Michael Howell

On September 22, 2020 at 10 p.m., 81-year-old Carol Nutt was reported missing by staff at the Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton. She showed up a day later at the […]

It has been recognized for a long time now that the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department was outgrowing its accommodations in the historic Fire Hall, located in the downtown area on […]

Heidi House, cancer survivor, has a message for everyone: skin cancer can be treated successfully – but the sooner the better! Cancer is a scary word to hear from your […]

A plan was presented to the Hamilton City Committee of the Whole on October 13 to do a major riverbank protection project and parkland enhancement along the river in Skalkaho […]

The City of Hamilton’s new online public meeting platform is up and running! If you are interested in what the city of Hamilton is up to and want to examine […]

The Stevensville Town Council gave the go-ahead at its October 8 meeting to Brian Osowski of AMKO Advisors to generate an analysis and proposal to refinance the town’s water and […]

A symbolic groundbreaking ceremony was held recently at the Stevensville United Methodist Church (SUMC) to celebrate the proposed building that the congregation plans to erect after demolishing the current Fellowship […]

Stevensville High School teacher Robert DoBell has left his teaching job to become the new Superintendent in the Lone Rock School District following the resignation of former Superintendent Scott Stiegler […]

After expanding its water sampling activities in 2019 related to the environmental contamination at the old S&W Sawmill site north of Darby, International Paper is moving forward in the development […]

The pandemic is surging nationally, across the state and locally. Last month the number of active COVID-19 cases in Ravalli County grew steadily from a low of three on September […]

The Darby Lumber Lands Phase II Project, a vegetation management project located east of Darby on the Bitterroot National Forest, may proceed following a ruling mostly in favor of the […]

It’s Colors of Cancer month in the Bitterroot valley once again when people from all walks of life and all ages come together to support the team of their choice […]

A recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen that upheld Governor Steve Bullock’s directive allowing a majority of the state’s counties to accept mail-in ballots during the upcoming […]

At the beginning of September 2020, Ravalli County had 10 active cases of COVID-19. That number suddenly dropped off and by September 8, Ravalli County Health Department was reporting only […]

Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey, who is facing a recall election on November 3, has filed a complaint with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, alleging that the political committee involved […]

Hamilton City Council members got a demonstration at a Committee of the Whole meeting last month of a new online engagement tool called People Speak that is “designed to democratize […]

So where is the Bitterroot Chamber of Commerce holding its 26th annual Bitterroot Brewfest fundraiser this year? The short answer is: “Lots of places!” As is the case with many […]

An effort to move forward in putting Stevensville Town Council President Bob Michalson on trial by fellow council members was sidelined at the last council meeting for further discussion in […]

The Hamilton Zoning Board of Adjustments (ZBA) is set to hear a request from the St. Francis of Assisi church, representing the Roman Catholic Bishop of Helena, to build a […]

In response to the Montana Department of Transportation’s request for input on the traffic study recently completed for a section of the Eastside Highway stretching from Corvallis to Stevensville, the […]