By Michael Howell The County Commissioners are considering establishing a policy governing the video and audio recording of commission meetings and decided to stop live streaming meetings or even videotaping […]
Family Medicine Center of the Bitterroot opens its doors
By Michael Howell The Family Medicine Center of the Bitterroot opened up for business in its new digs in the middle of last month. The doctors at the center, Teresa […]
BRHA agrees to audit but wants budget consideration in the meantime
By Michael Howell Eight members of the Bitter Root Humane Association (BRHA) Board of Directors met with the Ravalli County Commissioners last week to discuss the status of the group’s […]
Stevi gifted with police patrol car
By Michael Howell At the July 25 meeting of the Stevensville Town Council, Mike Halvorson of M&M Auto and Trailer officially donated a vehicle to the Stevensville Police Department. […]
Theft of services in Stevi
By Michael Howell Stevensville Police Chief James Marble is warning Stevensville residents to keep an eye on their trash cans. Marble said that, perhaps due to hard economic times, people […]
Burnt Fork paving this week
Knife River Missoula, the contractor on Ravalli County’s Middle Burnt Fork Road Rehabilitation Project, has scheduled the placement of the new asphalt pavement to begin on Wednesday, August 3. The […]
Saturday, July 30 FWP horn and antler auction Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will auction non-perishable wildlife parts, such as antlers and horns, Saturday, July 30 at the FWP Region […]
Lawrence D. Johnson Attorney at Law 345 West Main P.O. Box 500 Hamilton MT 59840 Telephone: 496-363-1655 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA Dept. […]
Stoneydale Press releases new PI novel Who’d have guessed that when author Warner Bair II moved back to his ancestral home of Deer Lodge after retiring from a long career […]
A (not so little) county problem
By Kathie Roubik, Hamilton The Ravalli County Commission and Commissioner Kanenwisher have a little problem with the Constitution and the foundation of our Republic. The U.S. is a democratic republic, […]
Proud of commissioners
Dear Editor, As a landowner and registered voter in Ravalli County for the past 37 years, I want it on record that I am immensely proud of our current County […]
Steel sculpture celebrates Marcus Daly Hospital donors
By Michael Howell A beautiful steel sculpture designed and executed by Tim Campbell of Ironhaus, a local fireplace manufacturing business, now graces the entranceway to Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. The […]
Commissioners poised to disband Impact Fee Advisory Committee
By Michael Howell A majority of the County Commissioners are ready to disband the county’s Impact Fee Advisory Committee (IFAC). A meeting was held last week to consider appointments for […]
Commissioners balk at accepting federal funds – grant for Family Planning clinic in jeopardy
By Michael Howell At least two of the Ravalli County Commissioners expressed strong objections last Tuesday, July 19, to accepting federal funds for the Public Health Department’s Family Planning Program. […]
Hamilton City Court to become court of record
By Michael Howell Hamilton is joining the municipal bandwagon, following the passage of legislation effective July 1, 2011, giving municipalities the authority to establish Courts of Record by meeting requirements […]
FWP Commission approves wolf hunt season and quotas
Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission has approved a wolf hunting season for 2011 that creates 14 wolf management units and an overall harvest quota of 220 wolves. “The approved […]
Hamilton looks at moving farmer’s market
By Michael Howell At a recent Hamilton City Council Committee of the Whole meeting, the owner of some property at the corner of Bedford and 3rd Streets asked the Council […]
Medical marijuana order troubling
Medical marijuana order troubling Dear Editor, Normally I believe that legislators should not comment on a pending lawsuit, and the suit challenging Senate Bill (SB) 423 (the revision the 2011 […]
Rebuttal of LaCroix letter Dear Editor, Your newspaper recently published a lengthy diatribe authored by Bill La Croix, Coordinator for the Bitterroot Human Rights Alliance (an oxymoron if I ever […]
Buying local has its rewards By Liz Cook It’s time again for Daly Days in downtown Hamilton. This year’s event promotes shopping local. On November 1, 2010, businesses in downtown […]

