NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 81-13 / 462684-R TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 18, 2013, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. at the Office of First American Title Company […]
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Sales/Auctions Blu-J Estate SaleS! All Sales Start Day One 5:30pm-8pm Following Days 9am-5:30pm View at www.bluejayestatesales.com 363-1600 June 26-29 Ravalli County Fairgrounds Doyle & Nancy Hobbs Estate Huge eclectic […]
Montana’s natural resource jobs depend on rail transportation
By Mark Lambrecht, Executive Director, Treasure State Resource Industry Association We’ve seen a lot of hand-wringing over coal trains lately. But frankly, railroads are an essential part of Montana’s […]
Re: Stevi weapons ordinance
I remember there being some discussion in the past of wanting to put cameras at the park because of crime problems. Now I’m being told I can’t protect myself […]
The real challenge
Considering the strong opposition on the part of some of our politicians to the United Nations Arms Treaty 2013, my dear, sometimes quirky husband was trying to think exactly […]
Bitter salad
If our five Ravalli County Commissioners stay true to form – tone-deaf to the concerns of the citizens who elected them and fawning on the big-money developers – then […]
Re: Legacy Ranch
In response to Mr. Ciliberti’s comment from the letter he wrote, (May 30, 2013). He stated: “Most of the water pumped for domestic (household) usage (90%) will be recycled […]
Thanks to fire stomper
Good Samaritan, Donald Slaughter, while riding shotgun in a friend’s truck just south of Lolo last Thursday, spotted an unattended 15-foot by 15-foot fire burning. He jumped from the […]
On financing education
My attention was drawn to financing higher education by the Guest Column in the Sunday, June 2, 2013 Missoulian. I would like to add that Montana does a terrible […]
Summer camp Tobacco Free Ravalli and Western MT Addiction Services Prevention present the Above the Influence Summer Camp for 6-8 graders. Coming up July 22-24, three fun-filled days devoted […]
John Carbin
His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, “This was a man.” John Carbin […]
Jared Wade Lucas
Jared Lucas, 39, passed away with his wife by his side on Monday, May 27, 2013. He courageously battled a very aggressive and rare cancer with everything he had. Jared […]
Stevensville mayor vetoes gun ban in parks
By Michael Howell Stevensville Mayor Gene Mim Mack has issued a letter to the Town Council vetoing the portion of the recently passed weapons ordinance that would prohibit the […]
Open Lands Bond program will not go on ballot
By Michael Howell The County Commissioners last week chose not to place the Open Lands Bond program on the ballot again. The voters approved the $10 million bond for […]
Longtime CFS attorney’s contract may not be renewed
By Michael Howell Michael Hayes, longtime contract attorney for Ravalli County for Child and Family Services cases, also called Dependency Neglect cases, was blindsided recently by notification that his […]
Circus coming to Stevensville
Thanks to the sponsorship of the Stevensville Main Street Association, the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Stevensville on Friday, June 21. Two shows, at 5 and 7:30 […]
John Carbin
His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, “This was a man.” Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, […]
Leo Russell Kerr
Leo Russell Kerr, 83, of Missoula, went home to our Lord on Monday, May 27, 2013. He was born July 17, 1929, to Laurence and Mary Elizabeth Hemmer Kerr on […]
Great start for improving MT public safety
By Attorney General Tim Fox Looking east from Montana toward Washington, DC, the view can be grim at times. Congress and the president are too often bogged down in rancorous […]
Media finally wising up?
The “mainstream media” and Obama are strange bedfellows. For some reason, only one news channel has significantly challenged the Obama administration’s involvement in three major scandals until recently! Those scandals […]