Opinion

by Paul E. Roege, P.E., Corvallis Having been involved in both national security and technology development aspects of critical materials for years, I was nevertheless only vaguely aware of the […]

by Richard Parker, Stevensville Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Keith Ellison (AG) and Mayor Frey of Minneapolis were at the very least complicit with all the Somali fraud in Minnesota. […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville The last several “Letters to the Editor” pages have been filled with liberal lies and half-truths. The underlying motivation for these writers is TDS (Trump Derangement […]

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton Congressman Zinke, I received a survey from your office Tuesday. The survey does not allow me to share my view(s), the survey only provides opportunity to […]

by Archie L. Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis A political silence colder than a normal winter has settled across Montana. Where is the governor, Montana Senate and House leadership, the […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton The Trump administration is bragging about saving billions of dollars by eliminating government agencies and laying workers off, in order to eliminate waste and fraud. I […]

by Dana Henricks, Florence Dear Jane Lambert, This letter has been a very, very long time in coming. Sorry for the delay, but I have been mulling over your two […]

by Sheryl Olson, Hamilton Once again, thank you Bitterroot Star for keeping us updated on the current developments on the Sheep Creek Mine. Your investigative reporting and the clear presentation […]

by DW Shumway, Stevensville Fellow restless Americans! I have a solution: Let’s give actual representative government a try and see if the electorate can’t do better than the donor-compromised, lobby-compromised, […]

by Wes Wells, Department Chair, Stevensville HS Social Studies On behalf of the students and Social Studies staff of Stevensville High School, I would like to extend our appreciation to […]

by Archie L. Thomas, Corvallis I have never witnessed a greater lost listening opportunity than by Representative Zinke’s delegation during the 1/28/26 commissioners’ meeting. The disregard for public input or […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville I’ve been in three recent hacks of my personal information, and recently I read in the Montana Free Press it happened again through Christi Jacobsen, our […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton This past Thursday, Republican leader of the Senate, John Thune, said that if the Democrats do not come to an agreement with the Republicans on funding […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton I was just wondering. How many persons that were arrested at the January 6th insurrection and sent to jail and then pardoned by Trump, are ICE […]

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton I support David Bedey as State Senator for District 43.  Dave has served as our REPRESENTATIVE from HD 86. Dave Bedey has served the people of […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis A recent newspaper article detailed the challenges that election officials face across the state. And I went “Uh oh. Here we go again.”  So let’s head […]

by Peter Lethenstrom, Stevensville The wheels of the Gods grind slow, but they grind exceedingly FINE!

by Sen. Bob Phalen, SD 17, Glendive Governor Greg Gianforte made Montanans proud by joining with standout conservative leaders like Ron DeSantis in sending our national guard troops not overseas, […]

by Charles Sleath, Hamilton I was just wondering. How many persons that were arrested at the January 6th insurrection and sent to jail and then pardoned by Trump, are ICE […]

by Helen Sabin, Corvallis The terrific trio of true representation in the valley! Taxes going down! Across Montana – on television, radio, streaming services, mailers, and social media – tens […]