Legal Notice The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment on a floodplain permit application for work proposed within the floodplain of the Bitterroot River at 5809 Fox Trail, […]
Archives for September 2018
Transportation Committee Meeting
LEGAL NOTICE The Ravalli County Transportation Committee will meet on the 19th of September, 2018 at 1:00PM in the Commissioner’s Conference Room at the Administration Building (215 S 4th Street) […]
Hearing on Massa Subdivision
Legal Notice The Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to receive public comment on a material modification for the recorded 4-Lot Massa Lots Subdivision. The […]
Hearing on Linley Subdivision
Legal Notice The Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to receive public comment on the 2-Lot Linley’s Subdivision. The Subdivision is located on Highway 93 […]
New district judge to take office Sept. 24
Jennifer B. Lint, Esq. was appointed District Judge for Department 2 of the 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, by Governor Steve Bullock on September 7, 2018. Ms. Lint will […]
Paul Jerome Meyer
Paul Jerome Meyer was born July 18, 1975, in Las Vegas, NV to Glenn and Tamela Meyer. A memorial graveside inurnment service will be held, Saturday, September 15, 2018, […]
Gary Alan Thomas
Stevensville – Gary Alan Thomas, 78, passed away unexpectedly September 2, 2018. He was born January 24, 1940 in Los Angeles CA. Gary was an accomplished carpenter who loved all […]
Cost of Hamilton Justice Center facility going up
The estimated cost of remodeling the old armory building into the Hamilton Justice Center facility has crept upwards to the point that the City Council had to pass a budget […]
Pickleball comes to Stevensville
Last weekend it took Rick Trauth, who is no spring chicken anymore, only five minutes to set up the net, grab his racket and his wiffle ball and get the […]
Fort Owen State Park work day scheduled
Montana State Parks (stateparks.mt.gov) will host a National Public Lands Day volunteer event at Fort Owen State Park, 99 Fort Owen Ranch Road, Stevensville on Saturday, September 22, from 9 […]
River levels remain high for time of year
Each year, Bitterroot River Water Commissioner and damtender Al Pernichele and FWP fisheries biologist Chris Clancy get together to hatch a plan for how the “contracted water” in Painted […]
Kurt Steele to serve as Acting Forest Supervisor
Kurt Steele, the current Deputy Forest Supervisor on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests in Idaho, has been named acting Forest Supervisor on the Bitterroot National Forest, replacing Julie King. King […]
‘Tis the season… theater season, that is
A hint of autumn is already in the air and one thing among many that needs to be done before winter comes roaring in is to get your season tickets […]
Message to Gianforte: Withdraw your WSA bills
By Amy Robinson, Dave Chadwick and Kt Miller On Aug. 15, Congressman Greg Gianforte hosted an invitation-only roundtable discussion in Lewistown with representatives of 11 organizations to discuss his […]
What marginal political candidates will do
By Jim Hamilton, Florence I’ve been a resident of Western Montana for almost fifty years and I just now realize that both Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi also reside […]
Thanks, Tester
By Barbara Gulick, Billings Last month, Senator Tester asked Kathy Kraninger tough but fair questions to see if she would fulfill the Consumer Bureau’s mandate and protect consumers in […]
Re: Smith River
By Suzanna McDougal, Hamilton I’ve been fortunate to have floated the Smith River a couple times. It is very special and so popular, that it is the only river […]
The Kavanaugh controversy
By Dennis Hicks, Hamilton We can expect a hotly contested Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court appointee, Brett Kavanaugh, resembling a House of Commons brouhaha. Expect some yelling and […]
Kubista spot on
By Doug Bohn, Victor I want to congratulate Keith Kubista on his guest comment in the Bitterroot Star published 8/29/2018. This exceptional letter confirms “brevity is the sign of […]
Shining a light on Montana Dark Money
By Sen. Fred Thomas, Majority Leader, Stevensville There’s an old saying that “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Unfortunately, in recent attempts to shine a light on dark money in Montana, […]