A countywide safety campaign, headed by local organizations Destination Missoula, Missoula Economic Partnership and United Way of Missoula County, is launching in Missoula in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
Archives for July 2020
Montana COVID-19 testing results 7-7-20 – 44 new cases
County Gender Age Range Date Reported Big Horn F 40-49 07/07/2020 Big Horn F 10-19 07/07/2020 Big Horn F 10-19 07/07/2020 Carbon F 30-39 07/07/2020 Cascade M 40-49 07/07/2020 Gallatin […]
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 7-7-20 – no new cases
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Encourage the Montana tradition of being neighborly
By Nan Christianson, Hamilton Yet again, Montana gives me good reason to be proud. We watched in disbelief, and some in horror, as the Covid-19 virus marched its way around […]
Just how stupid are we?
By Mark Van Loon, Hamilton We’re in the middle of pandemic and people won’t even do the simplest, easiest thing to stop the spread – WEAR A MASK. Inconvenient? Off putting? […]
Behind the Mask
By Grace Wilson, Stevensville Who is that behind the mask, Someone I know, or should I ask? I can’t see the smile I once knew so well, Is she happy […]
COVID-19 testing should be free
By Star Jameson, Hamilton It has come to my attention through conversations with three people in the billing office that our local hospital is charging for Covid-19 testing. They are asking […]
The questionable truth behind the Recall page
By Shey Joy, Stevensville If you are curious about the character of those behind the current recall effort directed at Mayor Dewey, I suggest you take a minute to visit the […]
Turnover
By Mark Adams, Stevensville I recently was party to a conversation concerning the turnover at the Stevensville Town Council. It was stated that there have been seven people on the Council. […]