Rain, rain, come again Before we blow away. The grass is brown, The river’s down And smoke is in the air. I guess it’s feeling autumn, And the temperatures […]
Pushing back for Obama
Last month, on the Interstate highway between Gold Creek and Drummond, transporting a fellow Montanan to Seattle to attend to her daughter’s dying, I changed a flat right front tire […]
Unlocking the Obama puzzle
By Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale President Obama is like a superbly capable, super competitive ball player who inexplicably keeps running the ball in the wrong direction. Because of the mega-media’s […]
TOWN OF STEVENSVILLE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Reading of Ordinance 113, Ordinance Amending Chapter 12.28 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Stevensville Regulation […]
Sales/Auctions ONE DAY ONLY ESTATE SALE! Saturday, Sept. 15th from 7 am to ? Tools: Welder, grinders, oxygen tanks, and more. Household: Washer, dryer, card table w/chairs, file cabinet, heater, […]
Call for local producers The Bounty of the Bitterroot show will be held Saturday, November 10 at the First Interstate Building at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds. This is a […]
Evacuation notice in effect for Sawtooth Fire
SAWTOOTH INFORMATION FACT SHEET Date: September 10, 2012 Time: 2:30 p.m. Incident: Sawtooth Wildland Fire Information Phone: 406-363-3556, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Location: Sawtooth Fire is about 7 miles […]
Sawtooth Fire Update
Date: September 10, 2012 Time: 8:00 a.m. Incident: Sawtooth Wildland Fire Information Phone: 406-363-3556, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Location: Sawtooth Fire is about 7 miles west southwest of Hamilton […]
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Montana Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County Cause No. DV-10-316 HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, […]
Sales/Auctions *MONTANA & THE WEST* *AUCTION* Saturday, Sept. 8th, 11am Crown Plaza, Billings, MT. Western Art, Scriver Bronzes, Huffman photos, CMR signed book, guns. www.ShobeAuction.com 406-538-5125. Habitat for Humanity ReSale. […]
Idaho Wildlife Summit is step in right direction
By Marc Cooke, Wolves of the Rockies, Stevensville I recently attended the three-day Wildlife Summit in Boise, Idaho. This Wildlife Summit was conceived to achieve several goals. A steady downturn […]
Will visit when trapping ends
I am a teacher in Chicago, Illinois. I ride the bus to go to work almost every day and recently I noticed the posters displayed inside the bus promoting […]
Response to Dewey
Mr. Dewey, I am not sure where you grew up, or what words you use to describe a community, but I can assure you, I know what a community […]
Thanks to Road Department
The Bitter Root Water Forum recently completed a sediment reduction project on a section of Three Mile Creek Road. Because of highly erosive soils in the drainage, Three Mile […]
The truth about oil
Several years ago a friend of mine, Rhoda Cargill from Troy, MT, told me about a book recommended by her father, a scientist at Argonne Laboratories. a Chicago scientific […]
Hamilton water and sewer rates slated for increase
By Michael Howell By the time you read this article the City of Hamilton may have already raised the rates for water and sewer users in town. The issue […]
Volunteer groups collaborate on Montana wilderness work
Bright and early Sunday morning of August 12, Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation (SBFC) Lead Wilderness Steward Rachel Kaufman met with an all-women group of Sierra Club volunteers from across […]
Smoke from Idaho pooling in the Bitterroot valley
By Michael Howell If you based your judgment simply on the amount of smoke that has filled the valley over the last several days, you might think the entire […]
Auto wrecking yard proposed
By Michael Howell The County Commissioners heard a proposal for a new auto wrecking yard to be owned and operated by James Gandara on his property north of Corvallis. […]
County not eligible for loan to improve rail line
By Michael Howell Ravalli County received a letter of denial last week from the Montana Department of Transportation in response to the loan application the county presented to the […]