Opinion

  I have written a couple of “letters to the editor” which have been taken as a blanket rejection of what some believe is the top priority facing the world […]

  I googled the Bitterroot Chamber of Commerce and the first thing I read was, “Welcome to our Beautiful Bitterroot Valley!” This was closely followed by “unsurpassed beauty.” Obviously, whomever […]

The complimentary thunderbolt about Painted Rocks Lake that Check Stranahan shot my way in his column was a surprise! Thanks for the kind words, Chuck. It is true that I […]

  As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor for over ten years, I have worked closely with law enforcement personnel and have much respect for the type of job they do. […]

  We vaccinate our animals to protect them from contracting rabies from another animal–which works great. However, there is another issue that has become involved in human vaccinations. It seems […]

  Last month, Chuck Roady, vice president and general manager of F.H. Stoltz Land and Lumber Co., a family owned sawmill that has been operating in northwest Montana for more […]

  I don’t know about how Gene Williams might react to all of those silly recent claims by Van P. Keele in the Bitterroot Star, but here is my reaction. […]

  Please just put the Creamery Picnic back on Main Street and stop this silliness in the park. If you were to objectively survey the town of Stevensville, you would […]

As part of the American Legion Color Guard at Saturday’s Creamery Picnic parade in Stevensville, I was disheartened at the number of men who did not remove their caps as […]

  It has become nearly impossible to have a conversation about the future of the United States lately without someone throwing out the off hand comment that “the federal government […]

  I read the article in Saturday’s issue of the Ravalli Republic about the Ravalli County road department. I am an employee of the road department and I would like […]

By Tom Kresan & Thad Widmer, Circle 13 Working Group   The Circle 13 skatepark crew has been working hard to get all of our ducks in a row, so […]

By Gene Mim Mack, Mayor of Stevensville   You may have seen the notice from the State of Montana (posted in a recent issue of the Bitterroot Star) which referenced […]

  Recent diatribes by Van P. Keele and Marty Essen in local newspapers about global warming are merely opinions based upon their interpretation of “facts”! It is imperative to point […]

    Common Core or CC is one size fits all, with no provision for students with learning difficulties and evil to the core. Its only design is to make […]

    For three years our Ravalli County has been run by a very conservative government. So how are things shaping up? Where are the jobs, based on “conservative, pro-growth” […]

    There is a saying in science: “In God we trust, everyone else bring data” which leads one to believe that the scientific methods that brought us out of […]

We take privacy for granted. Too often we mistakenly assume that we are the only ones privy to our personal information. We assume it is within our discretion to decide […]

By Van P. Keele, Hamilton   Climate change is real. We know it because we’re living it right here in the Bitterroot – earlier snowmelt, raging wildfires, record high temperatures, […]

  I want to congratulate Dr. Joanne Charbonneau on her newly elected position as Chair of the Board of Trustees at North Valley Library. I work with Joanne as a […]