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We feel safe and secure knowing that we have competent, well-equipped firefighters in the Bitterroot Valley ready to respond to any emergency. But there is another reason that competent, well-equipped […]

Stevensville School District is undergoing a major rebranding to coincide with the renovation of the school buildings and property. According to Chance Edman, Activities Director, who spearheaded the project, he […]

A student from Victor has been awarded the Evans Scholarship, a prestigious full housing and tuition college grant offered to golf caddies, following a final selection interview held earlier this […]

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton said negotiations with the 35-year-old male barricaded in a home at Farm View Estates in Corvallis continued late into the evening Tuesday and have progressed […]

How funding will be distributed still unknown Deborah Frandsen, Field Representative for Montana Senator Jon Tester, was in Hamilton last week looking for ideas, comments and suggestions from the Ravalli […]

The Stevensville Town Council formally adopted a Strategic Plan at its April 22 meeting. The town has been working on developing a plan for the past couple of years. The […]

People always used to ask Samantha O’Byrne, director of the O’Hara Commons & Sustainability Center in Hamilton, what the center did. Now in its sixth year, the answer to that […]

Last Thursday April 22, the Ravalli County Commissioners authorized Bike Walk Bitterroot to make a grant application on their behalf to build an off-road bicycle and pedestrian path along the […]

The Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, have partnered with the Bitterroot River Protection Association (BRPA) to conduct water quality monitoring on Bitterroot National […]

April 23, 2021  Subject: Update to Implementation of COVID-19 Vaccination in Montana  Background: As of April 19th, 107,202 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Montana. This includes over 4,900 Montanans […]

Open-ended Expressive Arts Studio open in Hamilton “Expressive arts are about process, not product,” says Barb Lucas, founder of Open-ended Expressive Arts Studio in Hamilton.  The studio space, which opened last […]

Public comment ends for Mud Creek Vegetation Management Project The chance for public comment on the Bitterroot National Forest’s Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Mud Creek Vegetation Management […]

Pantry Partners is in a great situation. The Stevensville food bank wants the community to know that there is plenty of food available for anyone who needs it. “Through the […]

The Stevensville School Board has a total of five trustee positions open this election cycle.  The Star asked the candidates to submit information about themselves to better inform the public. […]

There has been a lot of focus on “frontline” workers during the pandemic. But there’s one group on the front line that is often overlooked. They are the dispatchers at […]

Fairgrounds now closed at night Three juveniles have been cited in Youth Court by the Hamilton City Police on felony burglary and criminal mischief charges. The male juveniles are 11, […]

An ambitious proposal to dip into the Jean Thomas Parks Beautification Fund hit a snag when members of the Park Board objected because they hadn’t seen the proposal. At a […]

The Stevensville Town Council meeting on April 8 had a fairly short agenda. However, two council members took time to read prepared statements explaining their votes on the Burnt Fork […]