Michael Howell

Over the last few years a number of businesses have sprung up along the Eastside Highway north of Stevensville. One of the latest is a truss manufacturing business called Quality Truss & Design. Owners David Kauffman and Joe Stutzman produce trusses for both residential and commercial construction, some spanning up to 100 feet. The large, […]

Stevensville Council member Robin Holcomb appeared relieved to have a full set of council members to conduct business once again after having been the lone member on the four-person council for a short spell.   The three new council members – Steve Gibson, Dempsey Vick and Patrick Shourd – were appointed by Holcomb to serve […]

  A little over four years ago, Daniel Lyon, whose parents Dan and Barbara Lyon live in Stevensville, and three of his fellow firefighters were helping battle the Twisp Fire in northern Washington state when there was a vehicle mishap that left the crew stranded as the fire raged through the area. His three companions, […]

Scientists using an experimental treatment have slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative central nervous disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents’ lives, according to a new report in JCI Insight.  Dr. Byron Caughey, a senior investigator in NIAID’s Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, said that Dr. Greg Raymond’s group […]

Darby residents are gearing up for the second annual celebration of Sacajawea’s passage through the area as she led members of the Lewis and Clark expedition down to the valley floor where they met the Salish Indians near Ross’s Hole. The celebration is scheduled to take place on Friday, August 30 from 1 to 4 […]

At the last Stevensville School District Board meeting, Superintendent Bob Moore was presented the Montana State Literacy Administrator Award. Ann Ellsworth, who serves on the Executive Board of the Montana State Literacy Association, said she was honored to present the award. School district administrator Tracy Rogstad wrote the letter of nomination for Moore. Ellsworth said […]

At the August 8 Stevensville Town Council meeting, Council member Robin Holcomb took her last stab at making a motion, seconding it, and then approving it all by herself, as she appointed three new council members that evening. “I move to move the agenda item of appointing the new council members to be the next […]

Members of the Hamilton City Council met as a Committee of the Whole in July to consider the city’s ordinance concerning off-street parking space requirements; review the Aggressive Dog Ordinance; and discuss the status of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. The discussion about off-street parking requirements was primarily focused on churches and included a proposal to change […]

Daisy bouquets bloomed in abundance at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital last week as hospital staff, administration and patients celebrated the 2019 Daisy Awards. The Daisy Award program is a worldwide initiative that rewards remarkable care, clinical skills and extraordinary compassion in nursing. The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by members of the family of […]

When the Ravalli County Commissioners approved the Watson Homes subdivision, a five-lot minor subdivision north of Stevensville, their answer to local and adjacent property owners who claimed they would be setting a bad precedent in the neighborhood of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge if they approved it, was sort of a ‘we told you […]

Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jered Guisinger recently received the Montana American Legion Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award. The commendation was presented at the American Legion State Conference held in Polson. “I could not be prouder of Jered, and no one deserves the award more than he does,” said Ravalli County Sheriff Steve […]

At a regularly scheduled Stevensville Town Council meeting on July 25, the lone remaining council member Robin Holcomb made a motion to the effect that she would accept applications for council seats, two in Ward 2 and one in Ward 1, through August 2, hold interviews on August 5, and make the three appointments on […]