At the October 8 meeting of the Stevensville School Board, the Bitterroot Star presented a check for $4000 to the school’s Backpack Program. The money represented part of the proceeds […]
Archives for October 15, 2019
Brain cancer survivor reminds us: sometimes cancer can be beaten
Although many lives are lost every day from one sort of cancer or another, sometimes, with the right help at the right time, cancer can be beaten. Lori Meuchel is […]
Climate change of growing concern to Bitterrooters
People around the world are mobilizing, it seems, to press their governments and international corporations for action to address climate change with a growing sense of urgency. Concern also seems […]
Bitterroot Front Project discussed in Darby
The Bitterroot National Forest held the first in a series of public meetings on the Bitterroot Front Project last Thursday, October 10th at the Darby Community Clubhouse. According to forest […]
NIAID head to speak on infectious diseases
Topic: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: From AIDS to Zika Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., whose career has focused on fighting HIV/AIDS and other emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, as well […]
Local students make music abroad
This summer, five area high school band students – Carlos Morales, Crystal Hazel and Matthew Kleinjan, Stevensville, and Amaya Jensen and Amanda Boelman, along with their chaperones Jeremy and Kendra […]
Trump’s foreign involvement requires impeachment inquiry
By George Corn, Hamilton Trump is the creature our country’s founders warned us about. A corrupt, immoral president conspiring with foreign powers for personal gain and soliciting foreign interference in […]
Remembering Miss ‘E’
By Mary Ann Eckroth, Mandan, North Dakota Rona (Veronica) Engelter was known as Miss E in Hamilton schools. Though she retired over 10 years ago from teaching, she was still a […]
Elk hunters be engaged, be heard
By Tom Puchlerz, Stevensville I watched and listened in awe during my first year of hunting elk as a large bull screamed, nose flared, while he herded his cows from […]
Bitterroot Front future on the line
By Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville Should taxpayers and Ravalli County residents support a huge timber cut of approximately 150,000 acres? Wouldn’t you think the cut should be within the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and […]
Kiss your Sapphire Mountains view goodbye
By Jeff Lonn, Hamilton Bitterrooters from Hamilton to Victor should prepare to have their view of the Sapphire Mountains marred by Bitterroot National Forest’s Gold-Butterfly logging project. This enormous timber […]
The man who would be king
By Dave Ward, Corvallis The old Chinese curse of “May you live in interesting times,” has certainly been playing out malignantly for the past 3 or 4 years. As a […]
Who are the bad guys anyway?
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Paul Wheaton is “a giant doofus” (his words) in Missoula who was a brainy software engineer until he discovered “permaculture,” which for some years now has […]
Blue Devils a ‘blue collar’ team
The Corvallis boys’ soccer team is a hardworking, “blue collar” team, according to their coach, Tim Hickey. The team has struggled the last three years but this year, they went […]
Corvallis girls advance
The Corvallis girls secured their state playoff berth with a 5-1 win over Frenchtown. Coach David Molesh said it was a real team effort with everyone contributing and playing well. […]
Lady Yellowjackets outlast Polson
The Stevensville Yellowjackets had to bounce back from a rough first game against Polson but they rallied in front of a packed house to top the Lady Pirates in five […]
Football roundup
The Hamilton Broncs slammed Whitefish, 41-0, and are still in a three-way tie for first place in the Southwest A conference. Carson Rostad completed passes for all six touchdowns. He […]
Hamilton announces Albert’s retirement
Hamilton High School has announced that head girls basketball coach Mark Albert has retired. Albert has been the head coach for Hamilton for the last seven years. He has been […]
Suzanne Rene Halvorson
Stevensville – Suzanne Rene Halvorson of Stevensville, Montana, passed away at home on Monday, October 7, 2019. She was born April 28, 1960, in Cheyenne, Wyoming to Roger and Mary […]
Tami Jo Armijo
Stevensville – Tami was born April 22, 1960 in Missoula, Montana to Berniece and John Lee, joining her other siblings as the baby of the family. After moving from Seeley […]