Total COVID Cases in Montana 37947 Total New Cases Today 986 Total number of tests completed since last report 3572 Total Number of Tests 523596 County Gender Age Range […]
Archives for November 2020
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 11-5-20 – 46 new cases, 11 hospitalized
Ravalli County Public Health November 5, 2020 As of 4 p.m. today, Ravalli County Public Health is reporting 46 new cases of COVID-19. Ravalli County currently has 362 active cases of COVID-19. […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 11-5-20 – 1013 new cases
Total COVID Cases in Montana 36968 Total New Cases Today 1013 Total number of tests completed since last report 2736 Total Number of Tests 520024 County Gender Age Range […]
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 11-4-20 – 28 new cases
Ravalli County Public Health Dept. November 4, 2020 As of 4pm today, Ravalli County Public Health has received 28 new cases of COVID-19. *This update includes new cases from 11/03/20 […]
Montana COVID-19 testing results 11-4-20 – 793 new cases
Total COVID Cases in Montana 35955 Total New Cases Today 793 Total number of tests completed since last report 4764 Total Number of Tests 517288 County Gender Age Range […]
Bitterroot Forest Travel Plan ruling upheld on appeal
In a memorandum filed on October 27, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the 2018 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christianson upholding the Bitterroot National Forest Travel […]
Stevensville town council examines council president’s conduct
The Stevensville Town Council held a “workshop” at its regular council meeting on October 22 in which it considered Council President Bob Michalson’s conduct in relation to the Town Council’s […]
Stevensville holiday celebration to look different this year
How to have a community celebration during a pandemic. That’s the challenge being addressed by the Stevensville Civic Club, and the executive committee has come up with a unique solution […]
Youth Expo receives memorial grant
Last Thursday at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, representatives of the Bitterroot Youth Conservation & Education Expo, a community sponsored program which introduces young people to the wonders of […]
Operation Christmas Child aims to reach millions this year
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause fear and uncertainty, Samaritan’s Purse is calling on churches and families to pack more shoebox gifts than ever before for Operation Christmas Child—making […]
Townsend gravel pit permit process extended
The Department of Environmental Quality has granted an additional 30-day extension to its review of Todd Townsend’s application for a gravel mining permit on property located near the intersection of […]
Major grant will fund improvements at Fort Owen State Park
The Montana State Parks Foundation recently announced that major improvements are coming to Fort Owen State Park, located near Stevensville, thanks to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks […]
Jim Harmon authors book on early Montana news stories
The announcement of a new book, “The ‘Sneakin’est’ Man That Ever Was: Headline Stories of Montana’s Early Days – Harmon’s Histories Vol. 1,” which includes dozens of stories from Montana’s […]
Compassion is the way forward
By Laura Garber, Hamilton As we all adjust to life after the election, it is important that we come back together. It is important that we remember we are all […]
Divided we fall
By John Grant, Hamilton ANTIFA, QAnon, Socialist, Nazi. Epithets thrown around carelessly to describe someone with whom we do not agree? What defines a “TRUE” Montanan? 10 years? 30 years? One […]
Is that freedom I smell on your breath?
By Bill LaCroix, Victor At a recent Ravalli County Commissioners’ meeting to ‘develop a message about COVID-19’, one man stood up to proclaim that he was an ‘Americanist’, which meant […]
Understanding Democratic Socialism
By Brenda Allington, Florence On 04/07/2019, a letter to the editor entitled “Democrats Pushing Radical Socialism” was published in the Missoulian. My beloved friend, Kevin Hammond, a scholar of history and […]
What the agricultural industry needs
By Brett DeBruycker, Dutton Agriculture is facing very pressing issues today that will determine the viability of family-owned operations. Future Federal and state administrations, governors, senators, representatives, and local governments are […]
We are the people of liberty
By Roger Koopman, Bozeman We are the people of liberty. The family of freedom. In our bloodstream is the inheritance of our common ancestors – men who jump off the pages […]
Marijuana
By Frank Novotny, Victor I know a few things. One night while playing darts with my stepson my knees were hurting badly. A symptom of old paratrooper’s disease. He offered to […]