By Joan Prather, former Executive Director of Stevensville Main Street Association, and Victoria Howell, founding board member of Stevensville Main Street Association Stevensville, Montana is a town, not a city. […]
Opinion
Senate priorities in the legislative session
By: Senator Jason Ellsworth President Pro Tempore of the Montana Senate Senate District 43, Hamilton, Republican The 2021 Legislative Session presents us with a significant opportunity to drain the swamp […]
Desperate Donald’s downfall
There once was a liar named Donald Trump who was tossed out like old worthless junk. “Get out – you’re fired!”, we the people said, having had enough of him […]
An existential threat
How ironic to open the Bitterroot Star last Wednesday to read Henry Fowler’s latest apologist letter extolling ‘National Populism’ on the very day that radical extremists assaulted and seized the […]
Excuse me Mr. Daines
I shall not bestow upon you the title of honorable as I would Jon Testor, because you have no honor. I watched with horror the attack on my nations capitol, […]
A Rock and Hard Place for Senator Daines
This is a very difficult letter to write. There is no way to encapsulate all that needs to be said. Therefore, I’ll just state the most important. Senator Daines, the […]
It’s a gift – DLI Funds
Rep. Rosendale off to a bad start
Rep. Matt Rosendale is off to a bad start. On his third day in office as Montana’s lone representative in Congress, Rosendale ignored the domestic terrorism and the smeared blood […]
Happy New Year from the Ravalli County Sheriff
While everyone is looking to put 2020 behind us and excited for what 2021 will bring, we cannot forget that the circumstances and risks of 2020 did not go away […]
Not disappearing under a rock
Dear Editor: Normally I would not respond to Bill Stroud (December 30, 2020) because his scurrilous and libelous name-calling refuted none of my argument. But this gives me an opportunity […]
Perfect storm for Stevensville
A Stevensville Planning and Zoning Board review of the application for a subdivision to be built at the corner of Logan Lane and Middle Burnt Fork Road on the East […]
The taped call
Listen in on the famous 62 minute tape. Hear the strength in his voice. The commitment to obtaining his single defined objective. Hear also the obsession with conspiracy junk he […]
Ellsworth’s time in the limelight
Dear Editor, Republican Sen. Jason Ellsworth, Ravalli County, is taking his turn in the limelight during this twilight of the Age of Reason. Regarding Covid precautions for the upcoming Montana […]
Stolen election?
Dear Editor: Even if President Trump’s allegations of voter fraud are not proven in court, his loss is the result of a stolen election. Apart from the too-many-to-list voting irregularities […]
Food for thought
The large, fully industrialized country that did the least to push back against the SARS-CoV-2 caused COVID-19 pandemic, also did the least to extend relief to its people impacted by […]
In Response To Henry Fowler
Henry, you’ve really got to stop sugar coating your bigoted racism. Seriously man, what freakin rock do you people crawl out from under? Immigrants stole the election…..what? TRUMP is the […]
End of an Era II
I would like to add to Bob Michalson’s “End of an Era” letter about the shameful way Stevensville Director of Public Works George Thomas was treated by Mayor Brandon Dewey. […]
Still writing, after all these years
Since we announced the sale of the Bitterroot Star last week I have been in a kind of shock. Not at the sale and my sudden change in life, but […]
A new chapter begins
By Jean Schurman & Liz Cook It is bittersweet that the Bitterroot Star will be moving forward without Michael and Victoria, but Jean and I would like to assure the […]
It really was all about the journey
By Michael and Victoria Howell, (former) Bitterroot Star co-publishers We could never have imagined 35 years ago, when a nice hitchhiker we picked up showed us how to put together […]