Founders Day will be celebrated Sunday, September 23 at St. Mary’s Mission in Stevensville beginning at 2 p.m. The celebration marks the 171st anniversary of the establishment of the first […]
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Weatherly honored for historic preservation work
Local woodworker and historic preservation specialist Chris Weatherly, owner of Bitterroot Woodwright located east of Stevensville, has won the Outstanding Individual Achievement award from the Montana Preservation Alliance (MPA) for […]
Hamilton Council looks at tax increment financing district
By Michael Howell A public information meeting concerning the establishment of a Tax Increment Financing District (TIFD) in the Old Corvallis Road area was held September 7 at Hamilton […]
Sawtooth Fire update
FIRE NAME: Sawtooth DATE OF DETECTION: August 30, 2012 CAUSE: Lightning CURRENT SIZE: 4,626 acres CONTAINMENT: 25% LOCATION: 7 miles WSW of Hamilton, Montana AGENCY: Bitterroot National Forest IMT: Greg […]
Sawtooth Fire update
SAWTOOTH DAILY INFORMATION FACT SHEET Date: September 12, 2012 Time: 8:00 p.m. Incident: Sawtooth Wildland Fire Information Phone: 406-363-3556, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Location: Sawtooth Fire is about 3-4 […]
Evacuation order in effect for Sawtooth Fire
On Monday, Tom Heintz, Incident Commander on the Sawtooth Fire west of Hamilton, initiated a Stage 2 Evacuation Notice. The Notice is for the entire area described as follows: All […]
Bitterroot ski resort proposal returned to sender
By Michael Howell U.S. Forest Service officials hand delivered a letter to proposed Bitterroot Resort developer Tom Maclay at a meeting they held with him last week at Bitterroot […]
County Road Department union members complain of unfair labor practices
By Michael Howell Some members of the local Laborers’ International Union, Local #1686, all of them employees of the Ravalli County Road and Bridge Department, are alleging that the county […]
County settles lawsuit over Mahar agreement
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners voted to settle a lawsuit filed by the Bitterroot Star and Ravalli County Watchdog over the Settlement Agreement signed between the county […]
Ribbon cut on Stevi Streetscape project
The ribbon was cut last Friday on Main Street, Stevensville, in celebration of completion of Phase 1 of the Streetscape Project, a $500,000 sidewalk improvement project that included repairing […]
Evacuation notice in effect for Sawtooth Fire
SAWTOOTH INFORMATION FACT SHEET Date: September 10, 2012 Time: 2:30 p.m. Incident: Sawtooth Wildland Fire Information Phone: 406-363-3556, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Location: Sawtooth Fire is about 7 miles […]
Sawtooth Fire Update
Date: September 10, 2012 Time: 8:00 a.m. Incident: Sawtooth Wildland Fire Information Phone: 406-363-3556, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Location: Sawtooth Fire is about 7 miles west southwest of Hamilton […]
Hamilton water and sewer rates slated for increase
By Michael Howell By the time you read this article the City of Hamilton may have already raised the rates for water and sewer users in town. The issue […]
Volunteer groups collaborate on Montana wilderness work
Bright and early Sunday morning of August 12, Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation (SBFC) Lead Wilderness Steward Rachel Kaufman met with an all-women group of Sierra Club volunteers from across […]
Smoke from Idaho pooling in the Bitterroot valley
By Michael Howell If you based your judgment simply on the amount of smoke that has filled the valley over the last several days, you might think the entire […]
Auto wrecking yard proposed
By Michael Howell The County Commissioners heard a proposal for a new auto wrecking yard to be owned and operated by James Gandara on his property north of Corvallis. […]
County not eligible for loan to improve rail line
By Michael Howell Ravalli County received a letter of denial last week from the Montana Department of Transportation in response to the loan application the county presented to the […]
Soccer roundup
Stevensville took a road trip to Bozeman where they met up against a couple of teams from the east. Friday, the Yellowjackets played Laurel. The Stevensville boys blanked […]
Fire causes emergency area closure on West Fork Ranger District
What: Emergency Closure – Mustang Fire Location: West Fork Ranger District – Bitterroot National Forest The Bitterroot National Forest is implementing an “emergency area closure” on the West Fork Ranger […]
It’s for the birds – creating snags for bird habitat
By Michael Howell To the uneducated eye a snag is just an old, dead tree that’s still standing. To the educated eye of Dan Casey from the American Bird Conservancy, […]