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  Spring is a really busy time in the Bitterroot for almost any kind of work, but if I had my choice, I’d rather go fishing. Some lucky kids get a chance to do just that. The kids taking the Bitterroot Buggers’ after school fly fishing program at the Hamilton Middle School for instance, get […]

Your chance to walk across the Red Line There is a chance coming up for the general public to do what will soon be forbidden, that is to walk across the Red Line at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital’s new Surgical Center, the line that stops anyone but qualified personnel from approaching the critical areas of […]

The Bitter Root Humane Society has been around a long time. It was started in 1972, located where the Hamilton City Wastewater treatment plant is now located. In 1984, Countess Margit Bessenyey leased the current location on Fairgrounds Road to the Humane Association for $1 per year. When she died, the estate donated the current […]

The Stevensville Town Council had an item on its Thursday night agenda to discuss and possibly decide “to hold a Committee of the Whole meeting for the purpose of discussing the Mayor’s Employee Reorganization Plan and its implementation.” Instead, the council decided on the spot to rescind the plan. Then on Friday morning, town clerk […]

One of the goals of the Corvallis Civic Club is to help the public be informed about and involved in issues of importance to the community. The Corvallis School District has embarked on a process to create a facility master plan and has engaged SMA Architects to assist it in evaluating existing facilities and looking […]

April 16, 2019 HELENA – Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer continues to receive medical treatment at University Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. While he is showing indications that he recognizes certain people and things, all of his interactions remain non-verbal; he continues to interact with hand gestures and facial expressions. The extent of […]

Just as the blue birds return to the grasslands around the Three Mile area, bluegrass at the Lone Rock School is another sign of spring. This Saturday, April 13, the Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association will have their Oldtime Bluegrass Festival & Fundraiser. The event will begin at 12 noon and run until 8:30 p.m. with […]

This year, Sort Pink of Montana will be celebrating their 10th year of fundraising for Tough Enough to Wear Pink. The event will be held at the Sapphire Arena which is north of Corvallis on Eastside Highway. It is a three-day event with the open on Friday afternoon. This will feature some of the top […]

Officials from Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks were in Florence last week at a community meeting sponsored by the Riverview Orchards Landowners Association to address the homeowners’ growing problem with browsing herds of deer, some even showing threatening and aggressive behavior towards pets and humans. Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bitterroot Wildlife Biologist Rebecca […]

The Bitterroot National Forest is inviting the public to review and make comments on the East Fork Ditch Fish Screen Project. The project proposes to install a fish screen on the headgate of the East Fork Ditch. The East Fork Ditch is located on the north bank of the East Fork Bitterroot River at river […]

All the signs of spring are showing up in Hamilton. The robins are out rebuilding their old nests and the city’s cold-patch crew is out filling potholes. Donny Ramer, Director of Hamilton’s Public Works Department, told the City Council last week that he will soon have a full inventory of the potholes that can then […]