Opinion

Dear Editor, For as long as we’ve been around as humans being we have sat together to share stories and experiences. We told stories around open fires, recounted dreams, shared […]

Dear Editor, For the last 30 years Americans have been in a rigged economic lab experiment. At the same time most of us have been under a class warfare assault. […]

Dear Editor, The libelous daily diatribes authored by leftist activists Van P. Keele, Bill LaCroix, Lee Tickell, Phyllis Bookbinder and others are wearing on my nerves. In truth, theirs is […]

Star Editorial The Ravalli County Commissioners have been slapped with two lawsuits recently over alleged violations of the state’s open meeting laws. It is entirely appropriate and expected that they […]

By Maggie Wright and several hundred concerned petition signers To Ravalli County Commissioners: You have publicly announced that there will be a budget shortfall of approximately $43,000 over the remaining […]

Dear Editor, “Occupy Wall Street” is a protest against the concentration of wealth among the privileged few. This concentration has only been made possible by the flow of wealth from […]

  Remember those times when what you said was so completely wrong Wanting to take back the words and feeling like an utter ding-dong? It’s a matter of putting the […]

Dear Editor, I read the CWD story, on page 5 of the 19 October Bitterroot Star hunting supplement with considerable interest. Your story specified that CWD disease has been confirmed […]

Dear Editor, We are making some changes at the Local Living Family Center, a new name and new hours! We are changing our name to the North Valley Family Center, […]

Dear Editor, I despise the concept of “green jobs” hatched by this dreamer that occupies the White House. It has been a total disaster since Day 1. Simply, America’s biggest […]

Dear Editor, I must thank you for the great article about the “Magnificent Seven” in the Oct. 12 paper. What an encouragement for these special teenagers and a joy for […]

Dear Editor, Last year I attended all the Lady Yellowjackets varsity basketball games at home and at divisionals in Hamilton. They were an exciting team to watch play, even beating […]

  Dear Editor, To sleep good at night, be ignorant or be prepared. Most of us know that our government is in disastrous financial shape, which should be of great […]

By Stanley Schroeder, Hamilton Are our Ravalli County commissioners working for you? Instead of a laser focus on a smart, fair budget and creating jobs, their crosshairs are on wolves […]

Dear Editor, Local newspapers report that Commissioner Kanenwisher “pointed to a twofold increase in juvenile detentions”. He asked if the increase in juvenile arrests had anything to do with the […]

Dear Editor, Earlier this month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released its 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the leading report on the status and well-being of children in the U.S. […]

  Dear Editor, In the September 28th issue of the Bitterroot Star editorial section, there was a commentary written by H.E. “Red” Caldwell, president of the Bitterroot Valley Historical Society […]

Dear Editor, I was attracted to a playbill that triggered my interest…a musical comedy based on a well-known Agatha Christie mystery plot, “Ten Little Indians”, or otherwise known as “And […]

  Dear Editor, As a proud great grandmother I care about my family’s future and my country’s. I grew up during the Depression. I sacrificed like all Americans did during […]

Dear Editor, The firestorm seemed endless. You could see it lapping over the top of the Sapphire Mountains. A spot fire that could have been put out became a raging […]