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Click here to comment on our front page stories on the new Bitterroot Star blog! FWP considers changes to fishing regsBy Michael Howell Every four years the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks conducts a regular review of its fishing regulations and considers changes. The department is currently conducting such a review and is seeking public comment on the regulations for consideration in the process. More...  
Juvenile Detention Center needs more staffBy Michael Howell Marwan Sada of the Montana Department of Corrections gave a glowing report to the County Commissioners last Wednesday about conditions at the Ravalli County Juvenile Detention Center, except for one detail. He told the commissioners that having only one person on duty on site at the facility during the night was a violation of state rules. He urged them to consider having a second person at least available on site during the night. More... Commission supports auto wrecking yardBy Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners gave their support for a proposed auto wrecking facility along Old Corvallis Road at 36 Angel Lane last Friday. The motor vehicle wrecking facility is being proposed by Clint Nickerson, owner of Bitterroot Auto Removal. Nickerson is applying to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a license to operate the facility. More... Stevi Council still fumbling over special event permits and transient business licensesBy Michael Howell A year ago the Stevensville Town Council engaged in excruciating negotiations with the Stevensville Civic Club and the Stevensville Main Street Association over how special event permits would be handled for the annual Creamery Picnic, Western Heritage Days, the Honey Fest and other civic sponsored events and whether or not each vendor at those events would be required to obtain a transient business license or not. After a lot of haggling a temporary solution was agreed to that allowed the organizations to hold the events that year and gave the council time to work out a permanent solution for the future. More... Agreement reached in gray wolf lawsuitThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reached an agreement with the majority of plaintiffs, including Defenders of Wildlife, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and eight other conservation organizations, to settle ongoing litigation over a Federal District Court’s 2010 decision to reinstate Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains. More... Deputy Marshal position in Darby in disputeBy Michael Howell Mayor Rick Scheele told the Bitterroot Star that the Town of Darby did recently receive a letter stating opposition to the hiring of a new Deputy Marshal. The letter contained over 150 signatures, he said. More...
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