Opinion

  There is no doubt that some of the recent decisions made in Ravalli County government have backfired. We all make mistakes but one redeeming characteristic is we generally recognize […]

Joel Olinghouse and Jerry Haslip got the memo. They were wonderfully perfect in giving the textbook Republican opposition response to Obamacare. Their arguments were enthusiastic and entertaining, but predictably lacking […]

  My husband and I moved to Hamilton one month ago and are impressed with the friendliness of people we meet. When I mention that I am new to town, […]

  When the Victor Garden Club gave up our much loved Victor Park to the county, a whole bunch of memories came flooding back to me. When I see Gene […]

Wow! What a year we had in 2013! Are you ready for 2014? Well, I’m stoked to see what we can accomplish in this new year, and I would like […]

Rich and proud tea party Representative Steve Daines says he’s fighting hard to protect Montanans, and all Americans, from the scourges of Obamacare. What does that mean? Who will suffer? […]

  I don’t often choose to financially support private enterprise but I am making a notable exception for the Bitterroot Star. Had it not been for the exceptional investigative reporting […]

  This might be the shortest letter I’ve ever written! Ray Hawk will be the best thing to happen to Ravalli County. Thank you, Ray, for caring enough to come […]

  The liberal left, those on the dole, and other un-thinking voters elected President Obama. Such voters should be ashamed of themselves now, because Obama and/or his administration: 1. Spearheaded […]

  Frank Lipus’ Ravalli Republic’s Letter to the Editor, Feb. 14th, would like our county voters to “stick with principals (sic), not political parties when making a decision that affects […]

  Christmas is now a memory but a happy one, thanks to Toys for Tots. While the Christmas season has passed, and we anxiously await the arrival of Spring, many […]

  I was driving up Middle Burnt Fork and looked over to the left at Burnt Fork Manor and saw a caregiver trying to get an elderly woman up off […]

  Suspended Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey has taken some hard knocks recently for her manifest incompetence, legal troubles from her previous incarnation in South Carolina, and her seemingly wild […]

  One can only wonder what goes on in the collective mind of the three teapublicans, namely Foss, Stoltz and Burrows, that currently hold sway on the Ravalli County commission… […]

Like many of us here in the Bitterroot Valley, I have watched the unfolding developments in the Ravalli County Treasurer’s and the County Commissioners offices with a combination of fascination […]

  You missed a treat if you were unable to attend the Homeshooler’s History Fair at the Ravalli County Museum. Complete with costumes, presentation boards and props, twenty-nine homeschoolers, age […]

As a volunteer with the Red Cross as the Disaster Chair for Ravalli County I have some concerns about the readiness for disasters here in the valley in several respects. […]

By Mark Behnke, Darby Four years ago here in the Bitterroot, a group of approximately 200 local citizens declared quite publicly just how radical their political beliefs were. It was […]

  The Commissioners finally brought Valerie Stamey to a meeting to explain the lawsuit brought by eastern attorneys concerning $18,149.00. That gave her plenty of time to write something inflammatory […]

  Full ballots coming up this year! June 3, 2014: Federal-State-County Open Primary Election. Here are some of the Ravalli County Offices up for four year terms: Administrator, Attorney/Auditor, Clerk […]