By Michael Howell – Legislation proposed by Montana’s U.S. Senator Jon Tester and attached as a rider to the Budget Bill approved on April 15, 2011, has put wolf management […]
Archives for May 2011
Stevi considers permanent changes to Water Ordinance
By Michael Howell – A month ago the Stevensville Town Council approved an Emergency Ordinance to change the town’s billing procedure for water service from quarterly to monthly billing and […]
Commissioners rescind approval of airport improvement project
By Michael Howell – In what has become a consistent effort at reversing major decisions made by the previous Board of County Commissioners, the current Board last week rescinded the […]
Calendar
Clubs and Groups Hamilton Senior Center activities Monday – 11:45 lunch, cloggers at 1:30 p.m.; bingo on 1st & 3rd weeks, pinochle on 2nd week, 7 p.m. Tuesday – line […]
Support for Clean Air Act
Montanans value a lot of things about their state: clean air being one of them. But lately clean air in the Big Sky and elsewhere has been under attack. Some member […]
Coordination nothing new
During a recent meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Ravalli County to consider the appointment of a new planning administrator, several people raised objection to coordination and spoke […]
Concern over county airport plans
By ICAARE Doug Nation, Terry Park, Phyllis Bookbinder and others Be watchful of the Commissioners’ actions regarding the airport. Since 2000, ICAARE (Informing Citizens Against Airport Runway Expansion) has been […]
Blue Devils clip Falcons
The Corvallis Blue Devils handed Florence their first loss of the season at the Frenchtown Invitational on Friday. Corvallis won, 13-9, in a game that saw a total of nine […]
Enzler, Conwell, Lengyel and Walczynski win at Bitterroot Invitational
The courts at Hamilton, Corvallis and Stevensville saw a lot of high school tennis action on Saturday with the annual Bitterroot Invitational. With teams from throughout western Montana and even […]
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Valley News
Stevi Class of ’81 reunion The Stevensville High School Class of 1981 will hold its 30th class reunion this year on August 5-7, the same weekend as the 99th Annual […]
Daly Hospital transitions to electronic health records
At midnight on May 1, Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital transitioned to Electronic Health Record (EHR). The hospital became the first rural hospital in the state to implement a fully state-of-the-art […]
Commissioners remove public voting option on airport expansion
Issue to be discussed at future meeting By Victoria Howell In a controversial move, the Ravalli County Commissioners voted unanimously on April 29 to replace two earlier resolutions regarding […]
Legislative Roundup
Sorting through the session: How the 2011 Legislature might affect you By the COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE, UM School of Journalism Montana’s 62nd Legislature adjourned last week after […]
Brandborg honored for lifetime achievement
On April 27, well-known Bitterroot environmentalist Stewart Brandborg of Hamilton was presented with the Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award by the Conservation Roundtable. About 50 people attended the presentation of the […]
Local Habitat for Humanity receives grants
Local organizations support building of simple, decent, affordable housing Habitat for Humanity of Ravalli County has recently received grants totaling $7,250 from several local organizations to support its work […]
Legals
CALL FOR BID/QUOTES INDEPENDENT AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2011 WITH OPTION OF AUDITING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR TWO SUBSEQUENT YEARS The BOARD OF RAVALLI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS is soliciting […]
Classifieds
Sales/Auctions Virgelle Merc. Antiques presents the COLLINS COLLECTIBLE & ANTIQUE SALE, Sat. and Sun. May 7th & 8th, 9am to 5pm daily. Sale held at the old Collins Community Club […]
Bucs coach killed in car wreck
Phil Perez, a coach of the Bitterroot Bucs Legion Baseball team, was killed in an early Sunday morning traffic accident on Eastside Highway. Perez was well known on the diamond, […]