Opinion

Flash back to the year 2000. George W. Bush became president of the United States with the help of Florida Governor Jeb Bush and a politically motivated, right-leaning Supreme Court. […]

Star Editorial by Michael and Victoria Howell   Nearly everyone agrees that the river access at the Stevensville bridge could use some improvement. With limited public access along the length […]

The Capp Family proposal to swap 3.6 acres (plus 1.2 acres along the Eastside highway) is a very bad idea and certainly not in the best interests of the community […]

I am appalled at two signatories of the letter “My Fellow Americans” from Montana’s leaders (printed in Missoulian Dec. 27). Daines and Zinke and nearly every Republican never disavowed Trump’s […]

Now is the time for a significant act of righteousness – the time to put the admonition “thou shalt not kill” into action. We must act soon to permanently abolish […]

Think back to the teachers who helped you become who you are today and then ask yourself, “Would they have been able to help me as much if they had […]

Citizens access our National Forests for a wide variety of reasons. My attitude is that it’s all good, no matter what your recreational interests are. The important thing is that […]

Motorized users combined with a mountain bike group have filed a lawsuit over the Bitterroot National Forest Travel Plan. They’re unhappy that some areas are off limits to their machinery. […]

By Austin Knudsen, Speaker of the House, and Ron Ehli, House Majority Leader   Welcome to a new year and a new legislative session. With our eyes toward Montana’s future, […]

I question the Republican State Party for initiating a special convention fee. As one of the individuals interested in replacing Congressman Zinke, I feel obligated to respond to the Republican […]

  On January 26 & 27 volunteers will be working to connect people struggling with housing insecurity and homelessness to resources to prevent homelessness and alleviate housing insecurity. Annually the […]

I am an 11-year-old Boy Scout from Troop 1115 in Florence. I read your newspaper every once in a while, and I really like it. I am writing to you […]

We see Trump rising up from the ashes of Nazism. The majority of Americans do not accept him as their president. We see white supremists saluting him chanting “HeiI Trump.” […]

Back in 1969, by a whopping vote of 339-70, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives united to pass legislation to do away with the electoral college. A […]

Stevensville Christmas Share Tree Program would like to thank the following on serving 427 local children this year: Linda Page & family Bitterroot Family Church The Hunting Shack The Dennis […]

By Governor Steve Bullock, Helena   When the snow started falling all across our state last week, Montanans got to work. We shoveled sidewalks for our neighbors who couldn’t. We […]

As a 60 year old, 4th generation Montanan, I grew up with my mother and grandmother wearing safety pins on their dresses. I currently have two safety pins on my […]

Stevensville has a wonderful opportunity to create a great public site that will benefit the Bitterroot valley and beyond. The town council of Stevensville will soon make a decision that […]

Global warming, or global warning … which is it? This country – as it is now compared to how I grew up and lived my life over the last 86 […]

Since there is considerable “evidence” piling up that Russia is now contributing to the downfall of America, it has become plain to me that I am (and have been for […]