For a number of months, NorthWestern Energy has been working to find a suitable location for a new electric substation in the Stevensville area. The substation is intended to […]
Evaluating opinions of Haslip and Keele
I’ve been reading with interest the back and forth letters between Jerry Haslip and Van Keele. Mr. Keele and I have some differing views, but on this one Van nails […]
We have a right to know the truth
I hadn’t realized until I read the Bitterroot Star last week that our commission was protesting the $25 filing fee to object to the Forest Service’s water right applications […]
Insuring skateboards not a problem
As our community continues to move forward on the path of providing a free, public skatepark for the Bitterroot, one of the questions that some are asking is about […]
Report from Helena – Week 12
It was an historic day. The voting board showed all green, not a single red, or no, vote. Not even one! As the voting took place, which is just […]
Wednesday, April 3 BPL preschool story time Preschoolers are invited to meet in the children’s corner of the Bitterroot Public Library on Wednesday, April 3 to enjoy “Ten!” with […]
Obituary – Roberta (Bea) E. Hudson Scotten
Roberta (Bea) Scotten, 86, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on the morning of March 12, 2013, at her home in Florence, Montana. Bea was born in the […]
Obituary – Brandi Elizabeth Welty
Brandi Elizabeth Welty, at the age of 32, passed away peacefully with family surrounding her on Tuesday March 12, 2013. Brandi was horn October 25, 1980 at South Bend, […]
Florence School Superintendent suspended for serial plagiarism
By Michael Howell The Florence Carlton School Board of Trustees took action at an open meeting on Monday, March 18 to suspend Superintendent John McGee for two weeks without […]
Residents concerned about proposed Stevi substation
Michael Howell Residents in the neighborhood of a proposed electrical substation came to the Stevensville Town Council and spoke up during the public comment portion of the March 14 […]
Legacy Ranch review rolls on
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Planning Board held its third meeting to review the proposed 639-residential-living-unit Legacy Ranch subdivision between Florence and Stevensville on the Eastside Highway last Wednesday, […]
Time to improve veterans’ services
By Patricia Meakin, Stevensville If we are going to fight wars, we should be willing to take care of our injured veterans in an expedient manner. Yet, hundreds of thousands […]
Freemen were right about local government
In 1996, the Montana Freemen were a well-known group. I’ve heard Ravalli County Sheriff Printz rode out on horseback to negotiate their surrender, later to win a court case […]
Freedom
What is freedom? Is it a figment of our minds, a desire like trust, like faith, like love, hope or is it perhaps something similar to all of these […]
Activist government
Unlike reform, radical social change is “fixing” things on a grand scale – the old order has to be uprooted and destroyed. For us Americans, that means this: Gays, […]
On killing dogs
I’m still waiting to see if the County Commissioners will write into law that Ravalli County will enable a Justice of the Peace to execute any dog he pleases. […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Name Change of Karen Elinor Gillespie, Karen Elinor Gillespie, Petitioner Cause No. DV-13-80 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF […]
Sales/Auctions Habitat for Humanity ReSale. New & used building materials & much more. Fridays & Saturdays, 9 – 4. 131 Old Corvallis Rd, Hamilton. Farm and Garden GRAIN, oats, cracked […]
Wednesday, March 27 NVPL Storytime The Fire Department will be the theme of the Storytime and Craft on Wednesday, March 27 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the […]
Asian business delegation looks at local wood products
RCEDA entertains Chinese and Korean delegation By Michael Howell Last Saturday the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority hosted a delegation of business people representing 18 companies based in China and […]