Opinion

By Dana Hendricks, Florence Dear Steve Daines and Greg Gianforte,  I think you’d better update those resumés. Here, I’ll give you a hand: [Steve Daines] [Greg Gianforte] [Address] [Phone number] [Email […]

By Laura Fricke, Florence; Tom and Karen Round, Florence; Matt and Penny Brainard, Florence;  Maria Cole, Stevensville Theresa Manzella will support the Constitution representing us in Helena. She stands for […]

By Former Rep. Ron Ehli, House Majority Leader 2017, Hamilton It is unprecedented times like these, we expect our political leaders to do exactly that; lead.  Whether it is President Trump or Governor […]

By Andy Roubik, Corvallis No, I’m not talking about our politicians!  Every spring across our great state and throughout the west, young and old alike take to fields and pastures to […]

The RCEDA Commissioners: Ryan Oster, Kay Clevidence, Doug Davis, Teri Polumsky, Bob Thomas, Bob Whalen, Ed Greef, Mike Bradt, Allen Bjergo Ravalli County is the 7th largest county in Montana […]

Bitterroot Star Editorial These are some really strange days. Our lives have been disrupted. We can’t spend time with our friends and family. Kids are out of school. No sports […]

By Ravalli County Workforce Alliance, Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, Wendy Campbell, Victoria “Tory” Clark, Julie Foster, John Grant, Steve Grover, Terri Johanson, Jennifer Johnson, Candy Lubansky, Susan Penfield, John Schneeberger, Dixie […]

By Bob Cumming, Florence In response to David Welch’s contribution in the April 8 Opinion section of the Bitterroot Star, “An Unbelievable President,” pointing fingers at the President or other […]

By F. Jennings, Stevensville On Sunday April 4th, we heard quite a commotion on our street! When we went out to check, there were some 15/20 firetrucks and first responder vehicles […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Apparently to some people “big government” means too many bureaucrats telling us what to do and earning too much money from our taxes. To me “big government” […]

By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD 87, Hamilton Last week, Missoula legislator, Brad Tschida, wrote a letter to the editor making false claims about me. He told my opponent he would take […]

By Larry Campbell, Darby In spite of yet again ignoring my repeated requests to be taken off his list of contact numbers, I had to chuckle at Senator Daines’ most […]

By Teresa Larsen, Victor Yesterday while riding my bicycle along the Hwy 93 bike path south from Victor to Hamilton, I was saddened and disappointed to see the huge amount […]

By Palmer and Shirley Scott, Florence  We are writing in support of the candidacy of Sharon Greef for House District 88. As an experienced legislator, she has proven herself to be […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville  One possible positive consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is the diminishment of globalism (i.e., the erasure of national borders to ease the global movement of people […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor To those of you who consider yourself to be conservative i.e. NOT socialist/Communist/Democrat, I recommend voting for Dr. Al Olszewski for governor. He is an honest […]

By Bob Cumming, Committee Chair, and Victoria Howell, Bitterroot Star (hosting organization), Western Heritage Days Dear friends of the community of Stevensville: We are experiencing a very difficult time within our nation […]

By Carol Peterson, Corvallis As I was reading over the Corvallis School Policy, I asked myself can I do this? A Board member represents the Board and forfeits their individualism. I […]

By Chris Porter, Karen Savory, Ryal Weber, Jeff Wolfe To the voters in the Hamilton and Corvallis school districts, Ravalli Park District #2 is the board that runs the Bitterroot Aquatic Center. On […]

By Danny Tenenbaum, Missoula, Claire Charlo, Polson, James Reavis, Helena Please do not kill Montanans in prisons and jails We are public defenders in Montana. Our job description say we […]