By Christin Rzasa When the directors of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization voted unanimously in 2017 to change the group’s name to Scouting BSA and allow girls to […]
Archives for June 2019
Explore Lewis & Clark ‘Descent Trail’
The Darby Adult Education (DAE) program is offering Bitterroot Valley residents and visitors a unique opportunity to not just learn about the history and the flora and fauna of the […]
Anaconda Job Corps to remain open, Trapper Creek fate uncertain
Montana Senator Steve Daines is taking credit for convincing President Trump to keep the Anaconda Job Corps Center open. Daines stated in a media conference call last week that he […]
Lewis’s Woodpecker under study
Lewis’s Woodpecker populations are declining throughout their range, but the Bitterroot and Missoula Valleys have some of the highest densities anywhere in the world. Researchers Kate Stone and William Blake […]
New center at Stevi school will have technology focus
Successful Coding for Kids program helps lead the way By Michael Howell After partnering with the local non-profit organization Coding for Kids for a few years now as a summer […]
Sports Talk – Another crop has matured
The last mortar board has been thrown into the sky. The last tassel has been flipped to the other side. The diplomas signed and handed out. The class of 2019 […]
Susan Inman
Florence – Susan Inman, 77, of Florence, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2019 at home with her husband at her side, and went to be with her Lord and […]
Esther Mae Blyton
Esther Mae Blyton, age 87, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2019 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Washington. She was a longtime resident of Stevensville, Montana and spent […]
Western Heritage Days to benefit kids’ food security
This year’s Western Heritage Day celebration in Stevensville is on track to raise funds for the Bitterroot BackPack Program at Stevensville and Lone Rock schools. Due to generous sponsors and […]
Shooting victim returns home
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. […]
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 […]