By Michael Howell Five awards were presented to conservationists last Tuesday, October 17 at the annual Conservation Roundtable banquet held this year up the Rattlesnake in Smoke and Thelma Elser’s barn. The Conservation Roundtable was initiated by Missoulian, Don Aldrich when he created the Don Aldrich Fish Wildlife and Conservation Award in 1986 to recognize […]
Archives for October 24, 2017
‘Pink’ event takes on new meaning for founder
By Carlotta Grandstaff This year an estimated 252,710 American women, one in eight, will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Last July, Jean Schurman was one of them. Schurman, life-long resident of Victor, mother, grandmother, widow, high school rodeo barrel racer, sports editor and advertising salesperson for the Bitterroot Star, friend and neighbor to many and […]
Sapphire clinic gets funds to address opioid epidemic
By Michael Howell Sapphire Community Health (SCH), the non-profit, federally-qualified health center located in Hamilton, celebrated its second anniversary on Monday, October 23. The clinic is also the recent recipient of a $175,000 grant to institute a new program designed to address the growing opioid epidemic that is sweeping through the nation. Montana is right […]
Forest fee increases proposed
By Michael Howell The Bitterroot National Forest is looking for public comment on a proposal to increase fees at fourteen campgrounds, group sites and rental cabins and to begin charging fees at two more campgrounds and one additional rental cabin. As part of a Region-wide effort, these fee changes are being proposed to support the […]
Lost Horse Guard Station may enter FS cabin rental system
The Bitterroot National Forest is proposing to add the historic Lost Horse Guard Station to its cabin rental system. The change is being considered as part of a region wide effort on the forest service’s part to better align its fees with the services and amenities provided, the cost of operation and maintenance, and comparable […]
Broncs upend Dillon to win conference
The Hamilton Broncs were ranked No. 3 in the state when they went to Dillon on Friday night to take on the undefeated Dillon Beavers for the conference championship and a first-round bye in the playoffs. Dillon had not been defeated in conference play in three years. But there was more on the line than […]
Darby Strong!
A young man from Darby, Jake Sanders, is in a battle in Salt Lake City at the Utah Children’s Hospital. He was recently diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins T-Cell Lymphoma and is currently undergoing treatment. Sanders played for the Darby Tiger football team and wore the number 61. The Tigers decided to honor Sanders, inspire him to […]
Hamilton girls fall in soccer semi finals
Even though the Hamilton soccer team played extremely tough defense, they could not get the ball into the net and fell to Laurel, 1-0. In a game that saw a total of only 25 shots by both teams, Hamilton took 11, it came down to one shot at 25 minutes when Aspen Cotter cleared the […]
Corvallis boys cross country team wins state championship
The Corvallis boys’ cross country team brought home another state championship Saturday. The team scored only 109 points compared to second place Frenchtown who had 133 points. Hamilton finished in eighth place with 215 points. The Corvallis boys had three in the top 25 finishers and Hamilton had two. Levi Taylor of Laurel won the […]
Volleyball results
The season is winding down for the valley’s volleyball teams. The Class A and C schools will have district tournaments. Hamilton, Corvallis and Stevensville will be in Frenchtown. Victor and Darby will be at Valley Christian in Missoula. There is no district tournament for the Florence Lady Falcons who are undefeated in regular season play. […]
Re: ‘smoke and flames’ – Daines wrong
By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis If you live in Montana, you recently received a flyer titled “Smoke and Flames” from Steve Daines, one of the state’s two senators. Besides the obvious false choice between “mismanagement” and “global warming” that he offers Montana’s citizens, several things bother me about this mailing. First, is that line of […]
America – change it or lose it
Having read Marty Essen’s letter and the “rebuttal” by Mike Miller, I find the latter to be completely without substance or solutions. Miller seems to dribble personal insults and blame on the former administration without any substantiation. What is a “liberal elite” and a “liberal state?” But while we’re at it, let’s blame Obama […]