By Jane Lambert, Stevensville I hope people stand behind Brandon Dewey and keep him as their Mayor. He ran for office for the right reasons — to serve the people of […]
Archives for July 2020
Covid impact and town budget
By Tonya Eckert, Stevensville Mayor Dewey is proposing to push through a budget in early July, prematurely asking for extreme increases that are irresponsible and frankly make no sense at all […]
Clarification – Jim doesn’t want to be mayor!
By Bill Kelly, Stevensville To clarify Mr. Crew’s position on serving as mayor of Stevensville again: Despite several past and current council members’ apparent interest in bringing Jim Crews back to […]
Re: Burnt Fork Place apartment complex
By Dave Thorson, Stevensville I have a lot of concerns and unanswered questions about this project. This biggest concern is the high water table on the building site. My property borders […]
Why I support Brandon Dewey
By Dempsey H. Vick, II, Stevensville 1. Brandon is Stevensville First: He has dedicated his entire lifetime to service of not only individuals in our community, but to the community as […]
Citizen concerns
By Janet Pruitt, Stevensville I am writing to express my deep concerns over my first experience in attending a town hall council meeting here in Stevensville, MT last Thursday evening (6/25/20) […]
Harassment
By Ashley Mae, Kalispell Harassment: Definition from Webster’s Dictionary: noun: harassment; plural noun: harassments aggressive pressure or intimidation. The resignation of yet ANOTHER Town Clerk must be addressed by this town. […]
Mayor needs to go
By Bent Laursen, Stevensville The Mayor of Stevensville is really messing up. He is ramrodding the Nicole Court development through without any regard to the citizens of Stevensville. He held a […]
Mayor should be recalled
By Jane Schutz, Stevensville The new proposed Burnt Fork Place Apartments (formerly Nicole Court) is of much concern. We who live in the area are very aware of the ground water […]
Hooray for Gibney!
By Stephen McKenzie, Hamilton Thanks to Dee Gibney (Star 7/1/2020) for pointing out the irrationality of expecting Caucasian citizens to bear responsibility for the wrongs done by prior generations (to whom […]
All lives matter!
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Of course they do. The point of saying “Black Lives Matter” and “Native Lives Matter” and “POC Lives Matter” (POC = People of Color) these days is […]
The lie of systemic racism
By David Stover, Stevensville I agree with Mr. Henry Fowler concerning his letter “The lie of systemic racism.” I am tired of being expected to apologize for my whiteness as I […]
Conservative Christians need to pay attention
By Henry Fowler, Stevensville With two recent anti-Christian decisions from a supposedly “conservative” Supreme Court, it’s time for conservative Christians to start paying attention. We are living in a post-Christian America. […]
Matter of life and death
By Judy Hoy, Stevensville We can see that insect populations, particularly pollinators, here in Montana have declined significantly. We also know most vertebrate and many invertebrate species are dependent on insects […]
Margaret Patricia ‘Pat’ Cantrell
Margaret Patricia (Pat) Cantrell, 84, of Hamilton, Montana, passed away peacefully from congestive heart failure Saturday, March 14, 2020, surrounded by family at her daughter’s home in Forest Grove, Oregon. […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 7-6-20 – 80 new cases
Big Horn M 20-29 07/06/2020 Big Horn M 60-69 07/06/2020 Carbon M 20-29 07/06/2020 Cascade M 30-39 07/06/2020 Cascade M 60-69 07/06/2020 Gallatin F 20-29 07/06/2020 Gallatin M 40-49 07/06/2020 […]
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 7-6-20 – four new cases
Ravalli County Public Health July 6, 2020 Since the last press release, Ravalli County has received notification of four new cases. Two of these cases are contacts of other cases […]
VA to offer COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic veterans
Montana Veterans enrolled in the Montana VA Health Care System (MTVAHCS) are eligible for free COVID-19 testing in a second round of swabbing events across Montana. The first round of […]
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 7-2-20
Ravalli County Public Health Department July 2, 2020 As of 4:30 p.m. today, Ravalli County has received notification of one new case. At this time, Ravalli County has 21 cases we […]
Bitterroot gets first community spread of COVID-19
The first cases of community spread of the COVID-19 virus have been reported in Ravalli County. While the first several cases of people in the county testing positive for the […]