By Michael Howell It’s not like the Huls family doesn’t have a lot to brag about already with respect to their dairy operation, but now they’ve got even more […]
Archives for February 12, 2014
Donald M. Noakes
Oklahoma City, OK – Donald M. Noakes, 71, formerly of Stevensville, passed away on January 22, 2014 at the Oklahoma City Hospital of natural causes. A memorial service will be […]
David L. Ashman
Hamilton – David L. Ashman, 69, of Hamilton passed away Friday, January 24, 2014. He was born May 18, 1944 to Frank C. and June R. (Smith) Ashman. He grew […]
Bonnie Scripps
Bonnie Sue Scripps (nee Storey) of Darby, Montana, passed away on February 7, 2014 at the age of 63. She had fought a courageous battle since being diagnosed with […]
Stameys filed false campaign finance report
By Michael Howell According to Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl, Richard and Valerie Stamey filed a false campaign finance report in 2011 with the intention of misleading the Commissioner’s […]
Government study commission to be on ballot
By Michael Howell At a meeting last week the Ravalli County Commissioners placed the potential creation of a local government study commission on the ballot for public consideration in […]
Stevensville nearly caught up on audit backlog
By Michael Howell After falling years behind in audits of the Town’s books, the Stevensville Town Council got the word at its last meeting that no audit opinion was […]
Hamilton adjusts transient vendor fees
At its regularly scheduled meeting on February 4, the Hamilton City Council approved on first reading an ordinance change that would establish a single transient vendor fee of $50 […]
Black comedy
Suspended Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey has taken some hard knocks recently for her manifest incompetence, legal troubles from her previous incarnation in South Carolina, and her seemingly wild […]
Way out of touch
One can only wonder what goes on in the collective mind of the three teapublicans, namely Foss, Stoltz and Burrows, that currently hold sway on the Ravalli County commission… […]
Efficiency is not a partisan quality
Like many of us here in the Bitterroot Valley, I have watched the unfolding developments in the Ravalli County Treasurer’s and the County Commissioners offices with a combination of fascination […]
Thanks to Ravalli County Museum
You missed a treat if you were unable to attend the Homeshooler’s History Fair at the Ravalli County Museum. Complete with costumes, presentation boards and props, twenty-nine homeschoolers, age […]
Preventing dam disasters critical
As a volunteer with the Red Cross as the Disaster Chair for Ravalli County I have some concerns about the readiness for disasters here in the valley in several respects. […]