The flows in the Bitterroot River were trending steadily downward into Monday, reaching a low of 5.75 feet at the Darby Gage where Flood Stage is 7.5 feet. But after […]
Archives for May 17, 2018
An ounce of prevention…
Every day is now clean-up day on the Bitterroot River. Every year the Bitter Root Water Forum organizes a River Clean Up Day in which hundreds of volunteers in boats […]
Stevensville school bonds fail
Voter turnout was fairly high in the Stevensville School District mail-in election with 42% of the eligible voters voting on both a $9,745,000 high school bond and a $6,876,000 […]
Judicial commission seeking applications to replace retiring District Judge Jim Haynes
Chief Justice Mike McGrath has notified the Judicial Nomination Commission that the Hon. James A. Haynes, district judge for the Twenty-First Judicial District (Ravalli County) will be retiring effective July […]
Stevensville police officer under investigation
Stevensville Police Officer Sam Fawcett, who serves as the School Resource Officer, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office, according to […]
Mayor will not be fighting fires for Stevensville
Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey will not be returning to his duties as a firefighter in the Stevensville Volunteer Fire Department anytime soon, at least not as long as he […]
Hamilton prevails in Butte
The Hamilton Lady Broncs cruised through the Laverne Invitational in Butte over the weekend, notching four wins in two days. On Friday, Hamilton topped Sidney, 10-1, in five innings. Jorden […]
Ehmann wins four, Lang wins two
Darby’s Casey Ehmann picked up four blue ribbons at the Distrtict 13C track meet over the weekend. The speedster won the 100, 200, 100 hurdles, and 300 hurdles as well […]
Poll shows support for WSAs
By Larry Campbell, Darby A poll released by the U. of M. last week regarding Montanans’ views of Wilderness Study Area protections reveals much…not only about the subject matter […]
Poll misses mark on WSA question
By Senator Fred Thomas, Stevensville A poll on public lands from the University of Montana generated quite a bit of controversy recently. In fact, most of the poll […]
Behind closed doors
By Jennifer Rokosch, Stevensville Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), are an extremely controversial issue in Montana due to Senator Steve Daines and congressional representative Greg Gianforte. Rather than opening the […]
He got it wrong
By Charles Sleath, Hamilton It appears that someone in Florence is living under a rock. It is not the Honorable Jon Tester that has his wife cut his hair. […]
Failed school bond
By Carolyn Cook What a shame the Stevensville and Lone Rock communities have let our children down. I realize no one likes to see their taxes go up, but […]
Democratic platform
By James K. Rummell, Corvallis As a new resident of the Bitterroot Valley, I was surprised to see the comments from Mr. Sleath in the newspaper dated April 25, […]
Support for Williams
By Chris Clancy, Hamilton One of the many pleasant things about living in Montana is that, occasionally, you know someone personally who is running for political office. Kathleen […]