A series of storms this winter has pounded the Blackfoot Reservation. According to Hungry Horse News reporter Chris Peterson in an article published on March 2, blizzards have blocked roads […]
Archives for March 2018
County fair manager resigns
Ravalli County Fairgrounds Manager Cryss Anderson has submitted her resignation to the Ravalli County Fair Board. She gave two weeks’ notice and the effective date of her resignation is March […]
Bitterroot Star columnist needs help
Dorinda Troutman, longtime Bitterroot Star columnist and creator of Bird Seed, is currently recovering from a series of strokes she suffered in January. This has left her paralyzed on the […]
Girl Scouts ask for smoking ban in Stevensville park
Two ten-year-old Girl Scouts from Troop #3696, Meline Gardner-Wavrant and Ara Masar, have taken on a community improvement project in Stevensville and have asked the Town Council to prohibit smoking […]
Blue Joint deserves to be protected for all
By Dave Smith, Victor About fifty years ago, when I was around twelve years old, my parents built a summer cabin a few miles down from Painted Rock Reservoir, […]
Daines should listen to all constituents
I confess that I avoid political discussions with certain family members. And I have even, occasionally, dismissed views very different from my own. But I am not an elected […]
New study needed
On February 20, Senator Daines scheduled a meeting at Hamilton at 1:15pm to have a public discussion of his bill to abolish most Wilderness Study Areas in Montana. However, […]
Unrepresentative government
I attended and testified at the county commissioners’ meeting concerning Steve Daines’ WSA delisting bill, SB 2206. As is now common knowledge, this meeting was held after the commissioners […]
What is the real goal of S. 2206?
The opinion pages are important because they reveal what’s on people’s minds, such as the controversy surrounding Senator Daines’s Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Bill (S. 2206). This Bill would […]
Confessions of an Unameriphobic
My attempts to navigate the political minefield of phobias and isms led me to conclude that I have “Unameriphobia” – a fear of losing America. Our current self-appointed social […]
Wildlife malformations continue
The increase in female fawns and more surviving to reproductive age beginning in 2014 because of fewer with underbite has produced a visible increase in white-tailed deer the last […]
Let’s not blow it again
With the citizens’ decision to revert back to three county commissioners, Schallenberger and Hawk have withdrawn from the 2018 race. This leaves Burrows, Chilcott and Hoffman. These five commissioners […]
Broncs finish third in state
When a team makes it to the state basketball tournament, that is a huge accomplishment in and of itself. When that team goes into the tournament without a loss, that’s […]
Lady Broncs off to state
The Lady Broncs of Hamilton will travel to Great Falls for the Class A State tournament at the Four Seasons Arena at Expo Park. Hamilton goes into the tournament as […]
Gary Lee Titeca
Stevensville – Gary Lee Titeca, 61, beloved son, brother and friend passed away peacefully Saturday, February 24, 2018 at the Living Centre in Stevensville after a long struggle with COPD. […]
Catherine ‘Cat’ Henry McKay
Catherine (Cat) Linette Henry McKay, 57, passed away peacefully at her home in Lolo, Montana on February 24, 2018. Cat was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 19, 1960 to […]
Rachel L. DePauw
Hamilton – Rachel L. DePauw, 95, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center. She was born October 17, 1922 in Olney, Texas the […]