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Habitat for Humanity to offer low-cost home repairs
Habitat for Humanity of Ravalli County will begin doing home improvements in partnership with qualified, low-income homeowners. The new program called A Brush with Kindness is aimed at providing […]
Hunting season starts strong
Region 2 Big Game Opener Check Station Chart Montana’s big game rifle season opened Saturday, and although slightly fewer hunters headed to the field in west-central Montana than […]
Proposed county sign ordinance flops
By Michael Howell The new sign ordinance proposed by the County Commissioners and approved unanimously on first reading two weeks ago went down like a mega-billboard in a hurricane last […]
Secure Rural Schools funding approved for one more year
By Michael Howell About 76% of Ravalli County’s land base is comprised of national forest lands. Since 1908, the Forest Service has shared with states 25 percent of gross […]
Some Stevi speed limits lowered to 20 mph
By Michael Howell Following a public hearing last Thursday, October 11, the Stevensville Town Council passed an amended ordinance lowering the speed limits on Chilcott, Smith, Barbara, Valley View, […]
Making the Bitterroot a SAFE place
By Michael Howell October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is a time to acknowledge the grim reality that instances of domestic violence and abuse continue to occur in our […]
Scarecrow Festival winners announced
As usual the entries in the 7th Annual Stevensville Scarecrow Festival were outstanding. The festival featured 25 sculptures in the theme of scarecrows, crows, fall, etc. and five Living Statues. […]
Commissioners consider industrial TIFD near airport
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners have been trying, unsuccessfully, to work with the City of Hamilton to establish an Industrial Tax Increment Financing District near the airport […]
RAC natural resource grant returned
By Michael Howell Due to an extended delay in implementing the project, the county commissioners agreed last week to return funds to the Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee that had […]
Natural Resource Recovery Committee asks candidates to pledge support
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Natural Resource Recovery Committee has sent each candidate in the local elections a letter asking them to pledge their support for the Natural Resource […]
Hamilton wins Daly Mansion meet
The smoke cleared over the weekend and allowed the valley’s cross country runners to enjoy one of the prettiest runs on their schedule, Hamilton’s own Daly Mansion meet. The day […]
Soccer
Ayden Eickhoff (5) of Corvallis is one of the key players for the Blue Devils. She had five goals against Loyola on Thursday and one against Stevensville on Saturday. The […]
Lawsuit amended to charge individual commissioners
By Michael Howell On September 13, former County Road Supervisor David Ohnstad amended his lawsuit against the Ravalli County Board of Commissioners for wrongful termination of employment, adding some […]
Scarecrow Festival this weekend
Every year around this time, as if arranged by some secret society, a strange convention occurs in Stevensville as dozens of scarecrows gather on the edge of town lining the […]
County sign ordinance amended
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners voted unanimously last Monday to change the county’s Sign Ordinance to allow larger off premise signs than are allowed in the current […]
Hamilton considers tax increment financing district
By Michael Howell Despite the questions raised by two local attorneys, the Hamilton City Council decided, at its meeting on September 18, to move forward in the process of […]
Falcons blast Lions at Homecoming
It took the Falcons half of the football game to get going but when they did, they made a statement, scoring 35 points in the second half while holding the […]
Natural resource policy ‘rally’ held
By Michael Howell The Bitterroot Natural Resource Recovery Committee, which has crafted a draft natural resources development policy for the county that is currently being edited by the Ravalli […]
County withdraws from Bitterroot Economic Development District
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners, in an emotional meeting last week with representatives of the Bitter Root Economic Development District (BREDD), explained their reasons for withdrawing from […]