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Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton warned residents of a new phone scam being reported Friday, March 1st.  The caller will identify himself as a Lieutenant or Deputy with the Ravalli […]

The Town of Stevensville has made significant headway over the past 48 hours as snow removal and clean-up efforts began on Wednesday night and continued into the early morning hours […]

By Christin Rzasa Gary Locke officially retired from the Montana Job Service in Hamilton in 1999, but he’s never stopped working to improve the lives of Bitterroot residents in economic […]

Proposed amendment would clarify commercial floating regulations on the Bitterroot River The commercial use permit restrictions for floating the upper Bitterroot River and West Fork appear to be working, according to […]

At the suggestion of Julie Foster, Director of the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, the general manager of a successful manufacturing and shipping operation with facilities in the Victor area […]

2-25-19, 12:30 PM The City of Hamilton has declared a snow emergency , effective immediately. The emergency declaration means all vehicles must be removed immediately from designated snow routes, which include Fairgrounds Road, […]

Blizzard conditions likely in Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys Today-Tonight Issued: 9 AM MST, Monday Feb 25th SUMMARY Confidence is HIGH that blizzard conditions will occur in the Missoula valley, as […]

Scientists explore tick salivary glands as tool to study virus transmission and infection Research into ticks in the Bitterroot valley began in earnest around 1900 when Dr. Howard Ricketts began […]

The Ravalli County Board of Commissioners have adopted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ravalli County Board of Health in an effort to delineate their respective responsibilities and duties. […]

With Mayor Brandon Dewey out of town on business, Council President Bob Michalson got a chance to wield the gavel at last week’s Stevensville Town Council meeting. But the ambitious […]

On February 9, in Great Falls, Major John Owen was inducted into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. On hand to receive the award on his […]

The publication of a big new all-color book featuring stories about the resurgence of Montana’s bighorn sheep populations in the wake of conservation efforts over the past 30 years that […]

By Christin Rzasa School officials in the Bitterroot Valley are making the safety of their facilities a priority, and this past October, they learned how to help the public sector […]

Ten property owners in the neighborhood of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, located at 411 South 5th Street in Hamilton, have filed a lawsuit challenging the decision by […]

Byron Bonney, Community Forester with Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development, was recently named as a recipient of the 2019 Wildfire Mitigation Award (WMA). The award was established in 2014 […]

The Bitterroot National Forest is inviting the public to review and make comments on a proposed vegetation management and fuels reduction project in the Sapphire Mountains northeast of Stevensville. The […]

Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners agreed to loan the Bitter Root Irrigation District (BRID) $300,000 to replace some ancient gate valves that serve to control the flow of water […]

Chief Justice Mike McGrath has notified the Judicial Nomination Commission that the Hon. Jeffry H. Langton, district judge for the Twenty-First Judicial District (Ravalli County) will be retiring effective April […]

Shaun McGrath, the Director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, recently announced at the Montana Watershed Coordination Council’s annual conference in Helena that the Bitterroot River watershed had been […]

A bill introduced in the Montana Legislature last week would give county attorneys a strong tool to prevent public road closures by increasing the outdated fine for illegally gating established […]