Opinion

By Gary Milner and Jennifer Knell, Corvallis, and others listed below From the newspaper we learned that Michael Moore and Dane Scott of Missoula are developing Mill Creek in the […]

I see that some Montana Legislators are going to be pushing the “Sheriffs First” legislation again this coming January. It must be close to the umpteenth time this anti-federal government […]

  We’re Montanans who also happen to be scientists. As scientists, we understand the scientific principles demonstrating that human activity is rapidly changing our climate. That is why we joined […]

  Bob Lake, Public Service Commissioner, believes climate change (CC) is real. We who believe in science and are sufficiently clear-eyed in observing that CC is already greatly impacting the […]

The degradation of our Forest Service into the US Forest Fire Service is so blatant to those of us that have been here awhile that I cannot resist again writing […]

Star Editorial Two people contacted the Bitterroot Star about the story we ran disclosing the information contained in the Human Rights Complaint filed by former Road Department employee Danielle Senn […]

Star Editorial It has been six years since we made the risky but attractive decision to distribute 7,200 of our newspapers to nearly 3000 individual households and more than 100 […]

  I would like to invite the public to stop by Stevensville Hardware and look at the “wall” that has caused us to sue the Stevensville Playhouse and form your […]

  Maybe you all could help me… I got a notice in the mail a few months ago saying my car insurance went from $120 a month to $390 a […]

  Walgreens, America’s largest drug store chain, says they are leaving the United States because our tax rate is too high. It must really be killing them, but it’s hard […]

By Rick Torre, Philipsburg I have followed accounts of climbing activity at the north rim of Mill Creek. After  discussing recent editorials with Mill Creek’s Pro Wall first ascent climbers, […]

  All of us at Pantry Partners would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Mr. Lloyd Eickert. Lloyd co-founded Pantry Partners in 1989. He […]

As last week’s article about the cancellation of Ravalli County’s Dust Abatement Program stated, I believe that road dust is a serious health hazard, and not just for people living […]

  Most of Ravalli County is forest land.  The US Forest Service provides fire protection for over half the county, and there are about 12 fire stations protecting the remaining […]

  When I was going to school in Butte, there were still “working girls” plying their trade in the red light district down on Mercury Street. The running joke was, […]

  Last week I had to take some trash to the dump station near Victor, Montana. I had the back of my 1/2 ton truck loaded. The dump attendant told […]

  The letter from Mr. Steven Rossiter last week mentioned he is in his seventh decade on this planet. Good for him. I’m starting my ninth decade so hooray for […]

  I read an article in the Ravalli Republic that contained comments about Charles Amos Buck. Being the fourth generation of these Bucks from Ohio, I wanted to share some […]

  Closing government facilities never comes easy, but budget reductions could prove good news for wildlife along the Montana-Idaho border. A recent decision by the Obama administration to close the […]

By Chuck DeWitt, Hamilton There are a lot of good reasons to oppose the current plan to lengthen our airport (RCA) runway, but probably the best is that it is […]