Opinion

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 […]

  I would like to thank your community for the Bitterroot Hotshot Fire Fighters you sent to us in Colorado. I live in Boulder County, Colorado, south of the High […]

In a recent email to fellow commissioners, Commissioner Foss stated the following: “Our county is currently considered the leader in producing solid policies other counties can emulate, in the past […]

It’s summertime and yet there’s no shortage of fog here in the Valley–particularly, around Stevensville. After years of living a blue-collar, working-class existence, and after years of watching Missoulian newspaper […]

How do you like political ads now that corruption and lying are legal? In 2012, Conservatives dismantled Montana’s ban on knowingly lying in political ads (Sources: Havre Daily, March 24, […]

When the U.S. Department of Education announced the annual grant winners for the TRIO Upward Bound program last month in Washington, D.C., the impact was felt by hundreds of students […]

The letter in the June 6 Bitterroot Star, by Mr. Leon Salois, was extremely disturbing. I agree with him that the Lee Newspapers only prints the news it suits them […]

The Stevensville Playhouse would like to thank everyone for their support at the Second Annual Peacock Strut Fundraiser. Thanks to you, it was a huge success, and a special thanks […]

By Ravalli County TBID Board of Trustees: Marie Christopher, Townhouse Inns, Adele Dicken, Mountain Spirit Inn, Patricia Hatfield, Time After Time B&B, Tex Irwin, West Fork Lodge, Deborah Rogala, Double […]

  I’ve covered the United Nations for 7 years as a reporter, and I must say, of all the perceived international threats to American freedom, I find the Agenda 21 […]

  Recently, a gentleman in Stevensville wrote the Star about newspapers. His opinion of Lee newspapers was correct but his overall criticism much too mild–good people sometimes have a problem […]

  A government-employed doctor was brought before a House Committee investigating federal propaganda operations. When questioned whether his public speeches presented both sides of the discussion touching compulsory national health […]

  In response to Mr. Bill LaCroix’s letter which appeared in the April 25, 2012 issue of the Bitterroot Star: 1. I normally do not dignify ad hominem comments/letters (attacking […]

  Mr. Ciliberti’s infatuation with far-right “Agenda 21” conspiracy theories is not about me, as he inferred in his diatribe. But since he mentioned my name, I’ll take him up […]

Questions below highlight negative things in our world today: 1. Why are far too many people unemployed in the USA? 2. Why is our economy on the brink of disaster? […]