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Archives for February 1, 2023

UM President visits Bitterroot College campus

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Last week University of Montana President Seth Bodnar and Associate Vice-Provost for two-year education and workforce development Tom Gallagher visited the Bitterroot College primarily to recognize the importance of the […]

Farm to School taking off in Hamilton

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The Hamilton community is serious about the connection between locally sourced food and community health. Grace Nichols, manager of the Specialty Crop Business Development program at Ravalli County Economic Development […]

Downtown Hamilton advocates add foundation

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by Nathan Boddy Hamilton Downtown Association (HDA) Director, Robin Pruitt, knows that growth within the community can be seen from a lot of different viewpoints, but whatever someone’s outlook on […]

Lone Rock School to run mill levy

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The Lone Rock School over the last three school years has grown with new families moving into the school district. Three years ago the district had 170 students in grades […]

Eagles Lodge makes donation to Emma’s House

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by Nathan Boddy Athena Lande, Administrative Assistant for Emma’s House Child Advocacy Center in Hamilton, says that the CAC is, “very, very fortunate to be where we are and to […]

Hamilton sweeps Stevensville in basketball

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by Scott Sacry The Hamilton and Stevensville basketball teams met in Stevensville on Tuesday, January 24th. The boys took the court first. The No. 4 ranked (406mtsports.com) Broncs jumped out […]

Basketball Roundup

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by Scott Sacry Florence On Wednesday, January 25th, the Florence boys traveled north to play the state’s No. 2 ranked Class B team in Missoula Loyola and lost, 63-85. The […]

Corvallis Wrestling wins ‘The Root’

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by Scott Sacry On Saturday, January 28th, the five high school wrestling teams in the Bitterroot Valley met at “The Root” tournament in Stevensville to crown the “Best of the […]

MHSA co-op rules must be fair to all

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by Jean Schurman, Victor On December 19, 2022, 406 Sports reported the co-op between Drummond and Philipsburg was dissolved. For me and I’m sure several other Class C fans, this […]

Freedom caucus?

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by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton “The mission of a freedom caucus, Montana congressman Matt Rosendale told state lawmakers in Helena Thursday evening, can be defined by what it fights against. ‘The radical […]

$2.5 billion surplus

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by Mark Van Loon, Hamilton $2.5B surplus? Too much money is a good problem to have but how to spend it gets thorny. I’d like to see a clear and simple […]

Collaboratives are democracy in action

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by Margaret Gorski, Member of Ravalli County Collaborative, Stevensville I frequently hear that things in Washington are broken and that polls show a majority of people are concerned about the future of […]

Convention of States

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by Helen Sabin, Corvallis “…Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security […]

Between head and soul

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by Erika Helene Etminan, Hamilton Western culture has a problem: it is dominated by the mind – and this has serious consequences. The mind with its logical thinking is a useful […]

Maria Angeline Atkins

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Maria Angeline Atkins 18, passed away on January 22, 2023 in a car accident on Highway 93, mile marker 87. Maria blessed Missoula, MT with her beautiful personality for two […]