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  By Michael Howell   Last Thursday, July 25, the Ravalli County Commissioners approved a $150,000 contribution from the Open Lands Bond Program to help fund the placement of a […]

  By Michael Howell   The Florence County Water and Sewer District has no facilities, provides no services, holds no existing contracts, has no existing debt, and, if the voters […]

By Michael Howell   The Stevensville Town Council agreed unanimously at its Thursday, July 25 meeting to issue a Water System Revenue Bond in the amount of $2.173 million. The […]

  By Michael Howell At a budget meeting on Tuesday, July 9, the Ravalli County Commissioners decided to eliminate five driver/operator positions and two secretarial positions in the Road Department. […]

    By Michael Howell The City of Hamilton is looking to purchase some property at the corner of Foxfield and Skeels as the future site of a planned Justice […]

Afternoon winds, hot temperatures, and single-digit humidity pushed the lightning-caused Gold Pan Fire burning in the remote Frank Church wilderness in Idaho to 200 acres on Sunday. The fire is […]

  By Michael Howell Unless something changes before the county budget for FY 2014 is adopted, the Ravalli County Commissioners are going to cut the Road Department to the bone. […]

  By Michael Howell The development of a ski resort area on the flanks of Carlton Ridge near Lolo Peak is back on the table as the U.S. Forest Service […]

  By Michael Howell The City of Hamilton is looking at a tentative budget for the coming fiscal year that includes spending $9.8 million with projected revenues set at $8.3 […]

  The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) conducted an informational meeting to discuss the proposal to cap the median islands on U.S. 93 between Lolo and Hamilton on Wednesday, June […]

  By Michael Howell The Stevensville Town Council awarded a $2.3 million contract for Phase III of the Town’s Water Project to L.S. Jensen Construction & Ready Mix out of […]

  By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners unanimously approved the controversial Legacy Ranch subdivision last Tuesday, July 2. The 400-acre parcel located between Porter Hill Road and Dry Gulch […]

  Summer has arrived with a vengeance in the Bitterroot Valley and people are flocking to the river to keep cool. But the river is a dangerous place during high […]

  By Michael Howell The Town of Stevensville approved a $364,100 increase in Phase III of its Water System Improvement Project. $329,100 will come in the form of a USDA […]

  Local residents got a different kind of fireworks show this Fourth of July, when a controlled burn on private land in the Lone Rock area got out of control […]

  By Michael Howell Last week the Bitterroot Star published a story about the resignation of North Valley Public Library Director Desiree Dramstad. In that story, Library Board Chair Joanne […]

  By Michael Howell Although a vote to accept some end of the year Title X funds failed to pass the first time around with two commissioners absent, with a […]

By Michael Howell Officials from the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) came to Hamilton last week seeking public comment on a plan to concrete over most of the medians located […]