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Editor’s Note: Following is Nancy Ballance’s statement of candidacy in her own words. I am formally announcing that I am running for Senate District 44, the seat occupied for the […]

The Bitterroot Public Library will once again partner with Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in 2020 to offer community tours of RML, but with a new twist: quarterly evening tours will […]

Bitterrooters got a chance recently to hear the latest update from one of the leading authors of the 2017 Montana Climate Assessment, not only about how climate change is affecting […]

Some federal, state and local government officials got together with some local fishing outfitters and others in the Bitterroot last week to discuss the issue of removing woody debris from […]

During last Saturday’s violent winds the community of Florence was temporarily sealed off to all traffic, according to Florence Fire Chief Charlie Lambson. At one point in the storm a […]

The Stevensville Ranger District has issued a reminder of the annual climbing closure in the Mill Creek area north of Hamilton to allow for nesting of cliff-dwelling raptors. Beginning February […]

The Ravalli County Commissioners last week declared an impasse had been reached with the Ravalli Deputy County Attorney Association in contract negotiations and then voted to implement the wage portion […]

Donald Helmbrecht of Victor was presented with the Montana Congressional Veterans Commendation last week by U.S. Congressman Greg Gianforte. The award, Gianforte said, was for Helmbrecht’s “service to his country […]

Kent Barbian, a resident of Stonegate Meadows, came to the Hamilton City Council last week to express how disheartened he was by the actions of the Hamilton Zoning Board of […]

Cassy Tintzman is the vocational-agricultural (vo-ag) and FFA teacher at Victor. She has been there since 2014. Last fall she was awarded the Teacher Turn the Key Award. There was […]

Grizzly bears entering the Bitterroot are protected under Endangered Species Act The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has notified supervisors of the Bitterroot, Nez-Perce-Clearwater, Lolo and Salmon-Challis National Forests […]

Montana Trout Unlimited recently unveiled a new online map of Fishing Access Sites all across the state. Although the state already has a map of FAS, Montana TU felt that […]

Carlos Morales, a junior at Stevensville High School, recently completed his Eagle Scout project.  Carlos has a tremendous love of soccer and has played for the Stevensville Yellowjackets for the […]

Administrative offices in Stevensville’s Town Hall will be closed on Friday, January 31st. Although offices will be closed, it won’t be a day off for the Town’s staff and elected […]

The temperature may have been low on Saturday, but enthusiasm was high at River Park for the Women’s March in Hamilton. Over 200 participants marched down Main Street in Hamilton […]

Ravalli County Commissioners agreed to participate in a $6 million settlement agreement ending a lawsuit filed over wrongful conviction. The lawsuit, filed by Paul Jenkins, Kenneth Jenkins and Crystal Combs, […]

The Ravalli County Board of Health has been reviewing the county’s wastewater discharge permitting system for some time now and last fall began holding serious discussions on the subject. Those […]

Casey Ferguson is the Stevi Rocks! Award recipient for the month of January. Ferguson is a math teacher at Stevensville High School and teaches a wide array of classes ranging […]

Dangerous incidents end without injuries, with aid of law enforcement Responding to a domestic dispute or a domestic violence call is one of the most dangerous situations a law enforcement officer may […]

By Jeanette Hunter Winter sunrise takes a while to crawl down into icy Gibbons Pass, but the rising cacophony will assure you you’ve come to the right place. 2020 marks […]