Opinion

Anybody notice lightning strikes around Stevensville? Took a week after a lightning strike ignited the top part of the north end of the barn, until I started to connect the […]

I am very tired of Republican conservatives being called racists by the Democratic liberals who are indeed the true racists. If you don’t know your party’s history, better learn so […]

By Ron and Jean Stoker, Hamilton   We all know there are unknown heroes among us, but many became known the Sunday afternoon of the Roaring Lion Fire. We live […]

I had an interesting experience yesterday morning, casing me to wonder and reflect at yet another curiosity of my tax dollars and their expected return. Sunday at 9:50 a.m. I […]

Something smelled when I was digging our first potatoes. And sure enough, there it was, dog poop right next to where I was digging. We have home-made deer fences up […]

In reply to Jim Hamilton’s letter from August. 8th: must admit, I’m a bit confused after reading your letter regarding your own apparent confusion about what ‘grievous sin’ Hillary did […]

One potato, two potato, three potato, four… five potato, six potato, seven potato more!  No, it’s not the old children’s nursery rhyme but the return of “Spuds-R-Us”, one of the […]

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the barn fire on Easy Street last Tuesday night. The lady who saw the fire and knocked on our door to […]

By Rod Daniel, Board Member, Hamilton Farmers Market Cooperative   Twenty-five years ago, in the summer of 1992, Ravalli County Museum Director Helen Bibler started a farmers market in front […]

The Lone Rock School District has been continuously providing a quality education to the residents of the Bitterroot Valley since 1885.  Whether it is learning to read in first grade […]

The Bitterroot Fires of 2000 were still smoldering when the Montana State DNRC Foresters were out on the Sula State Forest sections developing what wound up being an extremely successful […]

I’m a bit confused with the guest column that U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke wrote and was published in the 8/5/16 Missoulian. He states that politics has no role in the […]

National Health Center Week is a national campaign that runs August 7-13th with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers over the course […]

Will Rogers was certainly rolling in his grave when last Wednesday’s edition of the Star hit the press. Mr. Richardson quoted “everybody is ignorant only on different subjects.” So true! […]

I am sure many of you do not realize that Franklin Graham (Billy Graham’s son) is holding outdoor rallies on the capitol grounds of every state capitol in America throughout […]

To the younger generation of readers, there was a fella named Will Rogers, who some years back had a newspaper column and a radio program that resonated with the common […]

By Margaret Gorski, Stevensville, candidate for HD-88   This spring I attended a forum hosted by Hamilton’s Bitterroot College on the need to work together to address emerging water issues […]

By Craig E. Thomas, Chair, Stevensville Airport Board   32S has received a grant from to FAA for the improvement of our, the Town of Stevensville, Montana, airport. The improvements […]

Thank you for Chuck Stranahan’ s article  on the West Fork of the Bitterroot. I have fished this small river for 30 years and the last 13 we spend our […]

This is in response to the lady who thinks that those of us who carry our dogs in the back of pickups are stupid owners. Rather than sit behind your […]