Opinion

by Maryelyn Scholz, Stevensville Thanks to Hazel Smith who wrote a very supportive letter (Star, 7/9) for Stevensville Pantry Partners. As President of the Pantry Board, I feel compelled to […]

by Hazel Smith, Stevensville Following the “Food Cuts hit Pantry Partners” letter I wrote in the July 9 Star, I received a call from Bill Matthews, MT Food Bank Network […]

by Skip Kowalski, U.S. Forest Service (retired), Stevensville The Forest Service is getting hit with some big changes – allegedly to become more efficient.  However, I’m not convinced the changes […]

by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis We are approaching six months under this new national regime. What effects does this regime agenda have on the ground in Ravalli […]

by David Leslie, Corvallis Most of you are familiar with the old adage,”When somebody shows you who they really are, believe them.” Well, this week, with the floods in Texas, […]

by Joseph G. Gallegher, Jr., Stevensville Painted Rocks Reservoir may be down but Lake Como looks quite full and it empties into the Big Ditch AND the Bitterroot River. Why […]

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton Senator Daines, the facts speak for themselves: Trump has signed FIVE pieces of legislation and 185 executive orders. And that is all right with you? Amazing! […]

by Heather Barber, Executive Director, Bitterroot Water Partnership On behalf of the Bitterroot Water Partnership, I want to extend our sincere thanks to the Fly Fishers of the Bitterroot—and especially to […]

by Evan Schroedel, Florence I was one of hundreds of concerned citizens in the Bitterroot Valley who participated in the “No Kings” protest recently, where we raised our voices and […]

by Katherine Combes, Kalispell Shen Yun Performing Arts, an American-born company based in New York and founded by asylum seekers from China, knows firsthand the violence and oppression of the […]

by David Jones, Hamilton While it is commendable that Fred Thomas is willing to buck his party’s leadership and admit that we must transition to renewable sources of energy (June […]

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton Well, Congressman Zinke, time again to choose whether you are able to support the people of Montana as opposed to the pocketbooks of those that got […]

by Linda Schmitt, Corvallis OK, one kudo. NATO members raising contribution to 5%. Trump did that through bullying and threats, as he does with every opponent (silly you, you thought […]

by Hazel Smith, Stevensville It is not just in Gaza that people are hungry. Here in Ravalli County, 33 percent of the population is food-insufficient.   In March, $1 billion […]

by Madeline Faber, policy associate, Center for Rural Affairs Federal grants often serve as the backbone of rural library services. Without their local library, many communities would lose access to […]

by Evan Schroedel, Florence I was talking to a veteran friend whom I have known for 40 years since we were stationed together at Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great […]

by Ruth Hazelton, Hamilton Senator Daines, tonight on MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell laid out the case that our current president is woefully incompetent to lead our nation. This was not the […]

by Archie Thomas, Corvallis Roger DeBrito and the Florence Civic Club are to be commended for their service to Florence and the visual appeal of the 93 bike path in […]

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Wow! The liberals are freaking out everywhere. We are being told that President Trump’s attempts to reduce the federal workforce, eliminate waste and fraud spending, to […]

by Brett Haverstick, Missoula  Did you know that the current Senate Reconciliation Bill requires the sell-off of 3 million acres of federal public lands across 11 western states? Federal lands […]