Shooting victim Casey Blanchard has returned to his home in Stevensville from the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City where he received treatment for severe gunshot wounds. […]
Archives for June 5, 2019
Trapper Creek Job Corps Center slated for privatization
Montana’s U.S. Congressmen are moving quickly to try and reverse the planned closure of the Anaconda Job Corps Center. Having been under the control of the USDA since its inception […]
You shouldn’t miss the Bitterroot’s 50 Mile Garage Sale
By Gary Garthwait For those who have participated in the Bitterroot 50 Mile Garage Sale since its inception four years ago and for those who are hearing about it for […]
Recht appointed District Court Judge
On May 21, Governor Steve Bullock appointed Howard F. Recht, Esq. to serve as District Judge for Department 1 of the 21st Judicial District Court, in Ravalli County. Recht succeeds […]
‘Outbreak’ exhibit on display at Ravalli County Museum
The Smithsonian National Museum of History exhibit “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” has come to the Bitterroot and is on display at the Ravalli County Museum in Hamilton thanks […]
Privatizing Job Corps Centers a bad idea
By Michael Hoyt, Corvallis Late Friday morning, May 24, 2019, it was announced that the U.S. Forest Service, the USDA agency which has always operated Job Corps centers would stop […]
Stop selling neonicotinoids
By Judy Hoy, Stevensville This letter is to businesses that depend on sales of products for livestock and pets and/or of hunting and fishing supplies and related items. If you […]
A good laugh
By Frank Novotny, Victor I got a good laugh from Mr. Ward’s letter “bummed out”. I just wonder how bummed out he would be had we elected a foul-mouthed Communist […]
Political divorce
By Barry Mills, Stevensville I was listening to a news program this morning that has a political bias that I happen to agree with, but in the ensuing interview the […]
Montanans shouldn’t be excluded from hospice
By Dianne Hansen, CEO, Partners In Home Care, Inc., Missoula As a hospice CEO and lifelong Montana resident, I see daily the difficulties our most vulnerable neighbors face as they traverse our […]
Forms of slavery
By Frank Machek, Stevensville I read with interest Dennis Hicks’ letter regarding the legal and moral issues relative to abortion. His references to the Lincoln-Douglas debate and the Dred Scott […]
Donna Marie Biddle
Stevensville – Donna Marie Biddle, 77, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019 at her home in Stevensville. She was born December 26, 1941 in San Diego, CA to Don and […]
Donald G. Motley
Corvallis – Donald G. Motley, 84, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Don was born on March 3, 1935, to Donald S. and Pebble Adair Motley in Hamilton. Don […]