As the school year drew to a close, graduates from a number of Bitterroot valley classrooms literally headed for the water! These piscine pupils are the little trout from Bitterroot […]
Archives for June 18, 2024
Changes to state’s water nutrient standards on hold
by Michael Howell The Montana state legislature’s attempt to do away with the scientifically-based numeric nutrient standards that have protected Montana’s rivers and streams from nutrient overloading for almost a […]
Stevensville schools receive flag donation
by Kristin Kruse A gauntlet of American flags lined the hallway to the gym at Stevensville High School on May 22nd as students entered to attend an end of the […]
Sabres Soccer U18 Boys are state champs
by Scott Sacry The Stevensville Sabres U18 boys soccer club team won the state title in the U18 Division at the Montana Cup Soccer Tournament in Helena on June 7-9. […]
Bitterroot Legion Baseball – Bucs, Red Sox results
by Scott Sacry The two Bitterroot Valley American Legion teams, the Bitterroot Bucs and the Bitterroot Red Sox, are swinging into form for the 2024 Legion season. As of June […]
Locals play in Montana Shrine Game
by Scott Sacry The West defeated the East 48-20 at Wendy’s Field at Daylis Stadium in Billings on Saturday, June 15th, in the 77th edition of Montana’s Shrine football game. […]
Marilyn Edith Sharon
Marilyn Edith Sharon passed away Thursday, June 6, 2024 of natural causes. She was born on March 3, 1936 in Whitehall, MT to George “Ray” and Eva J. (Ballard) Brenner, […]
Lois E. (Paulson) Howard
Stevensville – Lois E. (Paulson) Howard passed away on June 3, 2024 at the age of 91, at the Missoula Health and Rehab Center after a rapid onset illness. Lois […]
James W. ‘Bill’ Lamb
James W. (Bill) Lamb, 80 years old, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2024 from a valiant battle with cancer, in the shadow of Blodgett mountain at his home on […]
Albert E. ‘Skip’ Webster III
Born 9/17/1956. Passed 6/2/2024 Stevensville – Skip was a guy who loved his family and friends. He was full of compassion and would do anything to lend a hand. His […]
Edna Marie Anderson
Edna Marie Anderson, aka Edie Anderson, (82) of Hamilton, Montana passed away on February 18, 2024. Edie was born to Edna and August Bohling on July 19, 1941 in Tecumseh […]
Democracy is bipartisan
by Linda McCulloch (D), former MT Secretary of State & Bob Brown (R), former MT Secretary of State Having proudly served as former Secretaries of State in Montana, we understand how important democracy […]
Recovering the Republican Party
by Susan McCreary, Stevensville When I was nominated and voted into the Ravalli County Republican Central Committee (RCRCC) in about 2017-2018, there were older Voting Precinct people who had served 20 […]
Four-way stop
by Lance Broshar, Stevensville It amazes me that drivers in Stevensville constantly do a rolling stop or just flat out drive through the stop sign at Main & 3rd. We have […]
No honor in Manzella’s victory
by Margaret Gorski, Stevensville Turnaround is fair play. Just as Trump supporters believe he didn’t lose the 2020 election, I don’t believe that Wayne Rusk lost his primary bid for SD […]
Thank you
by Greg Overstreet, candidate for HD 88, Stevensville Thank you to the primary voters of Legislative District 88 (Stevensville and Florence) for my 54% victory in the June 4th primary. As […]
Grade school lessons
by Kris Bayer, Hamilton Most of us were taught in school that our government has checks and balances and that everything works as we are taught. Politicians are elected by the […]
Border crisis
by Evan Schroedel, candidate for HD 88, Florence Border crisis demands teamwork, innovative tactics. Imagine one morning a homeowner discovers that overnight his basement has flooded. The first step is to pump […]