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Dominic Farrenkopf, activities director at Sapphire Lutheran Homes in Hamilton, is asking the community to send his residents a little love this Valentine’s Day.  About four years ago, a resident […]

Halfway through fiscal year, county budget looking good Halfway through the budget year, the county’s performance is looking pretty good, according to Ravalli County CFO Klarryse Murphy. She led the commissioners […]

Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners approved adoption of a memorandum of understanding with the Ravalli County DUI Task Force and MAPS Media Institute to produce a video designed to […]

by Nathan Boddy The Lake Como area is well known for its recreation opportunities in the summer and shoulder seasons, but this swath of public land doesn’t stop close up […]

The Montana Electric Cooperatives’ Association and electric cooperatives across the state are sending 26 high school students on an all-expenses-paid trip to the nation’s capital for the National Rural Electric […]

Adobe, a common form of earthen architecture throughout much of the Southwest, is rare in Montana. So rare that the folks working on stabilizing and repairing the East Barracks at […]

In December 2021, JCCS Accounting Firm in Hamilton chose HEARTism Community Center in Corvallis to receive a $7500 grant. HEARTism offers classes, events, and camps to children, teens, and young […]

The Stevensville Stevensville School District Board of Trustees has selected the following finalists for the position of District Superintendent. A series of interviews, meetings and tours will be held on Tuesday, […]

RAVALLI COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COVID-19 UPDATE 1-28-22 Ravalli County has received its first shipment COVID-19 test kits from Montana Department of Health and Human Services. Kits will be processed and delivered […]

Governor Greg Gianforte and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) are making available 650,000 at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for Montanans. The tests are being provided at […]

An open house celebration was held last week at the Bitter Root Humane Association’s (BRHA) new animal shelter located on Fairgrounds Road in Hamilton. The event served a double purpose. […]

When it comes to Covid, Greg Overstreet has a message for you: don’t fool around! Overstreet, an attorney in private practice in Stevensville, was diagnosed with colon cancer in February […]

Jasmin Shinn, founder and executive director of 1 Horse At A Time Draft Horse Rescue facility in Corvallis, got a nice boost last week when she was presented with a […]

The Cowboy Ball at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds will be held February 12th. This is the tenth annual event and the way it’s shaping up, it’s going to be an […]

Susan White wakes up every day at 4:30 a.m. She looks forward to a day filled with… sewing. She sews, and she sews. She loves to sew. White was born […]

by Scott Sacry On Monday, January 17th, the Montana High School Association had its annual meeting in Butte and voted to adopt high school baseball, with the first games to […]

Ravalli County Sheriff / Coroner Steve Holton identified the victim of a skiing accident at Lost Trail Ski Area last week as 25-year-old William Benjamin Brown of Colorado. Sheriff Holton […]

RAVALLI COUNTY COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE 1/20/22 Hamilton, Mont. – Ravalli County is seeing an increase in reported COVID-19 cases.  As of Monday evening, the county had 231 active cases.  Including […]

Wintertime is one of the best times to watch large raptors, like hawks and eagles, in the Bitterroot valley. One reason is the big increase in numbers over the winter […]

Process of filling council vacancies called into question over legal concerns At its first regular meeting, on January 13, the new two-person council and new mayor convened to consider applications […]