by Scott Sacry At their April meeting, the Montana High School Association Executive Board announced some classification realignments. Darby High School was the only Bitterroot Valley school affected, and will […]
Archives for April 20, 2022
Forum for college trustee candidates draws full house
by Nathan Boddy It was a full house of area residents that showed up to listen to five of the six candidates for trustee of the Bitterroot Valley Community College […]
Ravalli County jail diversion program challenged
Plaintiffs in lawsuit challenging Ravalli County’s Jail Diversion Program file for class action status In a lawsuit filed in 2021 in Federal District Court in Missoula challenging Ravalli County’s Jail […]
Four vie for two seats on Hamilton school board
by Nathan Boddy Hamilton School District’s Board has two open seats on this spring’s ballot, which was distributed by mail on April 15th, and is due on May 3rd. Four […]
Stevensville school board candidate forum held
Citizens who attended last week’s Stevensville school board candidate forum might be hard-pressed to choose among the five candidates who are running, based on their responses to the questions that […]
Stevensville school board candidates, in their own words
Five candidates are running for three positions on the Stevensville School Board: Billy Donaldson, Stephanie Esch, Tony Hudson, Kris McKoy and Frances ‘Frannie’ Schmitz. Ballots have been mailed out to […]
Stevensville council sends land donation issue to park board
by Victoria Howell At the April 14th meeting of the Stevensville Town Council, a resolution to incorporate donated land into the boundaries of Stevensville River Park was brought up for […]
Students, teacher identify lead in some local water
Community Health Project: Looking for lead and nitrate pollution in the Bitterroot This past spring semester, Bitterroot College students in an Environmental Science Class have been busy. They took on a Community […]
Hamilton pair to represent Montana at Special Olympics USA Games
From June 5th through the 12th the Special Olympics, USA Games will be held in Orlando, Florida. The 2022 USA Games will unite more than 5,500 athletes from all 50 […]
Bitter Root Water Forum continues trash bag program
Bitter Root Water Forum makes cleaning river easy with reusable bag stands ‘Clean up All Year’ initiative encourages residents & visitors to keep a handle on their trash and to […]
Local nurse recognized nationally as ‘Population Health Nurse of the Year’
Bitterroot Health is pleased to announce that Stacy Epling, BSN, RN, Manager of Population Health, has been awarded the “2022 Population Health Pioneer Award” as Population Health Nurse of the […]
Inherited traits
Tiff’s Notes by Tiffany Williams My children are so unlike me in appearance, I sometimes question their maternity. Mine is the body that hosted them for nine months, but I […]