jobs that wield tremendous power over […]

By Debbie and Dan Severson, Stevensville This letter is to express our support for the Stevensville School Bonds that we will vote on in May. We also want to thank all those that have worked so hard to bring such a well-planned project to our community. The school administration led by Dr. Bob Moore and […]

By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton It’s tax time and lots of us are getting a clearer picture of our personal and family finances. The Trump tax cut plan is showing what it’s really made of. Some of us got a few extra dollars in our paychecks last year. But they didn’t tell you that was your […]

By David Welch, Hamilton In a report issued in January 2017, the CIA, FBI, NSA and 14 other agencies and Congressional committees unanimously agreed that the Russia government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in favor of the Trump campaign. Robert Mueller and his team agree and have indicted two Russian shell companies and 13 […]

By Jerry Esmay, Stevensville I just have to respond to the recent letter from Senator Tester published in the Star. First I would like to thank him for FINALLY making a trip to our southern border to see for himself what is happening down there. While he very reluctantly agrees we have an emergency down […]

By Susan McCreary, Stevensville At the April 11, Stevensville Town Council Meeting, Mayor Brandon Dewey at the end of the meeting had a display on the screen showing his powers as mayor.   These powers are listed in Mt State Code 1973, S 2.08.030 and 1973, S 2.08.010 and similar provisions, MCA 7-4-4301. However, out of […]

By Kirk Thompson, Stevensville The legislature is currently considering SB 24, which would raise the voluntary motor vehicle registration fee from $6 to $9. This small fee increase will provide funding for many worthwhile projects in our state. It increases funds for our state park system, which desperately needs more money to keep up with […]

Ed Sperry Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I hear those legislature folks in Washington are talking about maybe having to kill all the cows. They say the poor cows are poisoning the air with their cow-gas and its gonna kill us all in about 12 years. Seems some youngster in Washington was running around saying it was […]

By U.S. Senator Jon Tester Over the past few months, border security has dominated the conversation in Washington, DC.  The debate over how to best secure America’s borders led to a costly, 35-day government shutdown that left thousands of Montanans without a paycheck.  And President Trump is now unilaterally bypassing Congress with his national emergency […]

By Dee Gibney, Stevensville I have never seen so many Democrats who hate just to hate and Dana Henricks is no exception. She writes about President Trump and a made-up collusion about Russia. Democrats, give it up! Your Mueller said there was no collusion! However, on the other hand let’s talk about Democrats and Russia […]

By Susan McCreary, Stevensville For those who think that the Stevensville Town Council is at fault, I would be pleased to inform them that Stevensville has a general powers form of government and can only do/enforce what the state allows it to do. The mayor is to set up agenda on what council wants to […]

By Jerry Haslip, Victor I am absolutely flabbergasted by Trump hater Dana Henricks’ baseless claims in the April 3 Bitterroot Star. Here’s a partial summary of Henricks’ claims: 1. Trump is the only one of the last several Republican presidents whose leadership has been compromised by a foreign government; 2. Trump has been compromised by […]