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  By Michael Howell Hamilton Police Chief Ryan Oster presented a proposal to the Hamilton City Council last week at its Committee of the Whole meeting that would expand the […]

  By Michael Howell At the request of the Bitterroot Star, the Department of Labor and Industry has released the human rights complaint filed by former Road Department employee Danielle […]

  By Michael Howell Following a stipulated agreement between suspended Treasurer Valerie Stamey, aka Valerie Scott, aka Valerie Addis, and James Woy and the accounting firm Anderson-Zurmuehlen in which both […]

  By Michael Howell Local realtor Lee Foss has applied for a wastewater discharge permit for a large retail facility in the valley that has sparked rumors of Walmart locating […]

  By Michael Howell After having saved the taxpayers close to $980,000 through reduced taxes over the last two years, the City of Hamilton is now “getting some of that […]

  By Michael Howell Donny Ramer of Professional Consultants Incorporated told the Stevensville Town Council last week that the current water project is about 90% complete. The only pipe left […]

  By Michael Howell Last Wednesday, June 25, Ravalli County Attorney Bill Fulbright told the County Commissioners that the long anticipated lawsuit against Interim Treasurer Valerie Stamey charging her with […]

  By Michael Howell Robert Myers, the attorney representing suspended Treasurer Valerie Stamey, was recently sanctioned in Ravalli County District Court in a totally unrelated case involving a parental rights […]

  By Michael Howell One thing that rang out loudly in the mostly loud public comment on the proposed adoption of new Airport Affected Area (AAA) regulations for the Stevensville […]

  By Michael Howell Last Friday, June 20, the Ravalli County Commissioners took the long-anticipated step toward filing a lawsuit against the County’s interim Treasurer Valerie Stamey, alleging official misconduct. […]

  By Michael Howell The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Office of Administrative Hearings recently issued a decision that would allow the disclosure of documents requested by the Bitterroot […]

  Bitterrooters for Planning, the Montana Environmental Information Center and the Bitterroot River Protection Association filed suit in District Court on Tuesday, June 24, against the Department of Environmental Quality […]

  Only five members of the public showed up at the public hearing held last Wednesday evening to take public comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment of proposed improvements to […]

By Michael Howell Ravalli County Commissioner J.R Iman apologized to the Bitterroot Star last Thursday for telling the newspaper, on four separate occasions, that attorney Terance Perry, who represented Big […]

  Anthony Preite, Montana Director of USDA Rural Development delivered a check for $2,755,000 to the Town of Stevensville for improvements to the town’s wastewater treatment system last week. “This […]

  By Michael Howell A public hearing to gather public comment on proposed changes to the Stevensville Airport Affected Area (AAA) regulations was rescheduled when too many people showed up […]

  By Michael Howell Stevensville Town Council member Ron Klaphake’s appointment by Mayor Gene Mim Mack to replace outgoing Town Judge Marty Birkeneder was unanimously confirmed by the Town Council […]

The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) has approved 12 projects for funding. All of the projects will benefit National Forest System lands and ecosystems in Ravalli County. The committee […]