Opinion

  What is your attitude towards business growth and new job opportunity? Not something you may have given much thought, however it definitely is something your state and county elected […]

  “How are you folks doing down at the food bank?” That’s a question I and my co-workers who volunteer at Haven House Food Pantry in Hamilton get asked a […]

Star Editorial The Bitterroot Star has received a lot of praise in the last week after breaking the story about the default judgment against Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey in […]

  I’ve lived for 90+ years in mostly conservative communities. Never have I witnessed such governing incompetency as demonstrated by our five Ravalli County Commissioners. There are far too many […]

I spent most of my life as a Republican, but when I came to the Bitterroot I discovered that the local party was very different from the party whose principles […]

  The citizens of Ravalli County deserve a Treasurer’s Office that is efficient and capable of collecting and disbursing monies accurately and in a timely manner; a Treasury that can […]

  The sequence of events that have unfolded in recent months regarding the total ineffectiveness of Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey, aka Addis, aka Scott, are simply unbelievable! The lack […]

  Disabled American Veterans is seeking volunteer drivers to take veterans to and from their Veterans Administration (VA) approved medical appointments. Drivers are needed now to serve the entire Missoula […]

  On January 23rd, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a public hearing in Hamilton to gather testimony regarding renewal of the wastewater discharge permit for the […]

By Pat Connell, State Representative HD87, Member, Sage Grouse Council Driven by a federal court ordered effort forced by Jon Marble’s Western Watershed Project (WWP) lawsuit, Montana is currently attempting […]

  At age 85 I had hoped my days of criticizing local government were over but it has become so bad, so ludicrous, so self-serving, so stupid, and so blatantly […]

  How many of us would like to leave a lasting legacy for all Montanans such as Senator Lee Metcalf did, or any number of other people whose good works […]

  The recent political rage to criticize the U.S. Congress for lack of accomplishment and unwillingness to compromise is deserved. In both the House and Senate, the negative actions of […]

  I would like to clarify first that I am part Indian but not even a little part drunk! Many of us believe that the denial of the 3 Saddle […]

By Darlene Grove, Stevensville As you begin a new year in your position as RC Commissioners, I hope you have taken time to consider the issues you chose to advance […]

  I get a terrible bellyache when I think about the county taking over government lands. How on God’s green earth could the county commissioners handle this when they can’t […]

  For the last three decades, federal policies have continually reduced public access, killed our state and local economies, and brought national forests into a state of maximum combustion. That’s […]

A story in the Jan. 3 edition of the Ravalli Republic discussed the county commissioners near-unanimous vote (one member was MIA) to not reappoint Mr. Jan Wisniewski to the chair […]

  My mother was born May 1, 1910 in Alabama. Her mother died when she was 5 and Mom had two younger sisters. Her father married a wicked stepmother and […]

  Here’s to 2014, fellow citizens of Ravalli County! May we resolve that in this brand new year, where hope always springs eternal, we vote out Commissioners Foss, Stoltz and […]