Michael Howell

The USDA Forest Service has partnered with the Bitterroot River Protection Association (BRPA) to conduct water quality monitoring on Bitterroot National Forest system lands within the Bitterroot River Basin. BRPA, […]

Bitterroot valley food banks offering curbside services The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation announced last week that it has awarded $450,000 to 86 organizations that provide basic needs support to our […]

The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe. As of Monday, there were 366,919 cases of COVID-19 worldwide, with 16,097 deaths recorded, and 100,879 recovered cases. In Montana, there […]

At a recent talk in Hamilton sponsored by the Bitterroot Climate Action Group, retired fisheries biologist Chris Clancy discussed the scientific evidence concerning climate change. Being a scientist himself, he […]

Twenty-five-year-old Logan Dallas Christopher remains jailed at the Ravalli County Detention Center for the murder of his mother, 47-year-old Tiffanie Greenslade and the mother of his children, 25-year-old Marisa Wahl. […]

On Saturday, March 14, Montana finally joined the rest of the nation as the first reports were issued of people testing positive for COVID-19, the coronavirus that is sweeping through […]

On Friday, President Trump declared the coronavirus outbreak a national emergency. That action will free up close to $42.5 billion in federal funds to use in addressing the crisis. After […]

At the March 12 Stevensville Town Council meeting, the agenda item considering the suspension of Council President Bob Michalson was withdrawn from the record at the request of Council member […]

After sailing on rough waters for a long time, upset by allegations of bullying and harassment on the one hand and corrupt administration practices on the other, the Stevensville Town […]

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is seeking public comment on its proposal to acquire approximately 97 acres of private land along the West Fork of the Bitterroot River in […]

What better thing could a bunch of old timers leave for us before taking off to those fabled “happy hunting grounds” than to tell us the story, and maybe show […]

Hamilton Mayor Dominic Farrenkopf, a recent recipient of the Community Asset award from the Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce said he was “pleasantly surprised” at being selected for the honor.  […]

  The intersection at the heart of any city is of extreme importance for both the city residents and its visitors. It has long been recognized that the most significant […]

At its February 27 meeting, the Stevensville Town Council decided that the Town Attorney, who has been consistently attending council meetings at Mayor Brandon Dewey’s request, should not be required […]

According to Montana State Highway Patrol Trooper Heaney, who responded to the incident, a school bus crashed on the afternoon of Thursday, February 20 with a driver and two students […]

Friends of the Bitterroot, a local non-profit conservation organization, has asked a federal judge to put a hold on and, ultimately, declare unlawful the implementation of the Darby Lumber Lands […]

Owner and operator of the Burnt Fork Market in Stevensville, Jimmy Edwards, is not an office type of guy. He’s got one, back in the warehouse section of the sprawling […]

Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners closed out the books on a Big Sky Trust Fund business expansion grant, signed a contract for implementing another recently awarded grant, and approved […]

For the fourth year in a row now Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital has been designated a state certified trauma receiving hospital. As part of maintaining that designation, the hospital is […]