Michael Howell

The Hamilton City Planning Department has been working on a plan to improve the area around the city’s central intersection at Main Street/Marcus and Highway 93 since last fall. It […]

The Ravalli County Fairgrounds recently posted a notice concerning the cancellation of the main portion of the Ravalli County Fair by Ravalli County Public Health Officer Dr. Carol Calderwood. The […]

Ravalli County Public Health Officer Dr. Carol Calderwood has resigned. On Monday July 20, the county’s Public Health Officer issued the following letter of resignation: It is the right time […]

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton has announced that he will not be enforcing Governor Bullock’s directive issued on July 15 requiring all Montanans to wear masks in public. To slow […]

A lawsuit was filed July 10 in Federal District Court in Missoula challenging the legality of the Bitterroot National Forest’s 55,147-acre Gold Butterfly project and asking the court for injunctive […]

On Wednesday, July 14, Stevensville Town Council members Robin Holcomb and Bob Michalson failed to show up for the second time in a row for a council meeting. Chief of […]

The Ravalli County Board of Health hearing last week, scheduled for the first reading of the revised Wastewater Regulations, didn’t just get off to a rocky start, it was scuttled […]

The efforts to recall Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey hit a stumbling block last week that virtually assures there will be no recall election this August despite the fact that sufficient […]

Two Stevensville Town Council members, Jaime Devlin and Dempsey Vick, tried to compel the other two council members, Bob Michalson and Robin Holcomb, to attend last week’s town council meeting […]

Leanna Rodabaugh, sponsor of the recall petition against Mayor Brandon Dewey, has been cited for disorderly conduct for her behavior prior to a Town Council meeting being held at the […]

So, you are living next to one of the largest wilderness areas in the lower forty-eight and are itching to get out in the wild, but don’t have the time […]

Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton has opened the doors to its new Viral Clinic. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital quickly set up a temporary respiratory clinic […]

The Town of Stevensville’s new Parks and Recreation Department Director Bobby Sonsteng has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments since he hit the ground running in June. Not only […]

Stevensville resident and nurse Cathy Scholtens recently received, back to back, two prestigious awards in recognition of her outstanding service to her patients and to the community at large. First, […]

On June 30, 2020, Ravalli County District Court Judge Howard Recht put a temporary hold on the administration of a recall election against the Mayor of Stevensville stating in his […]

Sheriff Holton believes that his attendance at a meeting in Stevensville on Monday, June 29, was billed incorrectly and that his comments at the meeting have been variously misconstrued on […]

Stevensville Town Clerk Monica Hoffman has submitted a letter of resignation claiming harassment and an unhealthy working environment which she says was created by Council President Bob Michalson and his […]

The Daly Hospital Foundation’s annual Gala fundraiser has morphed into an on-line event this year. According to the Foundation’s Director Staci Duce, work on the annual fundraising event is actually […]

Darby Head Football Coach Jeff Snavely did not lose his job last week, but he will face some disciplinary actions imposed by the Darby School Board in response to the […]

At the June 25 Stevensville Town Council meeting, a hotly disputed motion to suspend Council President Bob Michalson and give him until 5 p.m. the following day to resign his […]