Opinion

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 […]

It has been mentioned before how the “massive four-member movement” (thank you Willie) of folks who call themselves “Citizens for Fair Water” have offered nothing but Rescinding Petitions, and False […]

By Alzheimer’s Association-Montana Chapter; Bob Brown, Former Republican Montana State Senator and Former Montana Secretary of State, Whitefish; Dr. Dennis Dietrich, MD- Neurologist, Great Falls; Monte Dolack, Missoula Artist; Pam […]

The Board of Trustees at Lone Rock has received a letter of resignation from Deanne Stewart. We would like to thank Deanne for her years of service and commitment to […]

True, there are bigger farmers’ markets in the area. But the Stevensville Market has grown and offers the public a wide range of goods to shop, eat, and play. We […]

Early into FBI Director James Comey’s July 5, 2016 history-making speech detailing the results of the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, Comey appeared to verbally indict Hillary for […]

An article in the July 10 edition of the Missoulian reported on possible restrictions on the West Fork of the Bitterroot River for next season. FWP personnel communicated on surveys […]

In Montana, we pride ourselves on treating strangers as friends and solving problems as neighbors. Like most Montanans, I was raised that when a disagreement arises you work together to […]