by Liz Cook The name Bobby Steiner might not ring a bell with most people, but it sure did with Cal Ruark, the President of the Darby Rodeo Association. The […]
Archives for June 2, 2021
Pro-diversity group forms following Florence school board meeting
Brittany McLaughlin, parent of a seventh grader at Florence-Carlton Middle School, recently organized a social media group called the Bitterroot Alliance for Diversity and Equality. The group was originally called […]
‘Pride’ colors proposed for Hamilton crosswalk
by Nathan Boddy A packed room awaited the Hamilton City Council’s Committee of the Whole (COW) on Tuesday evening, May 25. Only three items were on the agenda for discussion, […]
Habitat for Humanity needs land for more homes
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a […]
North Valley Library moving forward on addressing building challenges
By Denise Ard, Director, North Valley Public Library If you are a regular user of the library, you know that we have an old threadbare red carpet held together with […]
Bitterroot Library welcomes new youth services librarian
by Nathan Boddy The Bitterroot Public Library has added a new member to its staff with Ravalli County local, Annika Riley, as the Library’s Youth Services Librarian. While new to […]
County considers how to spend $8.5 million in ARPA funds
Ravalli County Commissioners are considering how best to spend the $8.5 million that has already been allocated to the county under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for reimbursement for […]
Group files petition with EPA over weakened water quality standards
A recently adopted Montana state law removing “numeric” nutrient water quality standards as a criteria has been challenged by the Upper Missouri Waterkeepers, an organization that has been involved in […]
Florence is state softball champion
by Mikayln Brickley On May 29, the Florence-Carlton high school softball team won their eleventh state championship since 1999. After defeating Shepherd and Cut Bank to earn their way to […]
Hamilton boys take state track title
by Mikayln Brickley The track athletes of the Bitterroot Valley headed to Laurel to compete in the 2021 A-B State Track Meet this past weekend. The Hamilton boys took home […]
Bitterroot Bucs coach claims one hundredth win
by Mikayln Brickley On Tuesday, May 25, the Bitterroot Bucs head coach, Austin Nogle, claimed his 100th win after defeating the Bitterroot Red Sox, 8-1. Coach Nogle is “super excited […]
Notice to Creditors – Monty J. Wilson
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: MONTY J. WILSON; Deceased, Case No.: DP-21-62 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the […]
Notice to Creditors – Bud Lee Yerian
Naomi J. Cheeney Cheeney Law, PLLC PO Box 212 Hamilton, MT 59840 Phone: (406) 363-9060 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF […]
RFQ – Engineering Services
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CORVALLIS (MONTANA) WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS The Corvallis County Sewer District is seeking a Statement of Qualifications from a professional firm for wastewater […]
John A. Peters
Stevensville – John A. Peters Jr., 87 of Three Mile passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. John was born on October 22, 1933 in San Rafael, […]
White Privilege and Critical Race Theory
By Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton In the May 19th Bitterroot Star, Donna Gibney addressed the term White Privilege, and in the May 26th “Star” her husband, John, addressed what is known as […]
See where 2016 voters live
By Bob Williams, Stevensville From 1952 through 1988, except for 1962, a Republican won the popular vote, for US President. From 1992 until now, with two exceptions, a Democrat won […]
Pray for Florence School
By Grace Wilson, Stevensville All our schools need guidance and prayer, but especially right now for the Florence Carlton school. It has been found out that a “gay” club has been […]
Unhappy with editor’s decision
By Susan McCreary, Stevensville To the editor: You are the editor of the Bitterroot Star newspaper, hired by your employers Jesse and Sasha Mullen. And as editor you have the right […]
A rare opportunity
By Bob Brown, Whitefish Thirty years ago, Montana lost one of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives we had held for eighty years. The mathematical formula that was used […]