Michael Howell

The Stevensville Town Council balked once again at annexing a 26-acre parcel of land next to the Town of Stevensville’s well field and instead approved the connection of the future […]

Last Friday, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas sent out an email message inviting people to join her on Saturday at the intersection of First Street (Highway 93) and Marcus Street in downtown Hamilton. […]

The Stevensville Town Council held its first regular council meeting since March on June 4th at the North Valley Public Library’s community room. The change of venue was to accomodate […]

Ravalli County Weed District employees did not just find a new home to house their operation; they pretty much built it. Or, more exactly, they rebuilt the old Victor Volunteer […]

Ravalli County Commissioners last week officially adopted a COVID-19 Emerge Strong Plan which aims to serve as “a blueprint to emerge from the pandemic with renewed economic resilience and continue […]

There are new digs going in at Ambrose Creek Community Park and golden shovels glistened as several Three Mile community members broke ground for the long dreamed of community meeting […]

Ravalli County Clerk and Recorder Regina Plettenberg has notified Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey that enough signatures on the recall petition submitted against him had been verified to trigger the next […]

The Stevensville Town Council has not legally met since March 20, 2020, the day it adopted its COVID-19 emergency declaration suspending all regular meetings in the face of a looming […]

Hamilton City Judge Michael Reardon has announced his intention to retire as soon as the City Council can appoint a replacement. At a City Council meeting on May 5, Mayor […]

Hamilton City Judge Michael Reardon was quick to put to rest any notion that his recently announced retirement in mid-term was due to some dissatisfaction with the job. He said […]

After more than a month with no new COVID-19 cases, the Ravalli County COVID-19 Incident Management Team reported on May 17, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. that the results of a […]

The fate of the Bitterroot College District after the May 5, 2020 election is anything but clear as the voters approved the formation of the district by a heavy margin […]

Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Jeffrey Mangan received a complaint about Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey from Stevensville resident Jim Crews on April 23. Crews lodged a complaint about Dewey’s use […]

National Hospital Week is following close on the heels of National Nursing Week and, of course, they have a lot to do with one another. This year, Marcus Daly Memorial […]

Will there be live music concerts in the ‘new normal’? Debra and Jason Hicks, founders of the Joan Zen Band, like many professional musicians across the nation are not immune from […]

Sometime during the night last Tuesday, April 28, or perhaps in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, someone spray painted a couple of messages on one of the […]

In a decision issued on April 29, Federal District Judge Dana Christensen denied a request from the Friends of the Bitterroot for a Preliminary Injunction/Temporary Restraining Order to stop the […]

The shelter-in-place directive that was instituted across the state to blunt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montana expired on Sunday, April 26 for individuals and Monday, April 27 […]

The Ravalli County Board of Health last week acknowledged and agreed to abide by Governor Bullock’s recently issued directive implementing the first phase of a phased reopening plan designed to […]

For Bitterroot valley residents experiencing acute respiratory distress, help is only a phone call away and, if appropriate, a same-day appointment can be made to be examined by a nurse […]