Opinion

  Too many Montana citizens are suffering miserably from the numerous fires and toxic smoke created by a broken policy system that allows degradation to the human environment. This lingering […]

  It has been a long and challenging fire season here in Montana. Our friends, family members, and neighbors have lost their homes, livestock, forage, and critical infrastructure. And above […]

  For over a week I have had firefighters telling me that a longtime plan has been to burn Bass Creek towards the old Kootenai burn for fire management purposes. […]

To start I want to thank the following people. Jerry Haslip for his intelligent response to Obama is a Muslim, Dallas Erickson for being right – we do need to […]

    We are living through an unprecedented fire season and editorial pages are overloaded with comments. Although many express appreciation, regrettably they are overshadowed by those that are negative, […]

  The people of Stevensville owe a big debt of gratitude to Mayor Jim Crews and members of the city council for finding a solution to the river access issue. […]

By Gary Milner, Corvallis   Dee Gibney’s comments about the Civil War need addressing. She states “… the Civil War was not about slavery, it was about the South gaining […]

Facts are out of style, I know. That is not new regarding forest fires. Smokey the Bear started saying “only you can prevent forest fires” over fifty years ago, and […]

I trust Trump.   I trust Trump to be exactly as he has repeatedly shown himself to be.   The thing about trust is that it doesn’t work very well […]

Add mine to responses to Mrs. R. Elaine Redman, who is explicitly not a “Cult Republican.” Unfortunately, Elaine had to break the code of the “Silent Majority” by speaking out […]

Congress is starting up again. I think all of us (Democrat, Republican and Whatever) hope that they can manage to do something constructive. So far their performance reminds one of […]

To employers of Ravalli County: It is with heavy hearts that we share with you the news that effective October 31, 2017, the Bitterroot Job Service (now called Job Service […]

After a 14-year embargo, the Chinese market is finally open to American beef and Montana ranchers have an immense opportunity. However, they need to play their cards, or we should […]

So far this year about 800,000 acres, or 1,250 square miles, of Montana have burned. About 47% of that burn is on BLM Land. About 25% of that burn, or […]

By Gary Taggart, Hamilton   I have been a resident for over 55 years, worked for the Sula Hot Shots as an international firefighter and was employed at several sawmills […]

I am incredibly humbled by the outpouring of support we received for the Bitterroot River Clean Up. The Water Forum has proudly hosted this event for six years, and each […]

So Ms. Tucker believes thousands of Montanans are without health care if government does not give it to them “free.” What a load of feces! Anyone can go to any […]

To start, you need glasses, there was no white sheet hanging anywhere on President Trump. The President said both sides were to blame and I agree with him. Neo-Nazis and […]

Could there be anything more “corny” or banal than reading divisive letters to the editor from party hacks? They must receive Daily talking points from their losing party leaders to […]

After reading several leftist letters to the Bitterroot Star editor, I must respond. One called Trump a racist, another suggested that “don’t just accept the rhetoric as gospel,” another doubted […]