On Monday, Tom Heintz, Incident Commander on the Sawtooth Fire west of Hamilton, initiated a Stage 2 Evacuation Notice. The Notice is for the entire area described as follows: All […]
Archives for September 11, 2012
Bitterroot ski resort proposal returned to sender
By Michael Howell U.S. Forest Service officials hand delivered a letter to proposed Bitterroot Resort developer Tom Maclay at a meeting they held with him last week at Bitterroot […]
County Road Department union members complain of unfair labor practices
By Michael Howell Some members of the local Laborers’ International Union, Local #1686, all of them employees of the Ravalli County Road and Bridge Department, are alleging that the county […]
County settles lawsuit over Mahar agreement
By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners voted to settle a lawsuit filed by the Bitterroot Star and Ravalli County Watchdog over the Settlement Agreement signed between the county […]
Ribbon cut on Stevi Streetscape project
The ribbon was cut last Friday on Main Street, Stevensville, in celebration of completion of Phase 1 of the Streetscape Project, a $500,000 sidewalk improvement project that included repairing […]
Hamilton sweeps on the pitch
The Hamilton boys and girls soccer teams had a successful weekend, notching wins on Thursday against Corvallis and then again on Saturday against Polson. The Hamilton boys got off to […]
Re: Don’t use taxpayer money to fund your campaign
Kudos to Mr. Evan Jordan of Frenchtown for his letter of 8/27/12 in which he contests Representative Denny Rehberg’s use of taxpayer money to support his candidacy for Senator. […]
Kinda dry
Rain, rain, come again Before we blow away. The grass is brown, The river’s down And smoke is in the air. I guess it’s feeling autumn, And the temperatures […]
Pushing back for Obama
Last month, on the Interstate highway between Gold Creek and Drummond, transporting a fellow Montanan to Seattle to attend to her daughter’s dying, I changed a flat right front tire […]
Florence Cruises
The Florence Falcons flexed their muscles this weekend against two tough teams, the Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers and the Bigfork Vals, on the volleyball court. The experienced Florence team didn’t […]
Unlocking the Obama puzzle
By Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale President Obama is like a superbly capable, super competitive ball player who inexplicably keeps running the ball in the wrong direction. Because of the mega-media’s […]
Football round-up
*Breaking news – The Victor/Philipsburg football game in Philipsburg has been forfeited by Philipsburg due to not enough players. The game was scheduled for Friday night. Stevensville and Florence […]
Cross Country
Corvallis won the Anaconda Invitational on Saturday. Sadi Henderson led the Blue Devils to the win. She finished first with a time of 18:38.65. Kaycie Stewart (19.49.30) finished third. […]
TOWN OF STEVENSVILLE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Reading of Ordinance 113, Ordinance Amending Chapter 12.28 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Stevensville Regulation […]
Sales/Auctions ONE DAY ONLY ESTATE SALE! Saturday, Sept. 15th from 7 am to ? Tools: Welder, grinders, oxygen tanks, and more. Household: Washer, dryer, card table w/chairs, file cabinet, heater, […]
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 […]