By Michael Howell Rudy Kratofil, Chairman of the Board for Daly Ditches, cut the ribbon last week at a dedication ceremony for the new fish screen recently installed on […]
Commissioners deadlock over reduction in number of board members
By Michael Howell With one seat on the board vacant following the resignation of Commissioner Matt Kanenwisher, the Ravalli County Commissioners deadlocked in a tie vote on the question of […]
County settles two lawsuits
By Michael Howell The County has recently reached settlement agreements with parties in two different lawsuits. One was a lawsuit filed by Tom and Charlotte Robak over a floodplain […]
County looks to collect on late airport hangar lease payments
By Michael Howell Some people leasing hangars at the Ravalli County Airport are behind in their lease payments and Deputy County Attorney Howard Recht told the Commissioners last week that […]
Stevi hires new attorney
By Michael Howell The Town of Stevensville got five applications in response to its advertisement for a town attorney position. After interviewing three of the applicants the mayor chose the […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF EDWARD FURTWANGLER, Deceased. Cause No. DP 2012-48 Dept. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the […]
Sales/Auctions TOWN WIDE YARD SALE THROUGHOUT DARBY, 2nd Saturday, July 14, 8am-4pm, FREE spaces, yard sales and vendors welcome. Registration Annie – 821-3131, or Al – 381-3600. HUGE! Multi-family yard […]
Re: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is supposed to be non-political. However, you don’t have to be a constitutional law professor at Harvard, Michigan or Northwestern to quickly realize that the court […]
Response to French
I have to respond to the letter by Kim French published on June 27, 2012. Ms. French is very misinformed on some of the topics that “disgust” her. Let me […]
Concerned about Rehberg
I am really concerned about Representative Dennis Rehberg. I’m afraid his rough ride in the boat accident affected his memory on our border problems. Rep. Rehberg is sponsoring H.R. 1505, […]
Protecting royal herds?
To avoid confusion as to who paid for the recent two-page Big Game Forever (BGF) ad in the Ravalli Republic, let’s start with the fact that hunters in Montana have […]
‘Outsiders’ shouldn’t be trusted
We seem to have a lot of people crawling out of the Eastern woodwork, swarming our beautiful valley to tell us how to best run our lives. From pastors […]
Stevensville reserve officer program clarified
By Gene Mim Mack, Mayor of Stevensville Last week’s letter about the Reserve Officers and our Police Department caused me to realize that many in the community might not understand […]
Farmers market vendors wanted If your garden is producing more than you eat or store, consider selling it at the Hamilton Farmers Market. The Wednesday Evening Markets, beginning July […]
Captain Justin T. Horsfall, a 1994 graduate of Stevensville High School, presented an American flag to Farmers State Bank on Thursday in honor of his mother, Kaye Horsfall. Kaye […]
Stevensville streetscape project update
Early in the week of June 25, Knife River will be completing the colored, stamped concrete at the northeast corner of 2nd and Main Street. On Monday, crews began the […]
Local wolf film to go national
True Wolf, a stirring feature documentary film produced by director Rob Whitehair, of Missoula-based production company, Tree & Sky Media Arts and w riter Bruce Weide of Hamilton has […]
Commissioners discuss reducing board to three members
By Michael Howell Commissioner Greg Chilcott started the discussion at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Ravalli County Commissioners stating that Ravalli County is only one of three counties to have […]
Potential replacements for commission seat named
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Republican Central Committee has chosen a list of three names to submit to the County Commissioners as nominations for appointment to replace outgoing Commissioner […]
Even offensive extremism is protected
By Suzy Foss, Ravalli County Commissioner I rarely pay attention to the letters to the editor from certain left wing extremist as they have openly declared their intent to take […]