The award wall is filling up as Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital (MDMH) in Hamilton continues to rack up the awards for high quality care. And now the hospital has received […]
Archives for January 2014
Lady ‘Jackets fall short against Big Sky
The Stevensville Lady Yellowjackets took on Class AA Sentinel on Thursday in Stevensville. Stevensville is struggling to find a consistent scoring leader and had trouble finding the basket against the […]
Stevi falls to Maroons in last few seconds
It’s no secret the Stevensville Yellowjackets are having a difficult time this season, between getting in sync with new head coach Joey Wark, a starter transferring to another school and […]
Corvallis takes third
The Class A duals is a prelude to the state championship in wrestling. Held in Lewistown, the event gives teams from across Montana to see what their competition might be […]
Donald Lee Johnston
Hamilton – Donald Lee Johnston, 57, died on Thursday, January 23, 2014, due to multiple medical issues at the St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. He was born to Goldie Lee […]
Frank Roger Grenfell
Frank Roger Grenfell, 61, died suddenly at his home in Missoula on January 16, 2014. Roger was born to Frank and Dorothy Grenfell on December 29, 1952, the second […]
County Treasurer placed on leave as fallout continues
By Michael Howell On Tuesday, January 21, beleagured Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey chose to use the meeting at which she was scheduled to give an update on her work […]
County attorney says investigation under way
By Michael Howell Before the County Commissioners could hold their meeting to discuss instituting an investigation into treasurer Valerie Stamey’s allegations made public at an update meeting last Tuesday, […]
Sapphire Community Health to open women’s clinic
In an effort to fill the health care gap in Ravalli County, Sapphire Community Health recently developed an outreach program to provide health services to underserved women in our […]
County takes ownership of Victor Park
By Michael Howell At a meeting last week, the Ravalli County Commissioners agreed to accept ownership of the Victor Park. The Victor Garden Club is handing over the parkland, […]
Star Editorial – Time for Foss and Stoltz to step down
With a very serious crisis facing all of us that recently led to our county treasurer being placed on administrative leave, it may seem petty and trivial for the Bitterroot […]
Circus is in town!
Come one, come all to the most dysfunctional show of all. What’s it cost to attend such a show of this caliber? Well, if you don’t live and pay […]
Truth in reporting
Valerie Stamey, Ravalli County Chief Nuisance and Tea Party Exemplar Nonpareil, complained in her recent diatribe that the media et al are orchestrating her character assassination. Not so, Ms. […]
Apologies for leaving
To the people of Ravalli County, my apologies for having to leave my term as your County Treasurer early. Sometimes, as was this case, family has to take priority […]
Re: Commissioner Foss
To paraphrase the Everly Brothers: “Wake up, little Suzy, you gotta go home!” because your record as a commissioner isn’t so hot. Your arrogant support of Ravalli County Treasurer […]
Commissioners deserve the blame
Don’t blame the latest debacle on Valerie Addis-Beatty-Scott-Stamey. Blame it squarely on the tea bagger (Ravalli) County Commissioners. Once again they zigged when they should have zagged. If the […]
Thanks and support for Star
I write this letter to publicly thank the Bitterroot Star and Michael Howell’s investigative reporting. We Bitterroot citizens have clearly reaped the rewards of independent investigative journalism with the […]
Thanks to the Star
Thanks to the Bitterroot Star for great investigative reporting! If it weren’t for Michael Howell’s research, the commissioners would still be acting like they are helpless in the face […]
Looking toward next election
With the chaos and unnecessary expense that extreme partisanship has created in Ravalli County, I hope this next election will bring us a number of qualified Independent candidates. Some […]
Commissioners and irony
In a textbook example of irony, the county commissioners pulled off an about-face that has left many in Ravalli County with a severe case of whiplash. All five commissioners, and […]