Wednesday, September 19 BPL Preschool Storytime Preschoolers are invited to meet in the children’s corner of the Bitterroot Public Library in Hamilton on Wednesday, September 19 to play some Olympic games and hear a few books with storyteller Sally Blevins. Story time begins at 10:30 a.m. and is designed for children 3-5 years…
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Sawtooth Fire update
FIRE NAME: Sawtooth DATE OF DETECTION: August 30, 2012 CAUSE: Lightning CURRENT SIZE: 4,626 acres CONTAINMENT: 25% LOCATION: 7 miles WSW of Hamilton, Montana AGENCY: Bitterroot National Forest IMT: Greg Poncin’s Northern Rockies Incident Management Team TODAY’S ACTIVITY: Firefighters are preparing for a critical fire weather day, with a red flag warning in effect over…
Sawtooth Fire update
SAWTOOTH DAILY INFORMATION FACT SHEET Date: September 12, 2012 Time: 8:00 p.m. Incident: Sawtooth Wildland Fire Information Phone: 406-363-3556, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Location: Sawtooth Fire is about 3-4 miles west of downtown Hamilton, MT Approximate Size: 4,500 acres estimated Containment : 20% Incident Commander: Tom Heintz, Northern Rockies Type-II Incident Management Team Resources:…
Evacuation order in effect for Sawtooth Fire
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 residential and commercial properties West of Westside Road; All areas South of Paradise Trail and Blodgett Camp Road; NightHawk Lane South, and roads that access…
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 National Forest Headquarters in Hamilton. BNF Supervisor Julie King said that Maclay was told at that time that his Special Use proposal for using Forest…
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 has engaged and continues to engage in unfair and deceptive labor practices and intimidation and harassment. Back in January of this year a majority of…
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 and Deputy County Attorney Jeffrey Mahar last August. Mahar had filed a human rights complaint against the county and County Attorney Bill Fulbright, claiming discrimination…
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 hazardous stretches of the sidewalk, laying infrastructure for future lighting projects, creating bulb-outs for pedestrian safety, and many other amenities. The project was primarily funded…
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 a good start against Corvallis on Thursday when Tanner Crossman’s shot on goal hit the side bar and bounced in for the goal. Kyle Crossman…
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. How right Mr. Jordon is! Our whole election process has been destroyed in our presence and we, the people, have done nothing to stop it!…