Author E.B. White, famed for “Charlotte’s Web” and “Stuart Little,” once wrote that a library is “a place to go if you want to sit and think. It is a […]
Emma’s House moves audience with film and speaker
Nonprofit invites acclaimed speaker to tell his story of abuse and recovery by Nathan Boddy Sasha Joseph Neulinger closed his presentation on Thursday night at the Hamilton PAC (Performing Arts […]
Ravalli County Invitational Track Meet results
Boys 100 Meters 1. Taylor Searle, 11.27, Hamilton 2. William Wagner, 11.38, Florence 3. Brogan Gard, 11.54, Stevensville 4. Riley Reeves, 11.81, Florence-Carlton 5. McCoy Townsend, 11.83, Darby 6. Marin […]
Valley softball at Frenchtown tournament
by Scott Sacry The four Valley softball teams competed in the Frenchtown Tournament on Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th. Each school played 4 games. Corvallis In their first […]
Midseason track & field musings
by Scott Sacry Track & Field is the ultimate meritocracy. The winners run faster, throw farther, and jump higher than the next person – there’s no style points, there’s no […]
Obert Martin Osmundson Sr.
Obert Martin Osmundson Sr. spent 94 years on this earth and like most 90-something’s, he wore many different hats over the span of his life. As many would expect, his […]
Nadine Jean Purvis Greene
Victor – Nadine Jean Purvis Greene, 85, passed away at Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Nadine was born in Ontario, OR, November 16, 1937. She […]
John Threewitz Boatwright
John Threewitz Boatwright, age 89, passed away on April 23, 2023 of natural causes in Hamilton, Montana. John was born in Faribault, Minnesota on February 22, 1934 to Mabel Mary […]
Stevensville’s top scholars
Stevensville High School is excited to announce its Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the graduating class of 2023. The Valedictorian, Madeline Sacry (right), has plans to go to Brown University in […]
Bitterroot Health opens oncology wing
by John Dowd Last Thursday, Bitterroot Health held a grand opening for its new oncology department which has been in the works for nearly 23 months. Started in 2018, Bitterroot […]
Living with the land
by John Dowd Last Saturday, the Historic St. Mary’s Mission and Museum held another of a serious of presentations they call their Saturday Series. These talks are presented by Humanities […]
Meet more school trustee candidates
Victor Marci Smith My name is Marci Smith and I am running for Victor school district. My husband, Dave and I live on a farm in Victor that was homesteaded […]
Corvallis defeats Stevi in tennis
by Scott Sacry The tennis teams of Corvallis and Stevensville squared off in Corvallis on Tuesday, April 18th. It was a windy, chilly, and sometimes snowy day in Corvallis as […]
Hamilton tennis: boys win, girls lose to Dillon
by Scott Sacry The Hamilton tennis team played Dillon on Tuesday, April 18th. The boys rolled to a 7-0 victory while the girls lost 3-4. Boys singles: 1. Andy Purcell […]
Hamilton defeats Stevi, Stevi defeats Corvallis
by Scott Sacry On Tuesday, April 18th the Hamilton softball team traveled to Stevensville and defeated the Lady Yellowjackets 28-9. The teams combined for 37 runs and 34 hits over […]
Florence softball dominates Anaconda, Deer Lodge
by Scott Sacry The Florence softball team continues to dominate. They won 4 games last week, outscoring their opponents 76-7 in those games and improving to 9-0 on the season. […]
Sports Roundup
by Scott Sacry Track The track teams from Florence, Darby, and Victor joined 29 other schools to compete in the Seeley Swan Invitational at the MCPS Stadium in Missoula on […]
Clifford A. Ross
Clifford A. Ross, 68, passed away Monday, April 17, 2023 at home peacefully surrounded by his family after a short battle with cancer. He was born July 30, 1954 in […]
Ernest ‘Glenn’ Larson
Missoula – Beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and friend, Ernest “Glenn” Larson, 97, passed away in his sleep Sunday, Apr. 9, 2023, at his home in the Village […]
Landowner urges open space protection
by John Dowd “My philosophy is that you can always make more money, but you can’t make more land,” said Charlie DeVoe, a landowner in the Bitterroot Valley. He, among […]
















