By Michael Howell After months of anticipation, punctuated by a few unanticipated delays, the doors finally opened last week to Stevensville’s new grocery store. Owner of the newly opened Burnt […]
Archives for December 11, 2014
County Commission meetings now being streamed, archived
Would you really like to see what your County Commissioners are up to but maybe you work from 9 to 5 and can’t make any of the meetings? Now you […]
Former Job Service site is home to new tech business
By Russ Lawrence Elliott Lander and his wife, Grace, found their way to the Bitterroot Valley via Triple Creek Ranch, where the Texas couple came for a break from their […]
Local RML scientist talks about Ebola
By Michael Howell Dr. Marshall Bloom, Associate Director of Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML), gave a community based talk about the Ebola virus last week at the Darby Public Library. He […]
Nola Pauline Edgar
Stevensville – Nola Pauline (Smail) Edgar passed away peacefully on November 22, 2014, in the shadow of the Bitterroot Mountains and surrounded by her children. Nola was born December 21, […]
RICHARD A. WEBER, P.C. 345 West Main Street Hamilton, Montana 59840 Telephone: 406/363-6888 Fax: 406/363-2972 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: […]
Sales/Auctions BLU-J ESTATE SALES 363-1600 Follow our green signs! View photos at www.bluejayestatesales.com All Sales Day One 4:30-6:30pm Following Days 9am-5:30pm Dec. 11-13 – Hamilton Collette Lane. 2 mi. up […]
Protecting our future by preserving our past
By Tim Fox, Steve Bullock, Patty Mazurek, Marc Racicot, and Mike Greely Last year, 11 million visitors came to Montana. While the reasons they chose Big Sky Country as their […]
Exonerated
My name is Shad Pease, former Deputy for the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office. After ten years proudly serving the members of this community with dignity and respect, I resigned in […]
Slob hunters wreaking havoc
I am 65 years old and have been a avid hunter and fisherman all my life. My years away from home during the Vietnam Era made me yearn for the […]
Three Mile Center nominations still open
At the Three Mile Community Center business meeting on November 20, it was decided that officer nominations would still be accepted up to the next business meeting on December 18. […]
Failed fair levy is wake up call
Well, the election is over and the fair levy failed. Perhaps everyone “bit the bullet” so to speak, even the fair board. Let’s look at things to consider if it […]
Walmart provides choice
Regarding the controversy over Walmart (maybe) coming to Hamilton. Author/advisor Alexander Green perhaps explained it best: “Business is about freedom and individual choice, not coercion. If you don’t like a […]
Keep commenting on FS projects
This is a follow-up on the comments sent to the Forest Service regarding the 2700-acre logging proposal in the Como to Lost Horse area. In case you didn’t see it […]
Paying dearly for wilderness
Wanna buy a ‘W’? Get ready to pay dearly if you do. Our Montana congressional delegation is on a night ride to do a dirty deed to Montana wildlands. Under […]
Hope for Title X services
Our community is very grateful to have two incoming Ravalli County Commissioners who recognize the value of a county family planning clinic. These two gentlemen, Mr. Hawk and Mr. Schallenberger, […]
Stop forced organ harvesting
Thank you, Bitteroot Star, for your work through the years to help us become more aware of events and concerns in our state, nation and our world. I also want […]
Library ‘Food for Fines’ Are your library fines beginning to add up? Why not exchange food for fines? Throughout December the North Valley Public Library will be accepting donations of […]