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On June 28th, the Stevensville Town Council of two unanimously approved the appointment of Sydney Allen to fill the Ward 2 vacancy created by the resignation of Patrick Shourd. Allen […]

by Nathan Boddy The City of Hamilton officially began work on a new Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday, June 21st. A steering committee comprised of 11 members, city staff and consultants […]

by Nathan Boddy Montana native, Erin Steuer, is ready to see Hamilton and the surrounding area as it emerges into a post pandemic vigor.  The new Executive Director of the […]

Bitterroot Health will open a new location in Darby in late 2022; the Bitterroot Health Darby – Scripps Clinic. The new clinic will replace the current Bitterroot Physicians Clinic, affiliated […]

by Nathan Boddy At their regular meeting on Tuesday, June 15th, the Hamilton City Council adopted a last minute policy to disallow any painting upon public pavement within the city […]

by Nathan Boddy Chapter One Bookstore owners, Mara Luther and Marisa Neyenhuis, had been planning to do something in recognition and support of Pride month. However, it was the vociferous […]

A proposed 377-acre conservation easement on land east of Victor has moved one step closer to final approval for a $395,000 grant from Ravalli County’s Open Lands Bond Program. The […]

Who is MAPS? MAPS, originally named Media Arts in the Public Schools, started in 2004 as an after-school and summer media arts program in the Bitterroot Valley. This Montana nonprofit […]

by Michael Howell There is a new and unique taco shop in Hall, Montana. If you are driving from Deer Lodge and take the turnoff at Drummond, not far along […]

On Saturday, six-year-old Maci Eldridge of Stevensville was the star of a very special “Frozen” princess party, complete with a coterie of other young princesses and other royalty, courtesy of […]

The Thursday, June 10th meeting of the Stevensville Town Council got off to a rocky start when council president Dempsey Vick asked for a suspension of council rules. He told […]

Council member Dempsey Vick resigns Following allegations by council president Dempsey Vick of mayoral impropriety that surfaced at the June 10th town council meeting, on Friday Stevensville Mayor Brandon Dewey […]

Stevensville Western Heritage Days is back after a pandemic-induced hiatus. The committee is hoping this will be a banner year for attendance as people turn out to celebrate making it […]

by Nathan Boddy Several dozen people were clustered around the entrance to Hamilton City Hall last Tuesday, June 8th, well before the door was opened for the Committee of the […]

Unveiling scheduled for July 4 Two new display panels are being installed at the Sacajawea’s Rest Park, a small pocket park located right on Main Street in Downtown Darby. The […]

Fifty-seven-year-old Debbie Stevens just completed her fourth bodybuilding show, finishing in first place in the Masters 50+ Bikini competition at the Big Sky National Physique Committee (NPC) Bodybuilding Show in […]

by Nathan Boddy Ravalli County Public Health is mobilized and ready to provide the Covid vaccine to anyone who is willing to take it, from age 12 and over. Montana […]

Spaces still available “This is just a fabulous stepping stone” into the world of computer coding, says Gay Allison, a Coding for Kids board member.  The Coding for Kids summer […]

by Nathan Boddy For fifty years, the Bitterroot Mountains of western Montana have been scaled, skied, hunted and traversed by a high mountain creature whose pseudonym says it all: “The […]

by Nathan Boddy Dr. Marshall Bloom, Associate Director of the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), was a guest speaker at the Hamilton City Council on Tuesday, June 1. His presentation was […]