“Western Ag Research Center collaborates with Montana fruit growers to develop innovative research-based strategies for fruit production. The work that WARC does diversifies Montana agriculture. The ...

Duane Zeiler was recently honored with the prestigious Community Service Award by the Florence Civic Club during a special gathering hosted by the Backyard Tap House. This annual award recognizes […] ...

Scott Sacry, Sports Editor Cash Lawrence of Hamilton won the 2025 Gatorade Montana Baseball Player of the Year award. As part ...

Victoria Howell Roughly 40 years ago, the Bitterroot Star office was housed in a residence on Main Street in Stevensville and ...

John Dowd For those that have been attending the Stevensville Creamery Picnic in recent years, it would be hard to imagine the picnic’s star parade without its two star […] ...

Scott Sacry, Sports Editor The Sabres Soccer Club was founded in 1991 and is one of the oldest youth soccer programs in the state of Montana. Bitterroot soccer legend […] ...

by Michael Howell The latest permit application by Network Connex to install a new cell tower on the mountainside west of Hamilton has been denied. Vertical Bridge BLT, the largest […] ...

Stevensville – Jason Stuart Larkin, 51, of Stevensville passed away Saturday, July 26, 2025 in an accident at home. He was born April 5, 1974 to Stuart and Glenda Larkin […] ...

Corvallis – Evelyn “Ev” Ruth Dirkson, age 94, of Corvallis, MT, died peacefully on Friday, July 25, 2025, while in the care of Hope Hospice Center of Missoula, MT. She […] ...

Stevensville – John Stroud, 80, was born December 4, 1944 and his life sadly ended July 26, 2025. John was a loving father and a man of history. He has […] ...

January 28, 1947 – July 30, 2025 Donna Lee Wulfemeyer, a devoted mother, grandmother, and faithful servant of Christ, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2025, from complications related to liver ...