The deadline for objecting to the Draft Record of Decision (ROD) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Gold Butterfly Project on the Bitterroot National Forest closed on August […]
Archives for August 13, 2019
Three new council members in Stevi
At the August 8 Stevensville Town Council meeting, Council member Robin Holcomb took her last stab at making a motion, seconding it, and then approving it all by herself, as […]
Hamilton council mulls over parking, dogs, and medical marijuana
Members of the Hamilton City Council met as a Committee of the Whole in July to consider the city’s ordinance concerning off-street parking space requirements; review the Aggressive Dog Ordinance; […]
Annual Grief Camp scheduled
Once again, a small camp on the shores of Flathead Lake will be transformed into a space for grief, hope, and healing. For over 20 years, A Camp to Remember […]
Golf tourney to benefit library
The North Valley Public Library Foundation is sponsoring “Birdies for Books”, a golf tournament to benefit the north Valley Public Library. Birdies for Books will be held on Saturday, August […]
Darby Lumber Lands Project Phase 2 moving forward
Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor Matt Anderson has signed the final Decision Notice (DN) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Darby Lumber Lands Project – Phase 2. The […]
Montana’s path to a second US House Seat is by an accurate and complete census
By Joe Lamson, Commissioner, Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission, Helena Rather than helping Montana regain a second US House seat, Republican Sen. Fred Thomas has chosen to take partisan political […]
Kindness
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I am grateful today, Sunday, August 11th, for Theresa Manzella’s op. ed. about standing on principles in the “Ravalli Republic.” She is upset with the Republicans […]
Disappearing ink
By Brian Potton Attention all Montana sportsmen and women. If you purchased your 2019 Hunting or Fishing licenses prior to May 1st, you might want to dig them out and […]
The nation’s deepest problem
By Bob Israel, Stevensville Why does our country have such deep problems – such as the endless increasing drug problem, the violent use of guns, and the recent surge in suicides, […]
You’re from where?
By Annette McDonald, Victor I read with amusement a recent letter from a Mr. Frank Novotny of Victor, to which I wish to respond. In my years in this country […]
Dysfunctional system
By Abbe Gail Russell, Stevensville My son Cody has disappeared into the depths of MT DPHHS adult foster care system. I haven’t visited with him since October 2005. He’s 41 […]
Protect NEPA and our National Forests
By Anne Millbrooke, Bozeman “In the last few years, it has become increasingly clear that soon some president and some Congress must face the inevitable task of deciding whether or not […]
John Leslie Duncan
Hamilton – John Leslie Duncan was born in Butte, Montana, February 13, 1958, and began going fishing, hunting, and camping before he could walk. John learned to scout new fishing […]
John ‘Jack’ Aubert
John “Jack’’ Bernard Aubert passed away July 31 at The Living Centre in Stevensville at the age of 82. Jack was born October 11, 1936 on his grandfather’s farm outside […]
Betty Irene Sorenson
Hamilton – Betty Irene Sorenson was born in Circle, MT on May 7, 1933 to Mark and Gertrude Jaques Sorenson. The young family grew with the birth of Betty’s brother, […]