After years of effort, the installation of a skatepark in Hamilton is about to become a reality. Last week. Bryan Dufresne, president of the board of Circle 13 Skatepark, the […]
Archives for September 18, 2018
Stevi police chief ‘starting from scratch’ to rebuild force
Stevensville Police Chief James Marble has been a one-man police force for a little too long now. Caught off guard by two unexpected resignations, Marble is struggling to put his […]
Stevensville council addresses security at Lewis and Clark Park
Concerns about drug dealing, bad language, and vandalism took front seat at the last Stevensville Town Council meeting, culminating in a decision to place security cameras in Lewis and […]
Youth Dynamics program looking for more foster homes
The new Family Development/Community Outreach Coordinator in the Missoula office of Youth Dynamics, Victoria Roberts, is excited about taking on her new position which includes Helena “and everything in between, […]
Montana mayors support I-186 to ensure clean water protection
By Mayor John Engen in Missoula, Mayor Kelly in Great Falls, Mayor Collins in Helena, Mayor Muhlfeld in Whitefish and Deputy Mayor/Mayor Elect Mehl in Bozeman Not just one, but […]
9/11 remembered
By Ardee Weiss, Stevensville I just wanted to publicly thank all the Emergency Services of Stevensville; The Fire Department, Police and the Emergency Medical Services for their annual organizing […]
Hey! It’s not like you’re inviting him to dinner
By Edward Sperry, Stevensville Our President is on the receiving end of a barrage of negative publicity which is without precedent. There is a daily ration of unsubstantiated charges, […]
Rights of women, workers, voters
By Bob Williams, Stevensville For much of 2016, billionaires and the dominating political party prevented the minority party from nominating a Supreme Court Justice. Then in 2017, the GOP […]
Support for Greef
By Pat Earnest, Hamilton I first met Sharon in Nashville, TN. Yes, that’s right, we were both there, from Montana, being trained to be group leaders for Women of […]
Can we afford 30 more years?
By Leslie Blackburn, Florence Thirty-five years ago, Montana benefited from the employment and job opportunities that were based in the use of our natural resources. Large contributions of tax […]
Support for Gorski
By Kelsey Milner, Hamilton I write this in strong support of Margaret Gorski for HD88. I have known Margaret for several years, most recently through our activities as members […]
Support for Garber
By William Thompson, Hamilton I encourage voters in Montana State Senate District 43 (south half of Ravalli County), to consider the independent candidacy of Laura Garber. Laura is a […]
A Spotted Owl landed on clean water
By Dusty Weber, Hamilton Three decades ago the spotted owl was used to obstruct tree removal and to force unreasonable “hands off” forest management that has helped result in […]
99 reasons to vote no on Florence school bond
By Richard Paris, Florence School year 2017 we have 99 out of district students who pay nothing! That’s 1 in 7 kids in our schools paying nothing, while if […]
Victor heads in new direction
With a change of leadership, the Victor Pirates turned their season around with a 52-25 win over Troy on Thursday night. Victor superintendent Lance Pearson had been the head coach […]
Corvallis looking tough on the court
The Corvallis Blue Devils volleyball team is an experienced competitive team that starts strong and never lets up. According to coach Kasey Arceniega, they are playing more like a machine […]
Hamilton hosts golfers
The Hamilton Golf Course was flooded with high school golfers on Saturday at the annual Hamilton Invitational. And along with the golfers, there were parents circling the golf course on […]