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December 17, 2021 Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton said RCSO Detectives investigated a potential threat made by email at the Corvallis School district today, related to the media reported TikTok […]

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton said County Law Enforcement Agencies are aware of and have plans in place to deal with the widely reported TikTok challenge that encourages students to […]

Two members of the Stevensville Town Council resigned at the end of last Thursday’s meeting. Sydney Allen, a Ward 2 appointee who had just won a new term in the […]

After working with their neighbors and the Bitterroot Land Trust for a couple of years, Jake and Fannie Yoder were able to realize a deal that would not only ensure […]

by Nathan Boddy The City of Hamilton has taken steps to prepare itself for an entirely new landscape in Montana, being the legalization of recreational marijuana.  When the voters of […]

The “Very Merry Christmas Auction” online auction has been extended through this Friday, December 10th. New items have been added to the website at http://CharityAuction.bid/ParadeOfTrees. Bid on great one-of-a-kind trees […]

A multi-million-dollar expansion and renovation project planned by Supporters of Abuse Free Environments (SAFE) was recently given a big boost as they are the recent beneficiaries of a $1 million […]

Last week the Bitterroot Affordable Housing Coalition presented the Ravalli County Commissioners an update on their 2019 assessment of the county’s needs with respect to homelessness and housing insecurity that […]

Under a 1995 amendment to the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Elks, women are allowed to join this previously all-male organization. In the Bitterroot, the Lady Elks are a […]

The November 23 meeting of the Stevensville Town Council began with an admonition by citizen Jim Crews regarding procedure. He said that a recent swearing in ceremony was held where […]

by Melissa Elmore, Browsing Bison Bookstore The Stevensville Country Christmas is something that Bitterrooters look forward to every holiday season. It welcomes December with hot chocolate, Christmas carols, and all other […]

by Jean Schurman Who would have thought that the Christmas Spirit would rear its head in Costco? Even though there are Christmas decorations and gifts galore, that spirit is not […]

December 2, 2021 The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is committed to keeping the highways cleared whenever winter weather impacts the state. National workforce shortages are affecting MDT, like many […]

Former Stevensville attorney Ronald Dean Lords, who last July admitted to defrauding investors and to evading income taxes in a real estate investment scheme in which he lost more than […]

December 1, 2021 Ravalli County Public Health has recently completed the latest reconciliation of reported COVID-19 deaths which occurred between March of 2021 through November 2021.  Public Health receives these […]

Ravalli County Sheriff / Coroner Steve Holton said Sheriff’s Deputies and a Deputy Coroner responded to a fatal hunting accident Sunday morning (11-28-21) in the West Fork area of Ravalli […]

by Victoria Howell Lisa Tate was always an artist but she didn’t start out as a glass blower. She was an engraver, mostly engraving on cut crystal. But she always […]

by Nathan Boddy Dustin Harris, the new owner of Frontier Guns and Ammo at 1704 North 1st in Hamilton, spent his youth running and learning about guns. The two came […]

November 23, 2021  On November 19, 2021, the CDC’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended a booster shot for all adults who received an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech or […]

“If I ever had an opportunity to save a life, why wouldn’t I?” That’s a question that Tim Schreiber asked himself and it didn’t take him long to answer it. […]