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Applications open to fill vacancy Patrick Shourd, Councilmember in Stevensville’s second ward, has given notice that he will resign his position on June 10th. Shourd, in an email to Mayor […]

A new health care location will open in Stevensville in fall of 2022; Bitterroot Health – Stevensville, bringing health care services and specialty options to our growing community.  The new, […]

‘Taste of Freedom’ fundraiser this Friday The LifeGuard Group, an organization that works to stop human trafficking, is building a safe house in the Bitterroot Valley. According to Lowell Hochhalter, Executive […]

Carol Saylor has always been a “net weaver.” That’s what she calls her ability to connect the people she meets with the information they need to make something happen. “I […]

Protecting nesting golden eagles and peregrine falcons a major concern Stevensville District Ranger Steve Brown hosted the first in a series of planned public meetings in the Bitterroot National Forest’s […]

Our Salish neighbors are excited to return to Hamilton for the 41st Annual Bitter Root Day at the Ravalli County Museum on Saturday, June 12 from 9 to 1 p.m. […]

Work on Montana Department of Transportation’s Eastside Highway  construction project south of Stevensville has come to halt. According to Amy Aiello of Big Sky Public Relations who has been working […]

Ravalli Electric Cooperative (REC) has acquired Grizzly Broadband, formerly known as Cybernet1, one of the area’s top internet and fiber solutions provider. The partnership will allow the two organizations to […]

by Liz Cook The name Bobby Steiner might not ring a bell with most people, but it sure did with Cal Ruark, the President of the Darby Rodeo Association. The […]

Brittany McLaughlin, parent of a seventh grader at Florence-Carlton Middle School, recently organized a social media group called the Bitterroot Alliance for Diversity and Equality. The group was originally called […]

by Nathan Boddy A packed room awaited the Hamilton City Council’s Committee of the Whole (COW) on Tuesday evening, May 25. Only three items were on the agenda for discussion, […]

Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a […]

By Denise Ard, Director, North Valley Public Library If you are a regular user of the library, you know that we have an old threadbare red carpet held together with […]

by Nathan Boddy The Bitterroot Public Library has added a new member to its staff with Ravalli County local, Annika Riley, as the Library’s Youth Services Librarian. While new to […]

Ravalli County Commissioners are considering how best to spend the $8.5 million that has already been allocated to the county under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for reimbursement for […]

A recently adopted Montana state law removing “numeric” nutrient water quality standards as a criteria has been challenged by the Upper Missouri Waterkeepers, an organization that has been involved in […]

Community fundraiser scheduled Robert and Kate Lutzenhiser have owned and operated a downtown business in Stevensville for over 30 years. They have been an integral part of the community, providing […]

by Nathan Boddy The Hamilton City Council met during their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, May 18th, with a full agenda before them. Only the second in-person meeting since Covid-19 […]

Steve Gibson, a former council member and former council president, has filed for the position of Stevensville mayor.  Gibson has been a public servant for over 40 years. He and […]

The  Western Agricultural Research Center in Corvallis is set to receive about $1.2 million in funding from the state for construction of a new facility. The funding is included within […]