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  On Thursday, November 1, three applicants vying for a Ward 2 position on the Stevensville Town Council were interviewed by Councilors Robin Holcomb and Stacie Barker. The Council will […]

It was announced this month that Stevensville publisher and journalist Dale Burk has been inducted into the Montana Outdoor Hall of Fame. Sponsored by the Montana Historical Society and the […]

  Ravalli County Clerk and Recorder Regina Plettenberg has rejected the preliminary recall petition against Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey due to deficiencies in form and content. The petition, submitted by […]

  In a departure from previous meetings that have been marred by disagreement between council members and the mayor, the Stevensville Town Council, without a lot of discussion and no […]

Grizzly bears are a rare sight in the Bitterroot Valley, but last Saturday, October 27, a young male Grizzly bear was trapped at the Whitetail golf course east of Stevensville. […]

It started with an idea a little over 10 years ago. Eric Hayes and Pam Kaye were getting gas at the Cenex station in Stevensville. Pam had been working at […]

Jim Bailey, Hamilton   Reason for Running for Office I first decided to run for Justice Court over 17 years ago. I had recently retired from the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Dept., […]

Jeff Burrows, Republican, Hamilton I grew up the Bitterroot Valley, graduated from Hamilton High School and attended college at MT Tech in Butte MT where I received a degree of Bachelor of […]

  Greg Chilcott, Republican, Stevensville I am 58 years old and was born in Hamilton and raised in Stevensville. My wife Vickie and I have been blessed with seven children and thirteen […]

Jason W. Ellsworth, Republican, Hamilton   Job Creation I believe very strongly in the American dream. I opened my first business in Lolo Montana at the age of 20. I worked very […]

  Margaret Gorski, Democrat, Stevensville   Reason for Running for Office I have worked my entire life stewarding our nation’s natural resources and fighting for the public’s right to access them. I […]

David Bedey, Republican, Hamilton Personal:  I am a 4th generation Bitterrooter—born and raised in Hamilton.  In 2008, after a 30-year career as an officer in the U.S. Army, I retired as a […]

Laura Jackson, Democrat, South Valley I live in the Darby School District on land I purchased in 1976, about 5 miles from where my great grandparents homesteaded. From that time on, my […]

Ravalli County voters will get to vote Yes or No on a 1.5 mill levy to support the county’s local Literacy Bitterroot program. The program’s High School Equivalency Program graduates […]

Property owners in the Florence-Carlton School District will get a chance to vote thumbs up or thumbs down on a school bond this November 6, designed to finance a $15,975,000 […]

The Bitterroot National Forest has released its Environmental Analysis (EA) on the Darby Lumber Lands Project – Phase 2, and is inviting the public to review and make comments on […]

The Montana Budget and Policy Center (MBPC) has released county and regional data highlighting the critical role Medicaid expansion has played in Montana. “Medicaid expansion represents a significant economic driver […]

Daly Elementary School teacher Echo Allison finds it a little embarrassing to talk about how a diagnosis of breast cancer has suddenly changed her life, affecting her family and her […]