The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced that Montana has begun paying an additional $200 weekly benefit to unemployed Montanans impacted by COVID-19. Last month, Governor Steve Bullock directed DLI to launch the Interim Pandemic Assistance (IPA) program, to provide an extra $200 weekly payment for four weeks to Montanans who are […]
Archives for December 2, 2020
Ravalli County COVID-19 update 12-2-20 – 39 new cases
Ravalli County Public Health Dept. December 2, 2o2o Ravalli County Public Health had a total 39 new cases reported for Tuesday 12/2/20. Ravalli County Public Health staff have continued to work towards accurate case counts. As of 2 p.m. today public health has 601 open investigations. Public Health has completed the online system for […]
A new chapter begins
By Jean Schurman & Liz Cook It is bittersweet that the Bitterroot Star will be moving forward without Michael and Victoria, but Jean and I would like to assure the community and our clients we are both still here working for you. It is our commitment to continue to bring the best experience we can […]
It really was all about the journey
By Michael and Victoria Howell, (former) Bitterroot Star co-publishers We could never have imagined 35 years ago, when a nice hitchhiker we picked up showed us how to put together a newspaper with only a few commitments from advertisers, a camera, a typewriter, a homemade light table, some press on letters and border tape and […]
Bitterroot Star changes hands
Bitterroot Star publishers Michael and Victoria Howell have announced the sale of the Bitterroot Star newspaper to Jesse and Sasha Mullen of Deer Lodge. The Howells have owned and operated the newspaper since they started it in 1985. The Mullens currently own and operate two Montana newspapers, the Philipsburg Mail and the Silver State Post […]