By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I’ve arrived! Here in the “Star,” on February 19th, I was called a “Feminazi” because of my “hokey” hyphenated last name. There are several reasons for the […]
Archives for February 2020
Marvin Albert Martin
Stevensville – Marvin Albert Martin, 71, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 16th. He passed away at his home in Stevensville, MT. He was born on […]
Night Shift Custodian – Stevensville School
Stevensville School District has an opening for two night shift custodians. The hours are 4:00 pm to 12:30 am, Monday through Friday, with a starting wage of $13.47/hour. The final […]
Estate Sales
BLU-J ESTATE SALES, www.bluejayestatesales.com, 363-1600. Feb. 27-29 • Florence, 746 Sweeney Cr. March 19-21 • Hamilton, Address soon. April 23-25 • Darby, Address soon. Winter Hours Day One 4pm-7pm. Numbers to keep place in line given at 2pm for Day One sale. Following Days […]
RFP – Town of Stevensville Engineering Services
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES TOWN OF STEVENSVILLE, MONTANA 2020 Water System Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) Update The Town of Stevensville, Montana is requesting sealed proposals from qualified […]
Hearing on Name Change – Earsley
Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Ruby Lee Earsley, Ruby Lee Earsley, Petitioner Cause No. DV-29-49/3 Dept. No.: 2 Notice of […]
Notice to Creditors – Holt
Megan S. Winderl MARKETTE & CHOUINARD, P.C. 601 S. First Street P.O. Box 515 Hamilton, MT 59840 (406) 363-1110 MeganW@mcpcattorneys.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY […]
Notice to Creditors – Newberry
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN MAY NEWBERRY, Deceased. Cause No. DP-20-15 Dept. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN […]
Burnt Fork Market named Business of the Year
Owner and operator of the Burnt Fork Market in Stevensville, Jimmy Edwards, is not an office type of guy. He’s got one, back in the warehouse section of the sprawling […]
Big Sky Trust Fund making jobs in the Bitterroot
Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners closed out the books on a Big Sky Trust Fund business expansion grant, signed a contract for implementing another recently awarded grant, and approved […]
Corvallis School Board selects six superintendent finalists
The Corvallis School Board of Trustees met on February 12 and chose six finalists to interview for the position of Superintendent. The public, students, and staff are invited to meet […]
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital trauma certified
For the fourth year in a row now Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital has been designated a state certified trauma receiving hospital. As part of maintaining that designation, the hospital is […]
Masons honor First Responders at awards dinner
By Rick Laible Ionic Masonic Lodge #38 hosted the third annual First Responder Awards Dinner on February 4 to honor deserving individuals within our community who have been identified by […]
New antiviral drug may help against coronavirus
According to a new study from National Institutes of Health scientists, the experimental antiviral remdesivir successfully prevented disease in rhesus macaques infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Remdesivir […]
Montana’s elk hunting traditions worth preserving
By Tim Mulligan For decades Montana has been the envy of hunters who pursue elk. Our state has healthy elk herds because of our incredible habitat on public and private […]
It WAS a beautiful day in the neighborhood
By Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville I live on the east side of Stevensville and as a concerned citizen I want people in the city and surrounding areas to know about an […]
Open letter to Nancy Ballance
By Carol Burrill, Corvallis Nancy, I read with great interest your “introduction” announcement. You and I both know that we are very well acquainted with the way we both operate. For […]
Wishlist
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton I reacted rather hard to two of the letters in your issue of 2/5/20 and had to remind myself how unhelpful that is. In response, though, […]
Vote Carlino in June
By Max Smith, Stevensville Getting to know Daniel Carlino has been one of the best parts of my last year. We met at one of his neighborhood Public Service Commission […]
Good letters
By Frank Novotny, Victor I noted two recent excellent letters. “American tradition” and “Extreme platform.” Of note in the first is that Trump is not a politician. He is a […]