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 […]
Archives for February 25, 2014
Treasurer sues auditor for libel
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 […]
School district take Stamey info request directly to court
By Michael Howell The Missoula County Public School District has taken a set of requests for information from the media about Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey, who worked at […]
Commissioner Foss unwelcome on Hamilton planning board
By Michael Howell The Hamilton City Council made several appointments to various boards and committees at its last meeting on Tuesday, February 18, but one thing was clear, they […]
Ole Raymond Field
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Jennifer B. Lint Boatwright Law Office, P.C. 1091 S. First Street Hamilton, MT 59840 (406) 375-1385 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter […]
Sales/Auctions Blu-J Estate Sales Follow our green signs! Day One 5:30pm-8pm Following Days 9am-5:30pm Feb 26-28 185 Daly, Hamilton 700+ salt and pepper collection, yard and garden items, vintage, shabby […]
Wednesday, February 26 Quilters Guild The Bitterroot Quilters Guild will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Daly Leach Community Room, 1010 […]