Opinion

Ravalli County like all of levels of government is looking for ways to reduce expenditures. There is one way the commissioners could contribute to reducing expenditures. They could give up […]

  In a previous letter I established the bible as the only reliable source of law. Now I am taking up the topic of the basis of punishment for the […]

  Political signs being stolen already?! As the political season begins, it seems as if the party of family values is stooping to sign removal. There are two candidates running […]

By John Cook, Stevensville Some of you may know me or my wife, Patricia. We’ve lived in Stevensville for almost twenty years. Brought our son up here, watched him marry […]

  Darby outfitter, Scott Boulanger, recently made a comment indicating that he wants a bounty placed on predators within Ravalli County and who do you think he wants to finance […]

  Has there ever been a bigger bunch of whiners than the wolf-haters of Ravalli County? Now they want to use a long-forgotten 1930s state law to force a bounty […]

  In a letter to the editor last week, Pat Connell recently climbed onto the Militia/Freeman county-supremacy scheme dubbed “coordination” last week with a veiled political threat to Fish Wildlife […]

  The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and the Bitterroot Cross Country Ski Club are relying on their long-standing partnership to address issues raised from an anonymous complaint that have recently surfaced […]

  Kudos to Chuck Oliver and a common sense Forest Service solution to creating a healthier, safer forest environment near Lake Como in the Bitterroot. This win-win-win project keeps a […]

  The Missoulian (2/25/12) covered the news conference held by The University of Montana President Royce Engstom to address the alleged assaults on two female students two weeks earlier. I […]

By Jerry McDonald, Thompson Falls Seeking to explain his behavior for re-transmitting a racist e-mail from a taxpayer owned computer system Judge Richard Frank Cebull, United States District Court for […]

  This letter is to make comment on Judge Haynes’ opinions with respect to public information. It was convenient that Labor Day got in the way of actually doing something […]

I hope to help the residents of Stevensville to understand all that they read. An article published 02/15/2012 covered concerns regarding the posting of funds by Town of Stevensville to […]

  I am writing this letter to let all candidates for office know on what basis I am evaluating them when I vote in the primary and general election, and […]

  When we spoke with Dallas Erickson two weeks ago by telephone, after his letter appeared in the Bitterroot Star regarding the homosexual community, after thanking him for the very […]

  After reading your opinion letter I was just thinking about you, Dallas Erickson, while I was taking the trash out. What ignorance, and where does all this hate come […]

  Most of us wonder exactly which of our leaders truly support K-12 education or just say they support it to get elected. In my observation, the best supporters of […]

Rep. Pat Connell (February 22) apparently misunderstood the FWP Commission’s action ending the season’s wolf hunt. First of all, he doesn’t understand the commission’s reasons to not allow hunting during […]

  By Bradley Furnish, Access Advertising, Kansas City Localism is trending today in the realms of food and finance. The institution of the local community newspaper is also popular, but […]

  It seems Dallas Erickson somehow fancies himself the victim. He argues in his letter of February 8 that protecting people from abuse and discrimination because they are gay discriminates […]