By U.S. Senator Max Baucus Serving you is the greatest privilege of my life. Over the past 40 years, I’ve had one goal: make life better for the people of […]
Main Street Association thanks Town of Stevensville
On behalf of the board and membership of the Stevensville Main Street Association, I would like to extend to the Mayor and Town Council a hearty “Thank You!” for […]
Re: Legacy Ranch
According to the April 24 edition of the Bitterroot Star, the Ravalli County Planning Board gave its approval for a 509-lot Legacy Ranch subdivision in Stevensville, Montana. All one […]
Shame on planning board
Shame on the Ravalli County Planning Board (RCPB) for its recommendation of a conditional approval for the Legacy Ranch Subdivision on 4/18/13. The board approved it in spite of several […]
Freedom and the Legacy Ranch
The early colonists in this country fought hard against taxation without representation. They gave their lives to be free of Great Britain’s tyranny. It seems to me that the public […]
Brain-damaged approval?
Regarding Legacy Ranch Subdivision, I would like to sincerely thank the two Planning Board members who wisely voted against approval. Robert Myers and especially Howard Eldredge showed great wisdom […]
Report from Helena – End of Session
Did we spend too much, or, not enough? The answer of course is in one’s perspective. In the end it turned out that this session had three groups of […]
Summer Youth Theater Workshop The Stevensville Playhouse will offer a two-week Theater Workshop June 10-21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for students grades 1-12. This workshop will focus […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Name Change of Donny Ray Cox, Petitioner Cause No. DV-13-99 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME […]
Sales/Auctions Garage Sale: Saturday, May 4th. 9am – 4pm. 100 Church Street, Stevensville, MT. Furniture, Clothes, Camping Gear, and more. J. CONTWAY WESTERN AUCTION. Sat., May 11, 11am, Fairgrounds, Lewistown, […]
Planning Board recommends approval of Legacy Ranch subdivision
By Michael Howell At a meeting held on April 17 and continued on the 18th, the Ravalli County Planning Board decided, on a 5-2 vote, to recommend to the […]
Daly Hospital ranked in top 100 in nation
By Michael Howell Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital was recently ranked in the top 100 critical access hospitals in the nation. Small and rural hospitals play a critical role in […]
Emergency dispatchers honored
By Michael Howell Last week was National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. It is a time set aside to celebrate the service of our nation’s Public Safety Telecommunicators, known in […]
County objects to federal acquisition of tribal land
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners decided last week to register their objection to the proposed acquisition of 58 acres of land by the federal government, called the […]
Obituary – Cora M. Cochran
Stevensville – Cora M. (Allen) Cochran at the age of 98 went to join the Lord on Saturday, April 20, 2013. She was born April 2, 1915 in Salysville, […]
Obituary – Jerome H. Johnson
Victor – Jerome H. “Jerry” Johnson, 73 years of age, of Victor, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. We tried to keep him […]
Obituary – Raffik Kalamian Walsh
Raffik Kalamian Walsh, 13, died April 17 at his home in Hamilton in the arms of his parents, Miriam (Mimi) Kalamian and Peter Walsh. He was born in Armavir, […]
Unfair utility practices
On Saturday, April 14th, the power up Skalkaho and Grantsdale was out for about half an hour. I’m with Ravalli Electric Co-op who gets their power from NorthWestern Energy. […]
Legacy Ranch a looming disaster
The Legacy Ranch subdivision, which has no public support, is an environmental and legal disaster waiting to happen. Behind it is some fishy politics that compel us to follow […]
Open space idea unrealistic
Recently I have noticed heavy coverage in local news about the Flatiron residential planning and most recently the Legacy Ranch residential development. In 1979 when my wife and I […]