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At a special meeting held on January 12, the Hamilton City Council decided to submit an offer to purchase a 4.78-acre parcel of land located at 220 Foxfield Street, just off Highway 93 behind Higher Ground Brewing. Mayor Dominic Farrenkopf immediately told the council members to forget about the buy/sell agreement that he had presented […]

At the first meeting of the year for the Stevensville Town Council, Mayor Brandon Dewey read a December 28, 2020 letter from the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office, signed by County Sheriff Steve Holton and County Attorney Bill Fulbright. The letter stated, in part:  “As you are likely aware, a County Sheriff’s law enforcement authority in […]

The Stevensville Planning and Zoning Board has recommended approval of the Burnt Fork Estates subdivision. The 220-unit subdivision, including single- and multi-family units as well as a 16-lot commercial area, is proposed to be built on 57 acres at the corner of Logan and Middle Burnt Fork Roads on agricultural land that was annexed into […]

by Bo Walker MSU Extension Agent For many in our community, protecting their livestock from predators is concern. Calving season, which is only a couple of months away, can be a time when predators can cause a lot of trouble for producers. However, with the help of emerging technologies and methodologies as well as some […]

by Gary Swant I had just spent 20 minutes watching a group of 11 Tundra Swans when a person called and asked if I had seen the Trumpeter Swans in the same pond.  I asked when they had seen them.  It was just a few minutes before I was watching the same white swans, which […]

On January 6th the Stevensville Police Department welcomed a new officer at a swearing-in ceremony.  The Department’s newest Police Officer comes to Stevensville after serving in Miles City, growing up in Libby, Montana. Officer Eli Alspaw previously worked for the Miles City Police Department before being selected by SPD as the latest addition to Stevensville’s police force. He graduated the Montana Law […]

A couple of local scientists at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Dr. Emmie de Wit and Dr. Vincent Munster, along with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) colleagues in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Barney Graham and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, and Jason McLellan, a structural virologist at the University of Texas, were all recently honored with the […]

The Ravalli County Fish and Wildlife Association and Public Land/Water Access Association have asked Governor Greg Gianforte and state Attorney General Austin Knudson to step in and open the gate on Hughes Creek Road that is currently blocking access to public lands despite a Supreme Court decision that authorizes its opening. The groups claim that […]

The Stevensville Planning & Zoning Board met Wednesday, January 6 via Zoom to review the proposed Burnt Fork Estates subdivision. The board first met to discuss the proposal last September and had scheduled a public meeting at the school for October but a COVID-19 outbreak forced a cancellation of that meeting. Last Wednesday the board, […]

Former County Commissioner and former Sheriff Chris Hoffman was honored last week for his 18 years of leadership and dedicated public service. In that leadership role he served as Ravalli County’s Sheriff from 2003 until 2016 when he chose to drop those reins and run for the position of Ravalli County Commissioner for District #2. […]

  Newly elected Ravalli County Commissioner Dan Huls and newly re-elected Clerk Of District Court Paige Trautwein both took the oath of office last week at the county administration building in Hamilton. Both candidates ran unopposed and garnered 97.31% and 97.59% of the vote, respectively. Huls is coming into the position from a life-long career […]