Opinion

By Bill Perrin (for) Stevensville Volunteer Firefighters Associations   Fire Prevention Week took place Oct. 9-15. These dates commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 that killed more than 250 […]

There are times when a hard dose of reality is necessary and I believe this is such a time. You will soon be going to the voting booth to cast […]

I read with interest the argument proposed by Mr. Rod Nielsen about the number of minority women (African Americans and Indian Americans) who received abortions in the past two generations. […]

For years, trappers have been making up false stories about proposals to restrict recreational and commercial trapping on Montana’s public lands. Recently trappers have been saying the Montana Trap-Free Public […]

David Allen, RMEF President & CEO, has published a call for its members to vote against I-177. Mr. Allen says it would mean an immediate ban on trapping on all […]

Trappers played the rabies card recently, asserting, “trappers of Montana eliminate thousands of predators, which keep rabies at bay.” This is an interesting claim given that “skunks and bats account […]

Many of you do not like Trump. He is brash, arrogant, sometimes harsh and not politically correct. Vote for him anyway. If Hillary wins this election, America will descend into […]

By Rep. Ed Greef, HD-88, Florence   There’s a better way than ‘staying away’. Voters from both parties are expressing their frustration with the national election by wondering if they […]

Bob Brown, I had to chuckle when I read your letter to the Star (09/21/16) endorsing Hillary Clinton! Ironically, the first time I crossed over to vote for a Democrat […]

As a young boy, living on the edge of the Pintlers, I had the unique opportunity of spending time with my grandfather hunting and learning to trap and run a […]

Certain trappers consistently hide the truth and howl fallacious threats. The wolf population will not explode if trapping is limited to private lands the size of Wyoming. In fact, in […]

We volunteer at the Stevensville recycling bin once a week because it is our strong belief that recycling is important for the entire country. Volunteers are needed at the bin […]

I would like to express my sincere and enduring thank you to the members of the 2016 Founders Day Team that worked with commitment and intensity for 21 months to […]

I serve as a commissioner in a county where nearly 50 percent of the land is federally owned. There are some Montana counties, such as Mineral and Sanders Counties, where […]

I am writing this letter in hopes that you can avoid the terrible mistake I have made. Last year I hired a local landscape company to help establish a new […]

By Tim Peterson, President, VVSC Board of Directors   Annually, for every dollar Ravalli County residents invest through the mill levy to support the Valley Veterans Service Center, the county’s […]

By Joyce McConaha, Stevensville   Bob Brown, former Montana Secretary of State, is upset, it seems, by Donald Trump’s ego. It seems to me that it would take a monumental […]

There is a lot of discussion and reference to bigotry, racism and discrimination during the hectic political process, in which, the country is currently engaged. No one, however, has seen […]

For the most part I like and support our Governor Steve Bullock and I’ve heard in his reelection rhetoric him talking about new business starts and the ease of doing […]

I recently saw a high school classmate from California advocating to vote against I-177 at the trapper’s booth during the Ravalli County Fair. He stated that “any change is bad.” […]