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Burnt Fork Estates approved with no commercial zone
The Stevensville Town Council voted to approve the Burnt Fork Estates subdivision at a special meeting on April 1st after the consultants for the developer said they were withdrawing their request for a zoning change which would have allowed some commercial development. The subdivision will be located on 57 acres at the corner of Middle […]
Stevensville splash pad fund drive kicks off
The Stevensville Civic Club and the Town of Stevensville held a symbolic groundbreaking last Friday to kick off a major fund drive to build a splash pad at Lewis & Clark Park. Project organizers hope to have the splash pad installed this summer and perhaps even open by August. “This is a fun, fun project,” […]
Cherry Street Café making it real on Main
A new location on Main Street in Hamilton is making a world of difference for Lorrayne Tyler, owner of Cherry Street Café. Tyler relocated Cherry Street Café from The Mill, where it was a fixture for six and a half years, to 225 W. Main, at the corner of Main and 3rd. Tyler has been […]
Hamilton airport closed for construction
By Michael Howell As of Tuesday, April 6 at 7 a.m., Ravalli County Airport was officially shut down for construction of a new runway and is expected to remain closed through June 30, 2021. Runway 17-35 is scheduled to open July 1, but some partial/short term closures can be expected through October. The new 5,200-foot […]
Fitness 406 celebrates one year
Thiele Fitness 406 in Stevensville will celebrate one year in business on April 1. The fitness gym, located at 304 Buck, is owned and operated by Stephanie Thiele (pronounced tee-la). Thiele Fitness offers one-on-one consultation and training, as well as group classes that emphasize cardiovascular and weight training. Fitness sessions are held in 6-week blocks, […]
Council splits on Burnt Fork
Mayor declines to break tie by Victoria Howell After another public hearing and lengthy discussion, last Thursday the Stevensville Town Council voted 2-2 to conditionally approve the Burnt Fork Estates subdivision. Mayor Brandon Dewey chose not to break the tie, so the motion failed. For now. The council also voted unanimously to separate the request […]
Hamilton and county join in grant request for sewer extension
by Michael Howell The Hamilton City Council and the Ravalli County Commissioners have joined in on an application for funds to extend the city’s sewer system along a portion of Old Corvallis Road, south of the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority and in portions of the Ravalli County Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD) which includes […]
Hamilton amends municipal codes
The City of Hamilton has agreed to submit a joint application with Ravalli County to the Montana Department of Commerce for a Community Development Block Grant-Economic Development Program (CDBG-ED) grant. According to Julie Foster, Executive Director of the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, the CDBG-ED program is a federally funded program for communities of less […]
NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
It was about two years ago that National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases researcher Dr. Cathryn Haigh at Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton held aloft a flask containing cerebral organoids, a laboratory produced “mini-brain,” that she and her team of scientists used to demonstrate that a prion disease, in this case sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease […]
Glass recycling event scheduled
It’s not every day that Bitterrooters get the chance to have their glass waste recycled without having to drive to Missoula. In fact, it’s about one day per year. It is only thanks to the continuing efforts of Ravalli County Recycling that our next chance is even coming up, so you don’t want to miss […]
Council opts for more information on Burnt Fork Estates
The bulk of last Thursday’s Stevensville Town Council meeting was taken up with a slide presentation by a consultant for the developers of the proposed Burnt Fork Estates subdivision. The presentation, by Andy Mefford with PCI, was the developers’ response to many of the concerns raised at the public hearings that have been held so […]
Unique vision results in Florence community asset
If you want to play pickleball, you can do it right now, on state-of-the-art courts in Florence. And you can do it for free. All because Silas Torrey had a vision. With a background in chemistry and physics, Torrey says nutrition is one of his greatest passions, along with sports and family. For many years […]
Just the Facts, ma’am Part One
By Gary Swant I have been writing a monthly column for the Silver State Post and Philipsburg News for a number of years. Recently this column was added to the Bitterroot Star. Most of these 200 articles featured a bird that I was fortunate to photograph. I have birded in 27 countries on 7 continents. […]
RML scientists say viruses could be used to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Serious bacterial infections like pneumonia can be life threatening. For decades, however, most serious cases could be successfully treated with antibiotics. That is until some bacteria mutated and developed resistance to antibiotic treatment. Some of these, like bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258, have gotten so good at it that they have rendered antibiotic treatment virtually useless. […]
