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Archives for February 2014

Falcons win with Pickering’s put -back

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    Brandon Johnson drives to the basket after stealing the ball in the championship game against Loyola. Florence won their fifth consecutive championship on Saturday. Jean Schurman photo A […]

Florence Lady Falcons finish well

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Megan Byrne surveys the court during the Florence/Ronan game. Florence will play this weekend at the Western B Divisional in Hamilton. Jean Schurman photo     The District 6B tournament […]

Darby finishes fourth

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The Darby boys finished fourth in the tournament and ended their season with a 13-9 record. The Tigers were up by a point with less than 20 seconds to go […]

Commissioners to sue to collect fines from treasurer

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  By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners voted unanimously last Tuesday, February 18, to institute the lawsuit required to collect $29,000 in fines from Treasurer Valerie Stamey. The Commissioners […]

Treasurer sues auditor for libel

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  By Michael Howell Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey, who has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an audit investigation of her office, has filed a lawsuit […]

Ole Raymond Field

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  Ole Raymond Field, loving husband, father, and grandfather, left this world in the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 of natural causes, […]

Theodore ‘Ted’ McNinch

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  Stevensville – Theodore “Ted” R. McNinch, 87, entered into eternal rest surrounded by his family on February 13, 2014. He was born into this life on May 19, 1926 […]

Patricia L. Lanier

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  Missoula – Patricia Lynnette Norton Lanier, 60, of Missoula, MT, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at her home. She was born October 1, 1953 in Missoula, the daughter […]

End of the line for three commissioners

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By Stanley Schroeder, Hamilton We appreciate that Commissioners Burrows and Foss publicly apologized, on February 18th, for having voted to appoint Valerie Stamey to Treasurer. It was long overdue, but […]

Apology pitiful

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  The apology offered up by a member or two of the Ravalli County Commission about the mess they created in the treasurer’s office was just about as pitiful as […]

Pathetic AND scary

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  Tuesday’s apologies by the two Ravalli County Commissioners would be pathetic were it not for the fact they are still making decisions for the county. Commissioner Foss did NOT […]

No confidence

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  Kudos to the Hamilton City Council on their unanimous vote of “No Confidence” in the commission’s choice of Queen Foss to the planning board. Foss seems to not understand. […]

Support for Hawk

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  There is no doubt that some of the recent decisions made in Ravalli County government have backfired. We all make mistakes but one redeeming characteristic is we generally recognize […]

Get on board at healthcare.gov

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Joel Olinghouse and Jerry Haslip got the memo. They were wonderfully perfect in giving the textbook Republican opposition response to Obamacare. Their arguments were enthusiastic and entertaining, but predictably lacking […]

Friendly valley

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  My husband and I moved to Hamilton one month ago and are impressed with the friendliness of people we meet. When I mention that I am new to town, […]

Victor Park memories

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  When the Victor Garden Club gave up our much loved Victor Park to the county, a whole bunch of memories came flooding back to me. When I see Gene […]

Believing in Darby

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Wow! What a year we had in 2013! Are you ready for 2014? Well, I’m stoked to see what we can accomplish in this new year, and I would like […]