Hamilton – Arlene McNeil, 84, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Born Arlene Lucille Bechard on June 10, 1934 at St. Joseph, Kansas, to Edmond and Albertine Bechard, she […]
Archives for November 2018
Phyllis Ouellette
June 22, 1928 – Nov. 16, 2018 It’s with heavy hearts that we share the news that our beloved mom and grandma, Phyllis Ouellette, gave up her sweet and loving […]
Broncs fall short in title game
It appeared the Hamilton Broncs were just getting the Billings Central Rams’ defense figured out when time ran out at the State Class A championship football game. The hometown Broncs […]
Literacy levy, Florence bond pass
Adult Basic & Literacy Eduation Levy approved The Adult Basic & Literacy Education Levy passed on a vote of 12,082 in favor of the levy versus 10,378 votes against it. […]
Bitter Root Humane Shelter – ‘We are here, we are here!’
By Christin Rzasa Eve Burnsides, Operations Manager for the Bitter Root Humane Association (BRHA), expressed frustration recently that “too many people don’t seem to know we’re here.” Referring to the […]
Phillips appointed to Ward 2 Stevensville council position
At the Stevensville Town Council meeting last Thursday, November 8, Robin Holcomb and Stacie Barker, the only two council members involved in the process following Council President Bob Michalson’s recusal, […]
County approves settlement agreement with City Center Motel
On November 8, the Ravalli County Commissioners agreed to a settlement agreement in the case of Rental Property and Management Services LLC, doing business as City Center Motel versus […]
Hoy publishes book based on lifetime of interacting with wildlife
Judy Hoy is a strange bird, you might say. But I have noticed over my lifetime that people who live and work very closely with animals end up being a […]
Some good news about Stevensville, finally
Star Editorial The Stevensville Town Council, or at least two of its members, have appointed Jerry Phillips to fill the vacancy created when Raymond Smith resigned. Councilmembers Stacie Barker […]
Recognizing Dale Burk’s legacy
By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville Dale Burk was one of the first people I became acquainted with after I moved to the Bitterroot from Jacksonville, Florida, over eight years ago. […]
Optimism
By Archie Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis The majority of Montanans had the common sense to return Jon Tester to the senate. Good for us. All Montanans sleep safer tonight […]
Where’s all the protest?
By Mike Miller, Stevensville I saw this public Facebook post after the elections from a guy named Jim Skelton; it read: “Republicans lost the house last night. Today there are […]
Pleasant polling place
By Carolyn Cook, Election Judge, Stevensville With all the negativity and animosity that surrounded the campaign, I was not looking forward to working as an election judge at the Stevensville Polling […]
Vote them out
By Hattie Farrell, Stevensville I attended the November 8 meeting of the Stevensville Town Council. I spoke at the meeting about Jim Crews being considered for the council as he […]
A RINO?
By Jerry Haslip, Victor Allen B. Gates wrote another verbose diatribe containing blistering commentary about President Trump’s leadership qualities, as contained in his November 7, 2018 letter in the Bitterroot […]
20th century success story
By Bruce King, Hamilton Recently I received a book from a friend who grew up in Denmark, and married an American in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Denmark. The […]
No closer to truth or justice
By David A. Merrick, Corvallis Once again, an election is over and once again, nothing will change. Neither Truth or Justice was an issue and hasn’t been for much of […]
Real Estate Taxes Due
NOTICE The first half of the 2018 Real Estate Taxes are due payable before 5 PM, November 30, 2018. We now have a Night Drop located at North end of […]
Mobile Home Taxes Due
NOTICE The second half of the 2018 Mobile Home Taxes are due payable before 5 pm November 30, 2018. We now have a Night Drop located at North end of […]
Notice to Creditors – Gary Michael Gustavel
RICHARD A. WEBER, P.C. 345 West Main Street Hamilton, Montana 59840 Telephone: 406/363-6888 Fax: 406/363-2972 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: […]