UPDATE: July 25, 2012 7:00 a.m. FIRE NAME: Chrandal Creek DATE OF DETECTION: July 6, 2012 CAUSE: Lightning CURRENT SIZE: 2,300 acres CONTAINMENT: 40% LOCATION: 42 miles […]
Celebrate valley’s heritage at Daly Days
Daly Days is July 27 and 28 in Hamilton. Visit The Daly Mansion as the community celebrates Hamilton’s heritage on Saturday, July 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. You […]
Stevi mayor issues pardon for traffic citation
By Michael Howell Stevensville Mayor Gene Mim Mack issued his first pardon serving as executive authority for the Town of Stevensville last week when he pardoned a motorist who had […]
Hamilton run to benefit veterans service center
In 2006, Ravalli County citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of a one-mill levy to support the Valley Veterans Service Center. As a public charity 501(c)3 non-profit organization, without the mill […]
Local RC&D brings home three national awards
The Bitter Root RC&D brought home three awards from the National Association of RC&D Councils Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. On June 10-13, representatives from three Montana Resource Conservation & […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLYDE SCHRECKENDGUST, Deceased. Probate No. DP 12-55 Dept. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN […]
Sales/Auctions YARD SALE – July 27-28, Fri & Sat, 8-1, 307 S. 7th, Hamilton. LOTS of beautiful rugs & textiles, Orion seakayak, collectibles, tack, books. BLOCK GARAGE SALE: Saturday, July […]
Isn’t it time to test?
In the guest column in the Missoulian on Wednesday, July 18, Mark Holyoak, Public Relations Director for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, espoused the benefits of trapping as a ‘management […]
Re: Mitt Romney
We should be thrilled to have great people like Charles Schwab, and a bunch of other billionaires in our mist. Just look at the great thing Mr. Schwab is doing, […]
Thanks to CHS reunion founders
As our tenth annual All Class Reunion took place June 30, 2012 in the old high school gym, it would be a good time to say thank you to the […]
President’s comment shameful
President Obama, on 14 July 2012, said, “If you got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Any United States of America (USA) President obviously […]
Be informed
This letter is to share information. I recently watched a segment on C-Span 2’s Book TV Show that featured the author, Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics at MIT. The name […]
Thanks to Clothes Closet and Pantry Partners
This letter is to honor and thank all, each and every hand, that provides this community with “The Clothes Closet” and “Food Bank.” In our time of a depressed […]
Let’s be honest about ‘Obamacare’
By Van P. Keele, Hamilton Obamacare is law. The conservative US Supreme Court recently ruled that Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) is in fact constitutional. Despite tens of millions of […]
Scottish Irish Festival meetings You’re invited to the bi-weekly meetings for the planning of the 2012 Bitterroot Scottish Irish Festival. The Festival is August 24-26 and volunteers are needed […]
Burrows appointed to county board of commissioners
By Michael Howell Jeff Burrows was appointed by the Ravalli County Commissioners on Wednesday, July 11, to fill the commission seat for District 4 following the resignation of former Commissioner […]
Chrandal Creek Fire Update – July 17, 2012
DATE OF DETECTION: July 6, 2012 CAUSE: Lightning CURRENT SIZE: 1,800 acres CONTAINMENT: 15% LOCATION: 42 miles south of Darby, MT (32 air miles) AGENCY: U.S. Forest Service – Bitterroot […]
County natural resource policy being hashed out
By Michael Howell Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) Supervisor Julie King told Ravalli County Commissioners last week that Bitterroot National Forest officials will not be participating in the local attempt at […]
Open Lands Bond money approved for riverfront park
By Michael Howell The County Commissioners approved granting $35,000 from the county’s Open Lands Bond to help fund the placement of a conservation easement on about 22 acres of riverfront […]
Hamilton discusses impact fees
By Michael Howell At the last Committee of the Whole meeting of the Hamilton City Council on July 10, a discussion and presentation concerning proposed transportation impact fees drew a […]