Opinion

Is running your air conditioner this summer too expensive? Is your electric bill cutting into your business profits? Ask former Congressman Hill (1997-2001) how he felt about his Republican friends […]

In response to an article from earlier this week (“Hill campaigns in Bitterroot”), I believe that Montanans can’t afford to elect Congressman Rick Hill as the next Governor of our […]

In Germany during the early 20’s, because of inflation, the saying, “It took a wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread” was coined. However, many people left […]

By Dan DePauw, Stevensville After a lengthy absence from attending Stevensville Town Council meetings, I was pleasantly surprised when I attended the July 12th meeting that it was no longer […]

By Jim Hamilton, Florence   The Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) near Stevensville avoided near disaster over the holiday weekend during this year’s Stevensville Summerfest. Event organizers contracted the […]

  I regret I was wrong. Two paid officers, 7 reserves, 3 Sheriff, and at least 1 State trooper, and a DUI task force. I am well aware of how […]

  The Supreme Court upheld Obamacare (mostly). Some complicated legalities, but, what else is new? I was interested in Romney’s “Repeal and Replace” response on the day of the decision. […]

Now that SCOTUS has decided what’s best for Montana (when it comes to controlling what money corporations can donate for political campaigns), I’ve decided that I will only allow information […]

  The Supreme Court is supposed to be non-political. However, you don’t have to be a constitutional law professor at Harvard, Michigan or Northwestern to quickly realize that the court […]

I have to respond to the letter by Kim French published on June 27, 2012. Ms. French is very misinformed on some of the topics that “disgust” her. Let me […]

I am really concerned about Representative Dennis Rehberg. I’m afraid his rough ride in the boat accident affected his memory on our border problems. Rep. Rehberg is sponsoring H.R. 1505, […]

To avoid confusion as to who paid for the recent two-page Big Game Forever (BGF) ad in the Ravalli Republic, let’s start with the fact that hunters in Montana have […]

  We seem to have a lot of people crawling out of the Eastern woodwork, swarming our beautiful valley to tell us how to best run our lives. From pastors […]

By Gene Mim Mack, Mayor of Stevensville Last week’s letter about the Reserve Officers and our Police Department caused me to realize that many in the community might not understand […]

By Suzy Foss, Ravalli County Commissioner I rarely pay attention to the letters to the editor from certain left wing extremist as they have openly declared their intent to take […]

  The current hullabaloo over the Obama Presidential Library Outhouse warrants clarification. I am a firm believer in the saying, “To avoid criticism: say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” The […]

Not just women should be concerned that Republican legislators are proposing bills that take away their rights. Republicans, who rail against government interference with individual freedom, want to legislate our […]

  There are a lot of numbers flying around about water usage, a lot depending on the amount of time one were to take a shower and so forth. I […]

  While reading this week’s Star I was disgusted to see the water issue, yet again. To flip the page and see the town of Stevi has 4 (that’s four), […]

  Mr. Salois, for all the historically and scientifically incorrect things you stated in your June 20, 2012 letter in the Bitterroot Star, foggy is the right term. In the […]