Our Salish neighbors are excited to return to Hamilton for the 41st Annual Bitter Root Day at the Ravalli County Museum on Saturday, June 12 from 9 to 1 p.m. […]
Archives for June 2021
Eastside Highway construction project on hold
Work on Montana Department of Transportation’s Eastside Highway construction project south of Stevensville has come to halt. According to Amy Aiello of Big Sky Public Relations who has been working […]
Ravalli Electric Cooperative acquires Grizzly Broadband
Ravalli Electric Cooperative (REC) has acquired Grizzly Broadband, formerly known as Cybernet1, one of the area’s top internet and fiber solutions provider. The partnership will allow the two organizations to […]
Senator James Gene “Jim” Shockley
A Memorial Service for Senator James Gene “Jim” Shockley, USMC Major retired will be held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 411 S. 5th St. Hamilton Mt, at 11 AM, […]
Red Sox’s Lewis hoping to go pro
by Mikayln Brickley On Wednesday, June 2, Tristan Lewis took the mound for the Bitterroot Red Sox against the Missoula Eagles. In a close game, the Sox took home the […]
Barrel race scheduled to help raise Alzheimer’s awareness
by Emily Petrovski Drummond twins and recent graduates Madee and Macee Butte spent time their senior year planning to combine two of their passions— barrel racing and raising money for […]
Regarding diversity
By Frank Novotny, Victor Just some notes on the news: Regarding diversity, one may note the wonders of diversity by observing those who are rioting, looting and burning in the big […]
Response to ‘We need an upgrade in our thinking!’
By Dee Gibney, Hamilton I would like to explain to you why you need a serious upgrade from the past that you seem to want to get rid of so badly. First […]
Enough already!
By Ed Sperry Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Now our youngsters in Hamilton are suggesting a Rainbow Crosswalk! I am absolutely in favor of students with enough civic awareness to stand up […]
Inclusiveness or exclusiveness and discrimination?
By Helen Sabin, Corvallis A high school group wants to paint a Hamilton Crosswalk in the colors of the “Trans Flag” presenting LGBTQ individuals while adding in black and brown […]
Reach new voters
By Bob Williams, Stevensville You also might have noticed that about 28% of Republicans now think that some form of violence may be needed to save the USA. And noticed that […]
Darby Riggin’ Rally will be ‘fun, fast and furious’
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 […]
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 […]