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Archives for February 2022
Notice to Creditors – Amsden
William J.Nelson, Esq. Nelson Law Office PLLC 217 North 3rd Street, Suite J Hamilton, MT 59840 Telephone: (406) 363-3181 Facsimile: (406) 552-0153 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT […]
Storage Unit Sale – Phillips
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given to the person hereinafter named and to whom it may concern. For enforcement of a lien in the amount of $450, Venture […]
Notice to Creditors – Arges
William J. Nelson, Esq. Nelson Law Office PLLC 217 North 3rd Street, Suite J Hamilton MT 59840 Telephone: (406) 363-3181 Facsimile: (406) 552-0153 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL […]
End of an era for Stevensville athletics
Next season, Stevensville High School football and basketball home games will be missing the familiar, yet distinctive, “Voice of the Yellowjackets.” Announcers Jim Pfau and Bill McNulty stepped down last […]
Wolff, Michalson appointed to Stevensville town council
After interviewing three candidates for the vacant Ward 1 seat on the Stevensville Town Council at a special meeting on February 7, the two-person council appointed Marilyn Wolff. The Ward […]
Local Red Cross addressing national blood shortage
by Nathan Boddy There is no perfect substitute for human blood. This one fact might give anyone pause when considering the proportional value of blood donation, especially given the fact […]
Contaminated groundwater plume near Victor shrinking
Some restrictions on shallow well use may be lifted The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued an Amendment to the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Bitterroot Valley Sanitary […]
Hamilton’s Filling Station Grille moving forward with proven results
by Nathan Boddy A.J. McLean, owner of the Filling Station Grille in downtown Hamilton, is not planning on slowing down. In fact, the restaurateur has plans for changes to […]
William Russell Anderson
Hamilton – William Russell Anderson, 90, passed away early in the morning, Saturday, February 5, 2022, in Grantsdale at his home. William was born October 13, 1931, in Butte, Montana […]
Laura Lynn (Arnold) Short
Stevensville – Laura Lynn (Arnold) Short, age 67, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away on Tuesday, February 8. Per her wishes, she passed peacefully at home in the […]
Patrick Houston Jack
Hamilton – Patrick Houston Jack, 97, of Hamilton, passed away suddenly due to medical complications from sepsis at Marcus Daly Hospital in Hamilton, MT on Wednesday February 2, 2022 surrounded […]
Corvallis corrals Stevensville
by Scott Sacry Corvallis’s girls and boys basketball teams hosted Stevensville last Thursday in front of a raucous Bitterroot Valley crowd. The boys played first and Corvallis won convincingly, 62-22. […]
Basketball Roundup
by Scott Sacry Victor The Victor boys played Philipsburg on Tuesday, February 8th and cruised to a 63-42 victory. Jordan Mclane had a big game with 23 points, followed by […]
Victor teams demonstrate caring, connection, love
It’s been almost a year since I stepped away from the sports desk at the Bitterroot Star but I haven’t left sports behind. Instead, I have become that grey-haired granny […]
Avalanche!
A true-life cautionary tale by Mario Locatelli I moved from Salem, Oregon to Hamilton 51 years ago. During my time here in the Bitterroot, I was part of Search & Rescue for […]
Annual climbing restrictions in place in Mill Creek Canyon
Even though spring doesn’t arrive until next month, the Stevensville Ranger District is reminding everyone of the annual climbing closure in the Mill Creek area north of Hamilton to allow […]
Yankee Doodle Covid
by Marshall Bloom, Hamilton (to the tune of Yankee Doodle) Ivermectin’s good for worms, especially in a pony. But for COVID in yourself, it’s just like macaroni. Go and get your […]
Bloomin’ logic
by Krista Ober, Stevensville Keep it up, Marshall Bloom, You are singing my tune. Comparing COVID to just like the flu Landed Greg Overstreet in the ICU. But he dodged a […]
To Democrat Leaders: (in response to ‘To Republican Leaders’)
by Esther Russell, Hamilton The majority of Republicans and right-wingers do not approve of far-right antics or behavior by using dirty words to support a political cause, and I doubt that […]