Opinion

By Dan Rothlisberger, Hamilton I recently read an article written by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national commander who asked: “Who will fill our shoes?” or put another way, […]

By Stephanie Mapelli, Stevensville My dog and I walked to River Park along the path mid-day this past Saturday. West of the entrance to the Fort Owen Ranch there was […]

By Bill Jones, Stevensville On January 16, I was amused to read another few letters from our well-informed neighbors Novotny and Gibney. I suppose they could believe they are just […]

By Champ Edmunds, former legislator, Navy Submarine Veteran, Missoula   The 66th Legislative Session is upon us, and a new group of men and women has been sworn into office […]

By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton My husband went to the Performing Arts Series last night to hear Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite on guitar and harmonica and enjoyed it, but he’s […]

By Frank Novotny, Victor I consider Mr. Sikorski’s letter, “The worst crime”, to be the equivalent of a very large cow pie. First, President Trump cannot be corrupt since he […]

By Charles Sleath, Hamilton Has anyone given any thought as to why Trump is obsessed with get $5.7 billion for a wall? Could it be that he needs the money […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton This is in response to “The Worst Crime” (Star Letters, 1/9/19). I find Sikorski’s statements about President Trump without evidence and the things he cited have […]

By Montana Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jon Sesso (Butte),  and Democratic Minority Whips JP Pomnichowski (Bozeman) and Margie MacDonald (Billings) The 66thMontana Legislative Session began January 7th and based on […]

By Jay Bugli, Stevensville   Bill Geer’s recent letter supporting a “road fine bill” to improve public access used as an example the Hughes Creek Road, claiming it has been […]

By Nick Gevock, Conservation Director, Montana Wildlife Federations, and Bob Sanders, Conservation Program Manager, Ducks Unlimited All Montanans benefit from public lands. We all know it, whether we’re a hunter, hiker […]

By Wade Sikorski, Baker, MT Trump is the most corrupt president we have ever had. He might soon be indicted or impeached for obstruction of justice, violating the emoluments clause […]

By Henry Fowler, Stevensville Included among the hundreds of previously-sealed documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that were released by the National Archives in November 2017 […]

By Bob Williams, Stevensville Keystone KXL partners have spent $2 billion dollars, and want to spend billions more to complete the northern leg of Keystone XL. From Hardisty, Alberta to […]

By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD87, Hamilton   Thank God that a group of Republican legislators has taken the initiative to rid the Montana House of Representatives of a 30-year supermajority […]

By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville   Whether you like him or hate him, Donald Trump can do something which a large majority of Americans would support–order that the Federal Government decriminalize […]

By Kathy Hundley, Chris Marchion, Karen Aspevig Stevenson, and Andrew McKean   A year ago, Senator Steve Daines introduced legislation that would strip protection from five wilderness study areas (WSAs) […]

By Cathy Scholtens, Stevensville Last week I lost my wallet, filled of course with everything one needs: credit cards, cash, driver’s license, etc. I had no idea where I had […]

By Mike Miller, Stevensville I got to read the actual Bitterroot Star ‘paper’ recently; I usually only have access to your online version. I saw some interesting items and made […]

By Bill Geer, President, Montana Wildlife Federation Last fall during the political season, everyone running for the Montana Legislature touted their credentials as being for public access.  But what does […]