Ravalli County Public Health July 7, 2020 As of 4pm today, Ravalli County has received no new cases of COVID-19. Three of the previous cases reported have now recovered and been released from isolation. Ravalli County currently has 16 active cases. As part of each investigation, contact tracing has been performed by Public Health nurses […]
Archives for July 7, 2020
Extraordinary nurse gets award double whammy
Stevensville resident and nurse Cathy Scholtens recently received, back to back, two prestigious awards in recognition of her outstanding service to her patients and to the community at large. First, she was notified by her boss at Community Medical Center in Missoula that she had been chosen to receive the hospital’s 2020 Mercy Award. The […]
Corvallis apartment fire claims three lives
Ravalli County Sheriff / Coroner Steve Holton said the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious fire that occurred at an apartment complex on Main Street in Corvallis at approximately 2:15 a.m. Monday morning. There are three confirmed deaths as a result of the fire. It is believed that all of the victims are […]
Temporary hold placed on Stevensville recall election
On June 30, 2020, Ravalli County District Court Judge Howard Recht put a temporary hold on the administration of a recall election against the Mayor of Stevensville stating in his Temporary Restraining Order that “further processing of the Recall Petition risks causing irreparable and immediate harm to the Plaintiff.” The order enjoins the sponsor of […]
Sheriff responds to social media comments
Sheriff Holton believes that his attendance at a meeting in Stevensville on Monday, June 29, was billed incorrectly and that his comments at the meeting have been variously misconstrued on social media. Holton attended a meeting held at Fort Owen Inn sponsored by a group called Stand Together for Freedom. He was referred to in […]
Yet another Stevensville town clerk resigns
Stevensville Town Clerk Monica Hoffman has submitted a letter of resignation claiming harassment and an unhealthy working environment which she says was created by Council President Bob Michalson and his “friends and family.” Hoffman wrote, “While I tried very hard to weather the storm of negativity and hostility, I simply do not have the energy […]
Stevensville graduate competes on Titan Games
One of the few sports shows on television right now that is not a rerun is the show “The Titan Games.” The show features head-to-head physical competitions such as pushing and or pulling a wall, using a sledge hammer to break up a chain, climbing a pole and other physical activities. This year, Margaux Alvarez, […]
Daly Hospital Foundation fundraiser goes on-line
The Daly Hospital Foundation’s annual Gala fundraiser has morphed into an on-line event this year. According to the Foundation’s Director Staci Duce, work on the annual fundraising event is actually a year-long process as the effort to collect auction items begins quite early, almost from when the last auction was over. “We didn’t want to […]
New name, new cause, same bull(s) at Darby bull-a-rama
The annual bull riding held the second weekend in July in Darby will have a new look. Gone are pink ribbons and signs about breast cancer awareness. Instead, purple will be the color of the night with an emphasis on testicular cancer. The Twisted Nut Festival is a two-night affair with bull riders from across […]
Pandemic-itis: the difference between science facts and fictions
By Elliott Oppenheim, MD JD LLM Health Law, Florence I am dizzy. How can any one of us make sense of anything in these confusing times? What is true? I get my mail at the Lolo Post Office. I often talk to folks at the Post Office in order to metaphorically take the dual counties’ […]
Support our free press
By Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale I’m celebrating the patriotic July Fourth by joining with others in “investing” in a phantom subscription to the only independent, historic-type paper remaining in this region–the Bitterroot Star. Without a free press America wouldn’t be what it has become, and there wouldn’t be a voice to counter anti-U.S. ideologies of politics, […]
Wear your mask
By Maureen Powell, Michael Moran, M.D., Terry Moran, M.S., R.N. Montanans like to joke about having nine months of winter and three months of company. As the snow fades from the mountain tops we can say we’ve been lucky in Western Montana. Thanks to a relatively small stable population, a proactive business community and good State guidance, […]