Opinion

by Nancy Reece Jones, Stevensville Every day brings news of another Executive Order or pending action that defies credulity and common sense. Here’s the latest: eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis Well, well, well… grab your popcorn, folks. Two Montana legislators — Theresa Manzella (SD44) and Kathy Love (HD85) — just made their big move on the […]

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton Public lands going to the highest bidder? Well, folks, they said they wouldn’t do it – they promised they wouldn’t do it – but they just […]

by Carleton Clifford, PhD, retired Scientist Director RML, Hamilton This letter is in response to an extremely well written letter published in the Bitterroot Star on April 2, 2025, by […]

by Roger Radermacher, Hamilton My wife and I of 65 years moved here to Hamilton to be near two of our daughters in 2014 after living in Post Falls, ID […]

by Dave Ward, Hamilton I read recently that efforts were being made by the Trump Administration to close the Trapper Creek Job Corps Center. I was greatly angered by this […]

by Paul Vosters, Stevensville This letter is in response to Steve Schmidt’s LTE in the May 7 Bitterroot Star. He states that Trump did not receive a mandate as he […]

by Steve Schmidt, Darby The stuff we buy is going to get more expensive. The reasons are not as straightforward as we might expect. There are notable solutions. John Deere […]

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton It’s difficult to imagine a better way to spend a warm, sunny Saturday in April than taking part in the nationwide Hands Off protest against the […]

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville On Friday, March 28, 2025, the skies lit up over Missoula and the Bitterroot with an extraordinary amount of what are commonly known as “chemtrails.” Since […]

by Steve Schmidt, Darby Yes, Trump won the election. He is President. However, it is not correct to say he has a mandate. Trump received only approximately 32% of the […]

by Charles Mabbott, Darby There are those who will say that opposition to the proposed Rare Earth Element mining in the upper reaches of the West Fork Bitterroot River is […]

by Karen “Tana” Walsh, Hamilton I was pleased to see your piece on the rising concern among local groups about the potential for the Sheep Creek rare earth elements mine […]

by Charles Treece, Victor I just wanted to share my experience as a victim of measles in the early 1960s. I was one of many unvaccinated children here in the […]

by Leslie Conner-Maiyo, Corvallis I am an interested student of personality type and the following one has become a real intrigue, since it appears to be affecting our government. I […]

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton Senators Daines and Sheehy, and Representative Ryan Zinke: Are you really going to let this insanity prevail?… kidnappings, cuts to vital services, pardons for criminal behavior, […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton The coal burning operation in Colstrip, Montana has achieved recognition as the dirtiest, most polluted facility in the United States of America! Not to be deterred, […]

by Diane Thomas-Rupert, Stevensville As we all know the present Montana legislature is controlled by Republicans. From their present action of censuring legislators from their own party, it would appear […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis One of the things that Trump and the MAGA crowd get wrong is that they treat greatness as an assertion. In fact, it is a reputation. […]

by Wayne Adair, Hamilton The Hamilton School District has asked voters to approve a $49,000,000 bond to fund the construction of a new middle school and the renovation and expansion […]