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April 14, 2020    As of noon today, April 14, 2020, there are 5 cases of COVID-19 in Ravalli County.  225 tests have been submitted to the labs, 220 negative, 5 […]

Since it was founded in 2010, the mission of the Family Shelter of the Bitterroot has been to provide comprehensive services to help circumstantially homeless families in the Bitterroot Valley […]

The Stevensville Schools have continued to adapt and adjust lunch programs and educational services for distance and home based learning during the COVID-19 school closure.  The school lunch program has […]

In a press call last week Senator Tester explained his vote in support of the CARES Act, the federal government’s $2.2 trillion package designed to lessen the impacts of the […]

Local legislators Nancy Balance (R-HD87) and David Bedey (R-HD86) have prepared their own powerpoint presentation about the CARES Act, where the funds are going and what it means for residents […]

The Stevensville School District and Quality Construction have begun demolition work and site preparation just eleven months after Stevensville voters approved $6,369,000 for the elementary district and $14,169,000 for the […]

Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey last week announced the creation of an Economic Support and Recovery Task Force. The Task Force is charged with guiding the Town’s efforts to sustain and […]

Ravalli County’s Incident Management Team (IMT), formed on March 18 to help coordinate the county’s response to the COVID-19 emergency, started off with County Commissioner and Health Board Chairman Jeff […]

Due to the current COVID 19 situation, the Ravalli County Board of Commissioners are making every effort to keep all public meetings as open and transparent as they possibly can. […]

With the help of an area ranching family, three grizzly bears were rescued and taken to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ wildlife rehabilitation facility at Montana WILD on Saturday. […]

April 14, 2020 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $73,821,822 in airport aid to 71 […]

April 14, 2020 Montana Department of Labor & Industry Acting Commissioner Brenda Nordlund today announced that Montana has begun paying the additional $600 Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit established with the […]

April 13, 2020     As of noon today, April 13, 2020, there are 5 cases of COVID-19 in Ravalli County.   Until the last two cases, all of the cases were travel […]

With quarantines and self-distancing temporarily being a large part of Montanans’ lives, the Montana Historical Society wants to hear from you. MHS has developed a survey and created a challenge […]

Governor Steve Bullock today issued the following statement regarding the death of a Montanan due to COVID-19, marking the seventh in the state. “I am saddened to hear of another […]

Ravalli County COVID-19 Incident Management Team reported a 4th positive Coronavirus case on Saturday, April 12. The patient is a female in her 20’s who was exposed to the virus […]

The Board of Milk Control adopted an emergency rule on April 9, 2020 pertaining to milk dumped because of market conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. While in effect, the […]

Responding to the severe strain on the state’s food banks during the coronavirus pandemic, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation is providing $1 million in immediate grants to its food bank […]

After pressure from U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines, the federal government committed to a shipment of 68,000 N95 masks to Montana to arrive in three installments over the […]

April 10, 2020      As of noon today, April 10, 2020, there are still only 3 cases of COVID-19 in Ravalli County. All cases were travel originated. The people that […]