Stoneydale Press releases new PI novel Who’d have guessed that when author Warner Bair II moved back to his ancestral home of Deer Lodge after retiring from a long career […]
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Steel sculpture celebrates Marcus Daly Hospital donors
By Michael Howell A beautiful steel sculpture designed and executed by Tim Campbell of Ironhaus, a local fireplace manufacturing business, now graces the entranceway to Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. The […]
Commissioners poised to disband Impact Fee Advisory Committee
By Michael Howell A majority of the County Commissioners are ready to disband the county’s Impact Fee Advisory Committee (IFAC). A meeting was held last week to consider appointments for […]
Commissioners balk at accepting federal funds – grant for Family Planning clinic in jeopardy
By Michael Howell At least two of the Ravalli County Commissioners expressed strong objections last Tuesday, July 19, to accepting federal funds for the Public Health Department’s Family Planning Program. […]
Hamilton City Court to become court of record
By Michael Howell Hamilton is joining the municipal bandwagon, following the passage of legislation effective July 1, 2011, giving municipalities the authority to establish Courts of Record by meeting requirements […]
FWP Commission approves wolf hunt season and quotas
Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission has approved a wolf hunting season for 2011 that creates 14 wolf management units and an overall harvest quota of 220 wolves. “The approved […]
Hamilton looks at moving farmer’s market
By Michael Howell At a recent Hamilton City Council Committee of the Whole meeting, the owner of some property at the corner of Bedford and 3rd Streets asked the Council […]
Buying local has its rewards By Liz Cook It’s time again for Daly Days in downtown Hamilton. This year’s event promotes shopping local. On November 1, 2010, businesses in downtown […]
Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival – music and fun for everyone
By Jean Schurman The setting couldn’t be more perfect. With the Ponderosa pines scattered around the field and the gently sloping hill creating the feel of an amphitheater, the hill […]
FlatIron Ranch subdivision approved
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners conditionally approved FlatIron Ranch Subdivision, the largest subdivision in the county’s history on Monday, July 11. The 551-living-unit development is located off of […]
Stevi infrastructure projects move forward
By Michael Howell The Town of Stevensville is struggling to keep up with the two multi-million dollar water and sewer infrastructure improvement projects it is conducting simultaneously. At its July […]
Victor businesses meet with MDOT
By Michael Howell Victor area residents, business owners, local legislators, Chamber of Commerce representatives, and local economic development officials met with Montana Department of Transportation officials at the Hamilton House […]
Commissioners review FlatIron subdivision proposal
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners have been proceeding slowly and carefully in a detailed examination of the FlatIron Ranch subdivision application in a series of meetings starting on […]
Commissioners, Weed Board adapt to new state law
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners took the initiative last week and handed the Ravalli County Weed District Board its version of what the changes in state law concerning […]
Horses attacked by mountain lion
By Michael Howell It took a while to figure it out, but a few horse owners in the area of Illinois Bench northeast of Stevensville are now convinced that their […]
Local ammunition company expanding
Darren Newsom, owner of Bitterroot Valley Ammunition and Components (BVAC), an ammunition manufacturing company in Stevensville, is looking for another location in the Stevensville area to set up another facility, […]
Mortgage assistance help available NeighborWorks Montana and Rural Dynamics, Inc. announced that they have been selected by NeighborWorks America to help fight home foreclosures in Montana, under a grant […]
Commissioners review FlatIron subdivision proposal
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners have been proceeding slowly and carefully in a detailed examination of the FlatIron Ranch subdivision application in a series of meetings starting on […]
Victor open for business
By Michael Howell Highway 93 construction is having a devastating effect on some Victor businesses. Motivated to help, officials from the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority and the Job Service […]
Stevi Community Garden, library help kids learn to grow
By Ed Harrison Small fingers held a fat, greenish-gray cutworm up to the sky with the Bitterroot mountains in the background. “That’s the enemy,” Colleen Miller, the Stevensville Community Garden […]