Opinion

By Jim Anderson, Stevensville   Does anyone know or even care where “Smokey the Bear” went? (Did he die along with his forest friends and all the beautiful green trees!) […]

By Sen. Rick Laible (retired), Darby   “Vote for the character of the candidate.” Guess it’s that time of political year, the political signs are springing up around the valley […]

By Pat Earnest, Hamilton   Researching candidates for MT SD 43, incumbent Pat Connell, has a voting record of F and is known as a Republican Democrats can count on […]

By Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville   Catholics: Trump insulted Pope Francis for stressing Christ’s words: “… the ‘least of our brethren …”. Catholic Speaker of the House fired the Jesuit […]

By Larry Strate, Hamilton   One of the best hamburgers I can remember—a “mountain” of French fries, and a “river” of diet Pepsi at the Stevi Café – came with […]

By Dee Gibney, Hamilton   I read with great sadness of the ignorance of Big Sky High School not wanting the Confederate Flag because of fear and anxiety. If a […]

By Marilyn Saunders   The single most important position one can hold in a Republic is as ‘engaged citizen’.  Stewart Brandborg (Brandy) responded, with honor, working on behalf of people, […]

By Larry Campbell, Darby   A poll released by the U. of M. last week regarding Montanans’ views of Wilderness Study Area protections reveals much…not only about the subject matter […]

  By Senator Fred Thomas, Stevensville   A poll on public lands from the University of Montana generated quite a bit of controversy recently. In fact, most of the poll […]

By Jennifer Rokosch, Stevensville   Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), are an extremely controversial issue in Montana due to Senator Steve Daines and congressional representative Greg Gianforte. Rather than opening the […]

By Carolyn Cook   What a shame the Stevensville and Lone Rock communities have let our children down. I realize no one likes to see their taxes go up, but […]

By James K. Rummell, Corvallis   As a new resident of the Bitterroot Valley, I was surprised to see the comments from Mr. Sleath in the newspaper dated April 25, […]

  By Chris Clancy, Hamilton   One of the many pleasant things about living in Montana  is that, occasionally, you know someone personally who is running for political office. Kathleen […]

By Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville   Montana public lands deserve a public process when significant change is proposed. Daines and Gianforte avoided that entirely by crafting their bills in DC without […]

By Skip Kowalski, Board Member, Montana Wildlife Federation, Stevensville   I found Keith Kubista’s May 2nd Guest Comment in the Bitterroot Star, titled “Releasing WSAs will improve access for sportsmen”, disturbing.  He […]

By Dave Hurtt, Florence   I have known Stewart Brandborg for 86 of his 93 years, as our families go back to the 1920’s in Grangeville, Idaho, where my father, Leon […]

  By Mike Miller, Stevensville   I have a ballot in front of me with names and school improvements to vote for. The ballot is informative on the bond information, […]

By Archie L. Thomas, Corvallis   The campaign flyer says Pat Connnell is a liberal politician. When I recovered from my laughing fit, I realized this b.s. is home grown […]

By Jim Hamilton, Florence   I learned some of the damaging info President Trump has on Sen. Jon Tester and its quite upsetting. Here goes: • Jon Tester’s too cheap […]