The smoke lifted enough Friday night for the Corvallis Blue Devils to welcome Hamilton to their field for their Homecoming game and an intervalley rivalry. The Blue Devils nearly […]
Archives for September 2012
Stevi stuns Butte Central
The Stevensville Yellowjackets do not have a senior on their volleyball team. Their youth at times can hinder them but sometimes it is a definite help. Thursday night’s match against […]
Golf Divisional Results
The Anaconda Country Club was the site of the Southwest A Divisional golf tournament over the weekend. The top 15 individuals and the top two teams advance to the […]
Natural resource policy ‘rally’ held
By Michael Howell The Bitterroot Natural Resource Recovery Committee, which has crafted a draft natural resources development policy for the county that is currently being edited by the Ravalli […]
County withdraws from Bitterroot Economic Development District
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners, in an emotional meeting last week with representatives of the Bitter Root Economic Development District (BREDD), explained their reasons for withdrawing from […]
Forest Service offers compromise on fees for cabin use
By Michael Howell Dave Meyers, Supervisor of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, has taken one step back on his proposal to enter the Gordon Reese cabin/warming hut at Chief Joseph […]
New Stevi airport manager appointed
At its September 13 meeting, the Stevensville Town Council confirmed the mayor’s appointment of Steve Knopp as the new manager of the Stevensville Airport. Knopp will not take over […]
DALE L. KEIL, Attorney at Law KEIL LAW FIRM, P.C. 315 South Main, Suite A Conrad, Montana 59425 Telephone: (406) 271-5575 Attorney for Estate and Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL […]
Sales/Auctions Multi-family garage sale. Sat. Sept. 29, 9-4. 800 College, Stevi. Household goods, clothes, chest freezer, fun stuff. MOVING SALE – Sept. 28-30, Fri-Sun, 10 AM-5 PM, 177 Garnet Drive, […]
Wolf treatment causes trip cancellation
It is reassuring to realize that there are people that have the courage to write letters and to speak out in defense of our rapidly disappearing wildlife. The letter […]
Our rights first
Should we sacrifice our Constitutional Rights at the altar of Foreign Policy? This election year has brought to the forefront a policy of appeasement and apology that puts foreign […]
Fires mismanaged
For many weeks now, we have been suffering from the effects of wildfires on our health, our livestock, and our homes. Small fires, that because of long standing policy, have […]
Support for Romney
Montana will probably vote for Mitt Romney as President, but without having Denny Rehberg in the Senate to remove Harry Reed as Senate boss, Romney would have to act in […]
Do the math
Mitt Romney has challenged us with one of those brain-teaser math problems, which I’ve never been much good at. But in the spirit of bi-partisanship, I’ll give it a […]
Hutterites don’t help local economy
When we moved to this area in 2008 we were happy to see the modest farmers’ market in Stevensville. Though we grow our own expansive gardens, it was reassuring […]
Thanks for help during evacuation
I would like to publicly thank the staff at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds for allowing me to keep my sheep and llamas there during the Sawtooth Fire evacuation. I […]
Support for Smith and Valk
The election this year presents us with a very critical choice: we can continue down the path of “coordination” and other far right concepts of this present board of […]
Misappropriation and misrepresentation
By Dr. Patrice Promack, Hamilton The definition of misappropriation is “to appropriate for a wrong or dishonest use.” This is exactly what happened recently at the meeting that had been […]
Call for local producers The Bounty of the Bitterroot show will be held Saturday, November 10 at the First Interstate Building at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds. This is a […]
Stevensville controls the net to top Hamilton
The Stevensville Yellowjackets defeated Hamilton in five games on Thursday night. Stevensville won the first game but then dropped the next two and had to rally for the win. Hamilton […]