Opinion

by Andy Roubik, Corvallis No, I’m not talking about our politicians!   Every spring across our great state and throughout the west, young and old alike take to fields and pastures to […]

by Jim Kalkofen, Stevensville The signs tell us there is an election coming up for House District 88. This area covers a significant area of Ravalli County. Ballots will be mailed […]

by Mike and Tari Conroy, Darby The results are in… What a bluegrass festival it was in Victor. People said they loved the new location, with many jamming rooms, and a […]

by Rep. Sharon Greef, HD88, Florence I think whenever anyone in public service comes to the point where they’ve made the decision to step down, they feel a responsibility to have […]

by Robert Walsh, Hamilton If you are a taxpayer in Ravalli County, you are already a supporter of community colleges in Montana. Every year, you, as a taxpayer, have been financially […]

by NVPL Foundation Board – Carla Sanders, Amy Horlacher, Donna Bainbridge, Jody Torrey and Maryjo Lykins The North Valley Public Library Foundation would like to thank the wonderful Stevensville community […]

by Joseph G Gallagher Jr, Stevensville There are two names that I have seen  on posters throughout District 88 who are running to represent the people of that district in our […]

by Layna Lyons, Hamilton I have watched my property tax grow faster than my income. Good marketers will tell you it will be only 1 mill and it will only cost […]

by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis My wife and I were recently confronted by a lady and provided with a black and white folded brochure paid for by “HOWE TO […]

by Robert Walsh, Hamilton Value-savvy taxpayers in Ravalli Co. should vote YES for the BVCC levy If you are a taxpayer in Ravalli County, you are already a supporter of community […]

by Bill Hester, Florence Rep. David Bedey is a respected Republican member of the Montana House and has a long and impressive resume. His article in the Star and other papers […]

by Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale Millions of WWII gardens supplied 33% of America’s home and military food. Gardening conserves cash. On victory-garden-scale it might alleviate today’s global food crises where multi-millions […]

by Doug Bohn, Victor Many Republicans consider themselves “Reagan Republicans” though their actions show they are Republicans in the vein of the Bushes and Carl Rove. They helped usher in the […]

by Jim Crews, Stevensville With all due respect, the council did not vote to turn the property back to the county.  The agenda item was to incorporate the donated land into […]

by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton It is clear from Gary Engebretson’s letter to the Star dated 3/23/22 and Helen Sabin’s response to my letter juxtaposing community college and university-type college in the […]

by Dan Nixon, U.S. Army First Lieutenant Ret, Victor I would like to express my thanks to Ron Wirth, the Victor #15 Precinct Captain, for his involvement in obtaining my U.S. Army […]

by Bob Pauley, Hamilton As you may have heard, some political activists are proposing major changes to our property tax system and our Constitution with CI-121. The initiative is essentially a […]

by Tom Tunny, Hamilton In the March 30 Opinion Page letter, Rep. David Bedey stated in his first paragraph, “If approved, this endeavor (of creating a “special select committee” to investigate […]

by Ginny Massey, Hamilton Yes, bunnies are cute, however… At one point during the fall, I stood in front of my house on the north side of Hamilton and counted 15 […]

by Rep. David Bedey, Hamilton Ten of my colleagues have requested a special session of the Legislature for the purpose of creating a “special select committee” to investigate election fraud that […]