By Christin Rzasa The holiday season is the time of the year when being in need is most keenly felt by those in difficult financial circumstances. Fortunately, this […]
Archives for November 2018
Meeting set to discuss security cameras for Stevensville park
A joint meeting of the Stevensville Town Council and the town’s Park Board has been set for Thursday, November 29 at Town Hall to discuss and possibly agree to implement […]
Effort underway to place sculpture in Hamilton public space
If the friends and clients of local sculptor Keith McMasters have their way, his latest sculpture of a 1929 era flyfisherman on horseback entitled “Along the Banks” will become the […]
Managing CWD will take cooperation from everyone
By Bill Geer, President, Montana Wildlife Federation Montana hunters have been afield pursuing deer, elk and other big game, just as we have done for decades. But new this […]
Another side
By Susan McCreary, Stevensville In reply to letter of Hattie Farrell (Bitterroot Star, Nov. 14), I also attended the November 8 meeting of the Stevensville Town Council. I listened to […]
RFP – Used Motor Graders
Request for Proposals Used Motor Graders The Board of Ravalli County Commissioners is soliciting Request for Proposals for four used motor graders. Proposals will be received by the Ravalli County […]
Hearing on County Budget Amendments
BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 – RAVALLI COUNTY The BOARD OF RAVALLI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will hold a public hearing on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in the […]
Tom Bishop
Victor – Tom (Tommy) Bishop, 69, of Victor, Montana, died on Monday, November 19 at home, following a short but intense battle with lung cancer. He was born July 28, […]
Floodplain Permit Application FA-17-12
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 5779 Eastside Highway […]
Hearing on Name Change – Wissenbach
Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Samuel Everett Wissenbach, Samuel Everett Wissenbach, Petitioner Cause No. DV-18-469/3 Dept. No.: 2 Notice of […]
Notice to Creditors – Waddill
Elizabeth A. Clark State Bar No. 12386 Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC 2809 Great Northern Loop, Ste 100 Missoula, Montana 59808 Telephone: 406-721-8896 Telefax: 406-541-8037 Email: beth@bjornsonlaw.com Attorneys for Michael Edward […]
Notice of Hearing – Gauthier
Kenneth Bransby Bransby Law Firm, P.C. 515 Main Street Stevensville, Montana 59870 Phone: (406) 777-1000 bransbylaw@gmail.com Attorney for Petitioner William Gauthier MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN RE […]
Stevensville School District ramps up technology access
The Stevensville School District has been quietly developing technology infrastructure throughout the District for the past three years. In that time, the District has moved from radio relay internet access […]
Judge Langton to retire
Ravalli County District Court Judge Jeffrey Langton has announced his retirement, effective April 30, 2019. Langton, who was first elected as judge of Department One of the 21st Judicial District […]
City of Hamilton establishes Urban Renewal District
The City of Hamilton has adopted an ordinance creating the North Hamilton Renewal District. A District Plan was also adopted which includes a tax increment provision as a financial […]
Capitalizing on history
History can play role in economic development, says preservation officer History is the foundation for strong vibrant communities,” Kate Hampton, Community Preservation Coordinator for the State Historical Preservation Office, […]
BBER, county commissioners get it wrong
By Russ Lawrence, President, Bitterrooters for Planning The recently-released report by UM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research on “The Impact of Timber Harvest Declines on the Ravalli County […]
Worthless ‘study’
By Kirk Thompson, Stevensville Recently the county commissioners paid $17,000 to the UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research to do a study of what the economy of the […]
Accountability can smart
By Ed Sperry, Stevensville The Ravalli County Commissioners deserve a lot of credit for commissioning the report by the Bureau of Business and Economic research at the University of […]
Almost completely red
By Bob Brown, Helena Montana appears well down the road to becoming a one-party, Republican, deeply conservative state, like the states that surround us. Jon Tester’s survival was an […]