By Jean Schurman This time of year is slow for the Daly Mansion, as slow as maple syrup. Literally. There are only tours by appointment and most of the time […]
Archives for March 14, 2017
Awards presented in Peterson ‘Photograph Montana’ contest
By Michael Howell Awards were presented last Friday evening in the annual Ernst Peterson “Photograph Montana” Contest at the Ravalli County Museum. This year’s Best of Show went to Donna […]
Rounding up new class of kindergartners in the valley
Valley schools are in the process of holding their annual kindergarten pre-registration events this spring. This pre-registration is important in helping families get familiar with the school and the expectations […]
Stevi student makes semi-finals in Nat Geo geography bee
Lance Burrows, a fifth grader at Stevensville Middle School, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2017 […]
Town, FWP examine options for Stevensville Fishing Access Site
By Michael Howell Officials from Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Town of Stevensville, along with some members of the public, toured a few potential fishing access sites last week […]
Advisory committee revises recommendation on river use
By Michael Howell The sixteen-member Bitterroot River Recreational Advisory committee met for the last time on Monday, March 6 to fine tune the recommended alternative they have fashioned for controlling […]
Settlement agreement reached on westside management project
Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor Julie King has announced that a settlement agreement has been reached on the Westside Collaborative Vegetation Management Project. The agreement allows the forest to move forward […]
Stevensville council to change meeting day
By Michael Howell The Stevensville Town Council voted 3 to 1 to change the night on which the Council meets from Thursday to Monday evenings. The change was made at […]
Montana’s public lands deserve robust public discourse
By State Senator Fred Thomas, Majority Leader, Republican, Stevensville Montana is blessed with vast landscapes of public lands. Our great outdoors attracts millions of visitors each year and is part […]
The velocity of money
It’s hard to ignore the economic circumstances of those who work for minimum wage in a community like the Bitterroot Valley. Vacant mini-malls and empty downtown storefronts prove many local […]
Increase gas tax – who wins, who loses?
As many of you know this 65th legislative session has a very tight budget. State overspending and declining natural resource prices have hurt our state’s financial health. When money gets […]
Montana Congressional Seat
Well, the special election to replace Ryan Zinke in the U.S. House of Representatives is finally set and it sure didn’t take long for the winning candidates to go after […]
Response to LaSalle
I am the son of German immigrants who left Germany for America in 1929. The economic situation in Germany at the time was catastrophic. They came separately from Germany and […]
Current agenda
Let’s see, so far the Trump and Republican agenda includes massively increasing our military spending (so they can kill more people), gutting the EPA and environmental regulations (so the rich […]
Re: ‘Vanishing into ‘the cloud’?’
Fascinating article and report blaming Amazon for “stifling competition, eroding jobs, and threatening communities.” That’s a pretty big accusation. Are those things really attributable to Amazon? I have never found […]
Hijacking of Special Election
The special election to select a new Congressman for Montana is less than 80 days away and the process for conducting the election has been turned into a political football. […]
Vote against Hamilton bond
The Mayor and the City Council are endangering public safety by moving fire protection money from the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department to build a “Justice Center” on the Armory property. […]
Deplorably twisted
What is the absolute best way to tell a lie? Take a truth and twist it until it bleeds. Repeat as necessary, until other people start repeating the twist, as […]
Too much out-of-state money
Here we go again. We just finished another election cycle in November with all the negative attack ads appearing on our local TV channels. Just like a bad penny, they […]
News from the Legislature – Week 10
I was in the Air Force a long time ago, in the weather section. I chuckle at some of the similarities to a weather forecast and a legislative update…. for […]