Opinion

by Bob Spitzer, Commander, American Legion Post 94, Stevensville Recently, members of American Legion Post 94 had the privilege of attending the annual Merit Award presentation honoring outstanding eighth-grade students as […]

by Grace Wilson, Stevensville A big thank you to the organization that set out the American flags along the Stevensville pathway. What a beautiful sight. And such a visual reminder […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton In the June 10 edition of the STAR, I posted a letter outlining where America stands in a number of important areas compared to other countries.  […]

by Philip Nordeck, Missoula As a father, a citizen, and a resident of Montana, I am deeply concerned by efforts to rescind the Roadless Rule and weaken protections for some […]

by Casey Anderson, National Geographic Explorer, Paradise Valley I’ve spent most of my life avoiding politics. I’d rather disappear into Montana’s wildest places—that’s why I became a wildlife filmmaker—but I can’t […]

by Chad Bauer, Missoula Chamber of Commerce U.S. Forest Service research has identified where public land conditions contribute to high severity wildfire risk to our forests, WUI residents, and population […]

by William (Bill) Campbell, Conner Some planks in the Montana GOP platform are questionable in first reading. One proposes to tax family and other small farms out of farming. That […]

by Helen and Marc Sabin, Corvallis Now that another election season has come and gone, I would like to take a moment to thank the Bitterroot Star for the role […]

by Steve Schmidt, Darby There certainly was a time in history when extracting and burning fossil fuels was a reasonable, even necessary choice.  It was far better than burning whale […]

by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Every day there is something crazy to stun us. We can’t stop for now the worst policies of this administration but there is light at the […]

by Alene Tunny, Hamilton   I was born in Hamilton and am a second generation Montanan. I grew up and still live just blocks away from Rocky Mountain Lab.  RML […]

by Mark Snider, Hamilton Many of Trump’s supporters are Christian and believe the Bible to be the word of God and an authoritative guide to God’s will and to human […]

by Roger Mitchell, Stevensville I attended the June 10, 2026, meeting of the Ravalli County Board of Health (BOH) which was focused on the subject of recent “incidents” at Rocky […]

by William (Bill) Campbell Conner The magnitude of the question is soaking in (pun intended).  My first vote was as a Republican and it was for Eisenhower. In the time […]

by Doug Hatchimonji Hamilton As Senator Tim Sheehy targets Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) for an Inspector General investigation, he and we should remember the lesson of NASA’s Apollo 13 – […]

by Arlene Helmbrecht Victor This is a bit belated but a big THANK YOU to the Corvallis American Legion Post 91 and the Auxiliary for once again hosting a fabulous, […]

by Neil Rose Hamilton Only when the last tree has died, the last river is poisoned, the last fish has died. Then we will realize we can not eat money. […]

by Bob Spitzer Stevensville Recently, while enjoying my morning cup of coffee here in the Bitterroot Valley, I came across an online article discussing the silent hand signal used by […]

by Tom Tunny Hamilton On May 29, my letter to the editor included a graph that I wanted published so that we could see where America actually stands in rankings of […]

by Tom Cherry Helena Please note that this evening’s national TV advertising is depriving down-ballot candidates and offices of their due airtime and respect. In one fell-swoop, buying our democracy […]