Opinion

By Ron Marshall, Victor In response to Linda Schmitt’s letter of Aug. 18, 2020: You state that “my only position is that he wants to sell candy-flavored nicotine based addictive […]

By Leanna Rodebaugh, Stevensville There was a protest held at town hall last Thursday. Most of the signs held were against any more Zoom meetings.  There are several reasons to acknowledge […]

By Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville So everybody knows, here is the language exactly as written in the Subdivision Review Joint Application Form written by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Part II […]

By Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville If you saw the legal notice regarding the Burnt Fork Estates Subdivision in the Bitterroot Star, page 16 of the August 26, 2020 paper, you saw a […]

By Nancy Kopszywa, Stevensville As a citizen of Stevensville, and a customer on the municipal water and sewer systems, I am becoming more alarmed about the proposed Burnt Fork Estates subdivision […]

By Lee Kierig, Hamilton This is the worst thing we have ever faced. The degenerate LIAR CRIMINAL in the White House represents a certain kind of cretin person who is not […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton … sad that so many people seem to believe everything they see on tv and social media; … sad that Christianity no longer seems to stand for […]

By James D. Rochette, Hamilton Amazon has a program called Amazon Cash, where you can purchase items from their web site using cash. It works by Amazon sending you a bar […]

By Heidi Stahl, Engel & Volkers Western Frontier, Stevensville Let me introduce myself. I am a local real estate broker based here in Stevensville. I am also a VA recognized caregiver for […]

By Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman The Bozeman Municipal Watershed logging project, the South Plateau Landscape logging project near West Yellowstone, and other plans to log public lands in Montana ignore the scientific […]

By Edward Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville I’m 92; an old veteran. Occasionally it is natural to look back and look at current events through the lens of experience. This letter […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville As with previous causes célèbres, when the facts come out, the lies of Black Lives Matter and its enablers are shattered. The newly-leaked police body camera footage […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton You seem to be down on capitalism, and if you are not for it, you must be in favor of socialism. This is why capitalism works, […]

By Dale Burk, Stevensville In coming to the task of writing a commentary about my late friend, the conservation giant Jim Posewitz, one’s thoughts are immediately hamstrung by the fact […]

By Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Time for me to again express my opinion on the current state of national affairs. First, it should be obvious to anyone willing to view current events […]

By Mark Brown, Stevensville Open letter to America, via Montana: A quote from John F. Kennedy’s book, “Profiles in Courage”: “In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his politics, ‘holds office’; […]

By Daniel Rogers, Hamilton Why do you publish opinion letters that are so obviously false? Do some research before publishing this nonsense. You recently published a rant by someone who opposed […]

By Ray Niesslein, Stevensville Let’s vote for the candidate who shows up to work for our Stevensville community – Margaret Gorski for SD 44. 25 years ago, when I made my […]

By TC Richardson, TC’s RV Service, Stevensville I feel badly that I have never met my mayor, Brandon Dewey. Not that I haven’t tried. I have met my Ravalli County Commissioners, our […]

By Tony and Lynell Norman, Stevensville We have been advised by California developers that they have purchased 57 acres of land adjacent to Creekside Meadow, Logan Lane and the Middle Burnt […]