By Michael Howell The Daly Hospital Foundation is going public with a Power of Health Initiative to raise funds for a new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Marcus Daly […]
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Stevi weapons ordinance hearing draws a crowd
By Michael Howell The Stevensville Town Council passed a new weapons ordinance on first reading a few weeks ago. A public hearing held last Thursday, April 25, however, drew […]
County settles with Morado Mountain Estates for $300k
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners decided unanimously at a meeting last week to pay out $300,000 to Morado Mountain Estates LLC as part of a settlement agreement over […]
Habitat for Humanity breaks ground for Stevi family’s home
By Michael Howell Belia Velasco-Coombes and her children Tejal and Desan grabbed shovels and, with the help of Habitat for Humanity Director Mike Kibler and Stevensville Mayor Gene Mim […]
Softball in full swing
With only a month left until the state championships, the softball teams are getting into the tournament mode where they play multiple games in a day. The Frenchtown Invitational is […]
Bitterroot Tennis Invitational held
The annual Bitterroot Invitational was held in Corvallis where the girls competed and in Hamilton where the boys competed. Corvallis’ Laramie McHugh defeated Morgan Peterson of Dillon, 6-0, 6-1 in […]
Planning Board recommends approval of Legacy Ranch subdivision
By Michael Howell At a meeting held on April 17 and continued on the 18th, the Ravalli County Planning Board decided, on a 5-2 vote, to recommend to the […]
Daly Hospital ranked in top 100 in nation
By Michael Howell Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital was recently ranked in the top 100 critical access hospitals in the nation. Small and rural hospitals play a critical role in […]
Emergency dispatchers honored
By Michael Howell Last week was National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. It is a time set aside to celebrate the service of our nation’s Public Safety Telecommunicators, known in […]
County objects to federal acquisition of tribal land
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners decided last week to register their objection to the proposed acquisition of 58 acres of land by the federal government, called the […]
County moves to issue $2.5 million in ‘open land’ bonds
Meeting set to discuss repeal of program By Michael Howell Having bumped up to the limit of the initial issuance of $2.5 million in bonds as part of the $10 […]
Stevi vet wants neighbor to light flag at night
By Michael Howell Stevensville resident and veteran Anthony Pace showed up in full dress uniform, supported by family, friends, and neighbors last Thursday evening to see if the Stevensville […]
Stevensville modifies weapons ordinance
By Michael Howell The Town of Stevensville, in its continuing effort to codify its ordinances, passed a Weapons Ordinance at its last meeting that bans weapons from public assemblies […]
Two conservation easements awarded funds from Open Lands Bond Program
By Michael Howell In back to back meetings last week, the Ravalli County Board of Commissioners gave approval to grant some of the county’s Open Lands Bond Program (OLPB) […]
Bitterroot Youth Home looking to add rooms
By Michael Howell The Bitterroot Youth Home (BYH) is a coeducational, dual-licensed home that provides shelter and longer term group care for local youth. It is located on Providence […]
Stevensville family charged with running multi-million dollar phone billing scam
By Michael Howell Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission filed a civil complaint in January of this year against Stevensville couple Steven Sann and Terry Lane (Sann), their son Nathan […]
Title X under scrutiny
By Michael Howell Having fallen completely out of the unanimously approved House Budget Bill, Title X funding – federal money that funds family planning and preventive health – has […]