Michael Howell

Kent Barbian, a resident of Stonegate Meadows, came to the Hamilton City Council last week to express how disheartened he was by the actions of the Hamilton Zoning Board of […]

Grizzly bears entering the Bitterroot are protected under Endangered Species Act The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has notified supervisors of the Bitterroot, Nez-Perce-Clearwater, Lolo and Salmon-Challis National Forests […]

The temperature may have been low on Saturday, but enthusiasm was high at River Park for the Women’s March in Hamilton. Over 200 participants marched down Main Street in Hamilton […]

Ravalli County Commissioners agreed to participate in a $6 million settlement agreement ending a lawsuit filed over wrongful conviction. The lawsuit, filed by Paul Jenkins, Kenneth Jenkins and Crystal Combs, […]

The Ravalli County Board of Health has been reviewing the county’s wastewater discharge permitting system for some time now and last fall began holding serious discussions on the subject. Those […]

Casey Ferguson is the Stevi Rocks! Award recipient for the month of January. Ferguson is a math teacher at Stevensville High School and teaches a wide array of classes ranging […]

Dangerous incidents end without injuries, with aid of law enforcement Responding to a domestic dispute or a domestic violence call is one of the most dangerous situations a law enforcement officer may […]

Ravalli County Commissioner Chris Hoffman announced last week that he does not intend to seek reelection in 2020. He said that, while it is not without some regret that he […]

The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission denied a request from Stevensville resident Jim Crews to exclude hovercraft from the definition of a vessel and exempt hovercraft from the 20 […]

Newly elected Stevensville Town Council member Bob Michalson was selected to serve as Council President at the January 9 Town Council meeting. Michalson served previously on the council and as […]

Four Ravalli County Deputy Attorneys have filed a suit in District Court against Ravalli County over unpaid wages. The attorneys allege that their Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) payments have […]

The Ravalli County Commissioners denied the request for an extension of the Preliminary Plat Approval granted to the Granstdale Addition major subdivision in 2011. One of the largest subdivisions ever […]

John Ellington is the Town of Stevensville’s newest police officer, having started work on December 17, 2019. Ellington is a veteran, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps infantry, serving […]

Mike Hansen’s family has owned land up the West Fork of the Bitterroot for a long time. He is an avid fisherman and has enjoyed fishing since the 1950s on […]

Two Stevensville High School students each recently received a new set of tires when their essays on safe winter driving won top honors in a competition meant to honor the […]

Bitterrooters got a chance last week to hear about the impacts of climate change on wildlife worldwide and some attempts by the World Wildlife Fund to mitigate those impacts on […]

Kyla Morton is the recipient of this month’s Stevi Rocks staff award. According to Stevensville High School Principal Brian Gum, “she has been choir teacher at Stevensville High School for […]

  The Board of Ravalli County Commissioners balked once again at enforcing their order requiring the removal of the private gate blocking public access on Hughes Creek Road. The local […]

After vehemently advocating for a 3% decrease in both the water and sewer rates for months, Stevensville Town Council President Steve Gibson declined to make a motion to that effect […]

In September, former Flood Plain Administrator Brian Wilkinson was terminated “effective immediately” following an investigation into his behavior in the workplace that at least five other county employees found to […]