NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:00 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Stevensville Town Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 23, […]
Archives for April 14, 2020
RFP – County Tree Removal Services
Request for Proposals Tree Removal Services The Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners is now accepting proposals for the delivery of 2020/2021 Tree Removal Services. Sealed proposals will be received […]
Hearing on Guardianship of Minor Child – Lilli Smalley
Mattaya Smith/Dalton Dvorak P.O. Box 152 Darby MT 59829 Petitioners appearing without a lawyer MONTANA 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Guardianship of LILLI SMALLEY, MATTAYA […]
Notice to Creditors – Billie Annette Basnaw
Naomi J. Cheeney Cheeney Law, PLLC PO Box 212 Hamilton, MT 59840 Phone: (406) 363-9060 Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of […]
Ravalli County Incident Management update 4-14-20
April 14, 2020 As of noon today, April 14, 2020, there are 5 cases of COVID-19 in Ravalli County. 225 tests have been submitted to the labs, 220 negative, 5 […]
Family Shelter, Triple Creek team up to provide meals
Since it was founded in 2010, the mission of the Family Shelter of the Bitterroot has been to provide comprehensive services to help circumstantially homeless families in the Bitterroot Valley […]
Stevensville Schools adapting to coronavirus challenges
The Stevensville Schools have continued to adapt and adjust lunch programs and educational services for distance and home based learning during the COVID-19 school closure. The school lunch program has […]
Montana’s U.S. Senators keep pushing for federal aid
In a press call last week Senator Tester explained his vote in support of the CARES Act, the federal government’s $2.2 trillion package designed to lessen the impacts of the […]
Local legislators assess federal funding efforts
Local legislators Nancy Balance (R-HD87) and David Bedey (R-HD86) have prepared their own powerpoint presentation about the CARES Act, where the funds are going and what it means for residents […]
Stevensville Schools begins construction project
The Stevensville School District and Quality Construction have begun demolition work and site preparation just eleven months after Stevensville voters approved $6,369,000 for the elementary district and $14,169,000 for the […]
Town of Stevensville creates Economic Recovery Task Force
Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey last week announced the creation of an Economic Support and Recovery Task Force. The Task Force is charged with guiding the Town’s efforts to sustain and […]
County Board of Health asserts authority over COVID-19 response
Ravalli County’s Incident Management Team (IMT), formed on March 18 to help coordinate the county’s response to the COVID-19 emergency, started off with County Commissioner and Health Board Chairman Jeff […]
Strange days have found us, but we are pushing through
Bitterroot Star Editorial These are some really strange days. Our lives have been disrupted. We can’t spend time with our friends and family. Kids are out of school. No sports […]
Many good reasons to vote ‘FOR’ a community college in Ravalli County
By Ravalli County Workforce Alliance, Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, Wendy Campbell, Victoria “Tory” Clark, Julie Foster, John Grant, Steve Grover, Terri Johanson, Jennifer Johnson, Candy Lubansky, Susan Penfield, John Schneeberger, Dixie […]
Let’s come together right now
By Bob Cumming, Florence In response to David Welch’s contribution in the April 8 Opinion section of the Bitterroot Star, “An Unbelievable President,” pointing fingers at the President or other […]
Thanks, we needed that!
By F. Jennings, Stevensville On Sunday April 4th, we heard quite a commotion on our street! When we went out to check, there were some 15/20 firetrucks and first responder vehicles […]
Big Government
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Apparently to some people “big government” means too many bureaucrats telling us what to do and earning too much money from our taxes. To me “big government” […]
Time for the truth
By Rep. Nancy Ballance, HD 87, Hamilton Last week, Missoula legislator, Brad Tschida, wrote a letter to the editor making false claims about me. He told my opponent he would take […]
Expert in social distancing
By Larry Campbell, Darby In spite of yet again ignoring my repeated requests to be taken off his list of contact numbers, I had to chuckle at Senator Daines’ most […]
Let’s clean up
By Teresa Larsen, Victor Yesterday while riding my bicycle along the Hwy 93 bike path south from Victor to Hamilton, I was saddened and disappointed to see the huge amount […]