Michael Howell

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 […]

In a letter to the Stevensville resident who is circulating a petition to have the Mayor of Stevensville recalled for violating his oath of office, County Clerk and Recorder Regina […]

Study supports COVID-19 clinical testing underway across U.S.  A team of scientists at Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) in Hamilton, a part of the National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Disease […]

Three methods effectively sanitized masks for limited re-use  A team of scientists, under the direction of Dr. Vincent Munster in the Laboratory of Virology at Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) in […]

Ballots for the upcoming school board elections and the Bitterroot College mill levy are already in the mail! According to Ravalli County Clerk and Recorder Regina Plettenberg, ballots were mailed […]

A petition is being circulated in Stevensville to recall Mayor Brandon Dewey for violating his oath of office when he signed a $79,800 contract for services with First Call Computer […]

Since it was founded in 2010, the mission of the Family Shelter of the Bitterroot has been to provide comprehensive services to help circumstantially homeless families in the Bitterroot Valley […]

In a press call last week Senator Tester explained his vote in support of the CARES Act, the federal government’s $2.2 trillion package designed to lessen the impacts of the […]

Local legislators Nancy Balance (R-HD87) and David Bedey (R-HD86) have prepared their own powerpoint presentation about the CARES Act, where the funds are going and what it means for residents […]

Ravalli County’s Incident Management Team (IMT), formed on March 18 to help coordinate the county’s response to the COVID-19 emergency, started off with County Commissioner and Health Board Chairman Jeff […]

Just over two weeks ago, scientists working for the National Institutes of Health, of which Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton is a part, were given direction to “step down” on […]

Businesses around the nation and the state are being impacted in a serious way by the COVID-19 emergency declarations and the related restrictions on public activities during shelter in place […]

After coming under fire from a local outfitter for being “hypocritical and disingenuous” in its support of a closure of the upper West Fork to floating and having its mission […]

When’s the best time to study a bark beetle outbreak? If you ask a scientist like Dr. Diana Six, Professor of Forest Entomology/Pathology at the University of Montana, she’s likely […]