Opinion

  Let it be known to all Bitterrooters that the Ravalli County Off-Road User Association (RCORUA) is appealing the 3 Saddle Vegetation Management Project on the Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) […]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. In this you will see that nowhere does it state “separation of church and […]

  What a shame! I commend Rachel Bartlett for her letter encouraging people to write letters expressing their opposition to the Legacy “Ranch” housing development. Looking back on my eight […]

Van P. Keele’s blathering in the Bitterroot Star newspaper on 21 May 2013 about sequestration requires a response, for the following reasons: 1. Government spending has been significantly out of […]

  Stevensville Council #13093 of the Knights of Columbus says thank you to the local merchants, our friends, neighbors and Hamilton Council #6130 for donating their time and money so […]

By Jill Davies, Director, Sustainable Living Systems I am submitting our report: “Bitterroot Valley Food System Community Food Project – Assessment and Planning”, dated 2009, for the record in the […]

  If you are a Bitterrooter you either have lived here your whole life, or you are a transplant. If you are a transplant you love this valley and appreciate […]

  A Legacy Ranch Subdivision promoter said there would be significant effects on wildlife, but the wildlife would “adapt.” Exactly how does a wild animal “adapt” to being poisoned by […]

  As a long-time and since retired Montana School Superintendent, past City Administrator, and Hamilton, Montana resident, I understand the value of programs that invest in educating unemployed, at-risk youth. […]

  I recommend that the Republicans currently running, or considering to run, for the US Senate Seat to replace Max Baucus initiate early campaign debates/forums to reach out to all […]

Submitted Lyndsay Stover, Ravalli County Tobacco Prevention Specialist Each year tobacco kills more people than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, murder, illegal drug use, and fires combined. Tobacco is the […]

The Culpepper & Merriweather (C&M) circus is coming to Stevensville. As is the case with most circuses, C&M has run afoul of the Animal Welfare Act and has been recently […]

  On behalf of the Daly Hospital Foundation, Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital and the thousands of patients cared for each year, this is to extend a thank you to Sapphire […]

  How easy is it to point fingers at others? I find myself looking outward all the time. With all the scandals I am looking for who to blame? I […]

  Referring to the proposed Legacy Ranch subdivision, Commissioner Foss is quoted thus: “When people decide they are going to sue before the process is even completed, we need to […]

  By Mark Lambrecht, Executive Director, Treasure State Resource Industry Association We’ve seen a lot of hand-wringing over coal trains lately.  But frankly, railroads are an essential part of Montana’s […]

  I remember there being some discussion in the past of wanting to put cameras at the park because of crime problems. Now I’m being told I can’t protect myself […]

  Considering the strong opposition on the part of some of our politicians to the United Nations Arms Treaty 2013, my dear, sometimes quirky husband was trying to think exactly […]

  If our five Ravalli County Commissioners stay true to form – tone-deaf to the concerns of the citizens who elected them and fawning on the big-money developers – then […]

  In response to Mr. Ciliberti’s comment from the letter he wrote, (May 30, 2013). He stated: “Most of the water pumped for domestic (household) usage (90%) will be recycled […]