By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners agreed last week to send a letter expressing their objections to some road decommissioning proposals included in the Bitterroot National Forest’s Meadow Vapor […]
Archives for March 22, 2017
County, road department union reach contract agreement
By Michael Howell After some long lasting negotiations, the Ravalli County Commissioners and representatives of the Laborer’s International Union Local #1686 which represents the county’s Road Department, have finally come […]
Darby community tackles good problem
By Michael Howell Figuring out ways to spend millions of dollars in discretionary money is a problem most schools and communities would like to have. And that’s just what is […]
Flavorful to open second location
Flavorful, the popular Stevensville burrito restaurant, is expanding into Missoula. Starting on April 7, the Flavorful company is launching its second location, inside AT&T’s call center. AT&T is number 10 […]
Students learn about water through traveling exhibit
By Michael Howell Last Thursday, Stevensville students and their families and friends had the opportunity to attend a free Family Science Night and enjoy the University of Montana spectrUM Discovery […]
Florence fourth graders excel
By Jean Schurman Imagine corralling a classroom of fourth graders and getting them excited about developing a science type project that doesn’t even exist. It’s up to the students to […]
Victor art students win big
By Jean Schurman The Keep Montana Green Association recently announced the winners of their annual art competition. The mission of the contest is to create a lasting interest in preventing […]
Victor Park getting restroom facility
By Michael Howell Last Wednesday, March 16, the Ravalli County Commissioners decided to chip in a couple thousand dollars towards the installation of a restroom facility in Victor Park. Following […]
Governor’s budget is a balanced approach
By Heather O’Loughlin, Co-Director, Montana Budget and Policy Center The qualify of life we enjoy in Montana is directly connected to the public investments we make in our communities – […]
Stevensville town council’s great leap backward
I was devastated to find the recycling center at Burnt Fork Market closed down by the Stevensville Town Council. How much more garbage is going to the landfill? How many […]
Don’t reduce Medicaid
I am a resident of Mountain View Manor Nursing Home (48 bed) in Eureka, Montana. Montana House Bill 2 would reduce the amount of Medicaid that the state gives to […]
Support for mail election
In a recent letter to the editor, Rep. Forrest Mandeville (R-Columbus) made a mighty effort to discredit mail voting – mighty outrageous, that is. The chair of the House State […]
Slashing higher ed wrong way to address shortfalls
As the President of the ASUM, it is my privilege and responsibility to represent over 11,000 students of the University of Montana. Unfortunately, the fight for affordable, accessible higher education […]
Tester proposal protects critical wildlands
Recently Senator Tester introduced a bill to insure the agreements reached by the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project (BCSP) will be achieved. This includes developing a 10-year schedule of forest restoration […]
No thank you, Fred
Whoa! Did I read Senator Fred Thomas’ editorial right? Does he really have the nerve to advance giving my national public lands to the states so the land and its […]
Putin must be tickled pink
Breitbart has tipped the balance scale. Listing seven reasons TrumpCare is no good. Now people know TrumpCare would stick the average Montanan with $3,600 more annual ACA premium. And transfer […]
Valley’s top athletes compete in All Valley Classic
The 25th annual All Valley Classic was held on March 14th, 2017. The event honored the top high school athletes in the valley. Zach McCrossin of Darby and Reilly Rostad […]
Ref Rummel retires
This past November, at the All-Class state volleyball tournament in Bozeman, a record was quietly set. It wasn’t by a team or a coach. Instead it was the man in […]
Highland Games to be held in Stevensville
The Bitterroot Valley Highland Games will be held this Saturday, March 25, at 9 a.m. at Lewis & Clark Park in Stevensville. This event involves Celtic games and is sanctioned […]
William Edmond ‘Ed’ White
William Edmond “Ed” White died March 13, 2017 at The Living Centre in Stevensville, MT. Ed was born July 18, 1935 in Decatur County, GA. Growing up, he lived in […]