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 on Parcel #596300, located […]
Archives for August 2019
Hearing on Sheriff’s Retirement Permissive Levy
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR SHERIFF’S RETIREMENT PERMISSIVE LEVY The BOARD OF RAVALLI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 11:00 AM in the […]
Hearing on County Permissive Medical Levy
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR PERMISSIVE MEDICAL LEVY The BOARD OF RAVALLI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:30 AM in the Commissioner’s […]
Hearing on County Budget Adoption
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET ADOPTION FY 2020 The BOARD OF RAVALLI COUNTY COMMISSIONERS have completed its final budget for fiscal year July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020. The […]
Trustee vacancy – Stevensville Schools
LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to Montana Codes Annotated, the appointment of one (1) trustee position for the Stevensville Public Schools will take place at the special […]
Hearing on Christley Tracts Minor Subdivision
Legal Notice AP Lot A Christley Tracts is a proposed 2-lot minor subdivision on 20.02 acres. The subdivision is located at 1143 Willow Creek Road, Corvallis, to the east of […]
Notice to Creditors – Hunt
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RACHEL O. HUNT, Deceased. Cause No. DP-19-81 Dept. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN […]
Experimental treatment slows prion disease, extends life of mice
Scientists using an experimental treatment have slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative central nervous disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents’ lives, according to […]
Celebrating Sacajawea’s passage through Darby
Darby residents are gearing up for the second annual celebration of Sacajawea’s passage through the area as she led members of the Lewis and Clark expedition down to the valley […]
Sapphire health clinic awarded funding for mental health care
Sapphire Community Health has been awarded supplemental federal funding to initiate and support Integrative Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) services. The IBHS purpose is to support an increase in access to […]
Stevensville superintendent receives Literacy Award
At the last Stevensville School District Board meeting, Superintendent Bob Moore was presented the Montana State Literacy Administrator Award. Ann Ellsworth, who serves on the Executive Board of the Montana […]
Fear and ignorance on display in Star LTE’s
By David Welch, Hamilton Fear and ignorance were on full display in recent Bitterroot Star opinion letters. As Republicans across the country attempt to diminish and excuse the full throated […]
Why and how to re-elect Trump
By Bob Williams, Stevensville Feeling good about characterizing some people as liberals? Read on. Feeling good about our President forcefully acting against immigrant? For the last four years, have you been […]
Failure of Prohibition: a history and a prediction
By Roger Mitchell, Stevensville There have been times when government tried, but failed, to remove from society certain consumer products. The Prohibition era began with the passage of the 18th […]
Boycott this movie
By Dee Gibney, Hamilton There is a new movie being promoted that anyone on the left, and those who dislike President Trump, if they have any humanity, should avoid and […]
The art of political chaos
By Mike Mercer, Stevensville How many fingers am I holding up, oh you can’t see that, sorry; I am holding up three fingers, I swear, prove me wrong. If you […]
Fall sports season is here – hooray!
There is a change in the air. The mornings are cooler, the geese are practicing their flying with their young; and the two-a-day practices are going on. It’s one of […]
Rae H. Porter
Rae H. Porter passed away in peace and grace on August 14, 2019 surrounded by her husband and children. She was born Gwendolyn Rae Huntamer on January 6, 1933 to […]
My new fridge (or, I finally enter the 21st century)
An era has ended at my house. For most people, buying a new refrigerator and getting rid of the old fridge is just one of the many things you do […]
Search continues for missing hiker
Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton said three search dog teams from True North Search Dogs, Ravalli County Search and Rescue ground teams, as well as helicopters from Choice Aviation of Hamilton and the […]