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Archives for February 2024

Florence Falcons flummox Tigers

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by Scott Sacry The basketball teams from Darby trekked north along the Bitterroot River on Friday, February 9th to face their Bitterroot neighbor Florence in a conference battle.  In the […]

Lone Rock Trustee Filing

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NOTICE OF FILING FOR TRUSTEE CANDIDATES: Lone Rock School District# 13 is looking to fill one (1) Trustee position for a 3-year term. If interested in being part of a board that has a focus […]

Notice to Creditors- Sizer

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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 THE ESTATE OF ROBERT F. SIZER, Deceased. Case No.: […]

Stop beating dead horse on ballot count

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by Margaret Gorski, Stevensville Senator Theresa Manzella, there you go again! For the umpteenth time you are urging the Ravalli County Commissioners to pass a resolution to hand count ballots in […]

Remember connect the dots

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by John Grant, Hamilton Ask any member of the John Birch wing of the Republican Party their biggest complaint of Joe Biden, and while the list is long, the BORDER is […]

Recent headlines

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by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Thought I should pass on a few of the February 2, 2024 headlines in case any of our readers missed them: Invasion at the southern border continues. […]

Hold guilty accountable

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by Judy Hoy, Stevensville In a study of mature women, 95% tested positive for the herbicide glyphosate. In another study 81% of tested people, including children, in the U.S. were positive […]

Thanks from library foundation

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by Carla Sanders (for) North Valley Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Library, Stevensville As we move into this new year, we want to offer heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported […]

Potential congestion

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by Marci Healey, Hamilton Do your children go to Daly Elementary or the daycare located on Kurtz? Please be aware that a potential subdivision is being discussed across the street from […]

Are you living in the flood zone?

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by Mark Snider, Hamilton America will never be great again until we make lying illegal. Look what Donald Trump did during his presidency. He told 30,573 lies while in office […]

Darlene Emma Hughes

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Heaven gained an angel January 24, 2024, when Darlene Emma Hughes passed away at the age of 93 surrounded by her family at her home in Hamilton. She was born […]

Mikel Ridgley Greenhouse

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Mikel Ridgley Greathouse, 66, passed away on February 4, 2024, surrounded by his kids and listening to music, in Stevensville, Montana. When Mikel was born May 3, 1957 in Fairbanks […]

Harry Lee Yaskus

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Harry Lee Yaskus, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2024, at the age of 81 surrounded by his family in the Bitterroot Valley. Harry was […]

Ronald W. Ochs

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Ronald W. Ochs greeted family and friends in Heaven on February 5, 2024.  He resided at the Discovery Care Nursing Home for 10 years. He was often referred to as […]

Ravalli County juggles subdivision proposals

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by Nathan Boddy The Ravalli County Planning Department staff, together with the county’s volunteer Planning Board, has been busy reviewing two contentious subdivision proposals over the last several months, and […]

Proposed easement faces pushback

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by Nathan Boddy “You don’t know of the tidal wave of people coming here.” These were the words spoken by Barbara Burnham Edmunds at a recent meeting of the Ravalli […]