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Archives for April 2024

Leo Giacometto: a lifetime of service to country

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Stevensville resident Leo Eugene Giacometto, a native of Eastern Montana, has dedicated his life to serving his country, leaving an indelible mark across three branches of the United States military. […]

Florence softball starts with a bang

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by Scott Sacry The Florence softball team opened their season in dominating fashion last week, going 4-0 and winning by a combined score of 74-6. The Lady Falcons have won […]

Falcons edge Broncs in baseball

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by Scott Sacry The Hamilton baseball team hosted Florence on Thursday, April 11th, and in a close and competitive game, Florence edged Hamilton 6-5. With the score tied 5-5 in […]

Bitterroot tennis roundup

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by Scott Sacry Hamilton Tennis Hamilton’s tennis coach Bryan Dufresne is optimistic about this year’s team, and thinks they have a chance to do great things in divisionals and state. […]

Florence wins Wild Horse Golf Invite

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by Scott Sacry The Florence and Darby golf teams were in Plains on Friday, April 12 for the Wild Horse Plains Golf Invite. Both the boys and girls teams from […]

Support for Manzella

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by Matthew Sullivan, Florence Wayne Rusk is the wrong choice for Ravalli County and Montana. This greatly saddens me to write because I was both a vocal supporter and financial supporter […]

Ricketts Road

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by Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis The Ricketts Road one million dollar repair check is a late federal Easter ham (political pork). Much needed and delayed repairs of local roads […]

Mile post 73

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by Mike Mercer, Hamilton Passed mile post 73 a week ago, which means I’m old enough to have seen Led Zeppelin on stage and subject to the draft before I […]

Seal integrity

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by John Grant, Hamilton We, all of us I am sure, want to have the highest opinion of those who serve in our military branches. Too, I think it human nature […]

Support for Rusk

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by Mike Cressler, Hamilton In my research on the candidates for the Montana legislature in Ravalli County, I’ve discovered to my dismay that one of the leaders of the nullification movement, […]

Trapping

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by Amy Greer, Corvallis Trapping is NOT a constitutional right! That bill went down for the second time in the 2023 legislative session. It is not legal to harvest wild fish […]

Support for Binkley

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by Roger Hagan, Great Falls I am writing this letter in support of Representative Michele Binkley and her candidacy for House District 85. As a 40 plus year advocate at the […]

Martie A. Davenport

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Martie A. Davenport, 72 has now gone to the Lord, April 8th, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. A limb has fallen from the family tree. Still reaching are her children, Bo […]

Carol Lewis

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Carol Lewis, 60, of Missoula and formerly of Colstrip, passed away Monday, January 8th due to injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. Surrounded by family and friends, she passed […]