By Michael Howell The data is in, according to Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) analyst Kirk Waren, from a three-year study of groundwater and surface water interaction in […]
Archives for January 2016
Hamilton hires new law enforcement officers
The Hamilton City Council has confirmed Police Chief Ryan Oster’s appointment of two new probationary police officers, Michael Neil and Joshua Scoggins. Neil has four years of experience working as […]
DNRC terminates Stevensville’s water right change application
By Michael Howell Following the Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) process for issuing ground water use permits for wells, the Town of Stevensville has installed four new wells in a […]
VFW Post 1507 raising funds for fire victims
VFW Post 1507 is accepting donations to help Joe and Betty Antanavage of Victor who lost their house and nearly everything they owned in a fire on December 30. The […]
Leonardi honored by Stockgrowers
By Jean Schurman Robert Leonardi was honored at the Bitterroot Stockgrowers banquet on Saturday night with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Leonardi was born seven weeks prior to the Stock Market […]
Broncs top Frenchtown, Whitefish
The Hamilton Broncs won two of their three games last week. Their only loss was at the hands of Stevensville on January 5. Thursday night, Hamilton played Frenchtown in a […]
Victor picks up a win
The Lady Pirates of Victor are a work in progress. But one thing about them, they don’t give up. After losing to the Clark Fork Mountain Cats on Friday night, […]
Hamilton finishes second at Western Montana Duals
Teams from across Western Montana competed at the Western Montana Duals in Ronan over the weekend. Hamilton was on a roll and went undefeated on Friday and continued that way […]
Time to put ‘Christ’ back in Christian
By Claire Kelly, Stevensville It is past time to put ‘Christ’ back into ‘Christian’. In four weeks, 2016 voting will commence with the Iowa Caucuses. News pundits predict Senator Ted […]
Thanks to Florence community
The Florence Civic Club thanks the many volunteers and anonymous gifting angels for their support in making the 2015 Share Tree and Toys for Tots projects successful again. In this […]
The problem with liberals
Never underestimate a liberal’s inability to rationalize, or their demonstrated ability to write volumes about inconsequential facts! Even when confronted by evidence that global cooling is not man caused, a […]
Thanks from Legion Auxiliary
The Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary Ravalli Unit 47 would like to say thank you to the following people who made decorating the cemetery in honor of our Veterans […]
Here comes the whiny crybaby dance again
As I’m watching Republicans and gun rights activists do their usual whiny crybaby dance, because President Obama took a reasonable step to protect human lives, I can’t help wonder why […]
Let’s replace these guys!
After hearing and reading that our ‘supposed representatives’ of this Ravalli County, the Commissioners, all five of them, once again voted to cost us taxpayers more money, I had to […]
Put election info in both papers
Perhaps in recent years, a Ravalli County Attorney has communicated to the Ravalli Commissioners to follow their duty and contract to place county advertisements in a newspaper which is being […]
Wednesday, January 13 Dog and cat reading Read to dogs and cats. The Bitterroot Public Library invites you to bring a book to the Bitterroot Humane Association on Wednesday, January […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NOREEN G. JOHNSON, Deceased. Probate No.: DP-15-115 Department No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY […]
Sales/Auctions Guns and Ammo Show January 29 noon to 6:00, January 30 9:00 to 6:00, January 31 9:00 to 3:00, Jerry Martin Memorial Hall Big Sandy Montana. For more info […]
Essen releases new book documenting ‘Endangered Edens’
By Michael Howell It took about nine years for Marty Essen, author of the award winning book, “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents,” to get around to writing […]
Busy employment agency has new owner, same ethics
By Jean Schurman The change of ownership at A2Z Personnel may actually be a legacy in the making. When Sue Devlin sold the company to her daughter, Jaime Williams, Williams’ […]