By Michael Howell The negotiating teams for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), the State of Montana, and the United States have completed a proposed Water Rights Compact and released it for public review and comment. The water rights settlement provides for the administration of water rights on the Flathead Indian Reservation and will…
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Stevensville Airport annexation moves forward
By Michael Howell Step by step, the Stevensville Town Council is moving forward in a multi-pronged effort to annex the Stevensville Airport property. At its regular meeting on November 21, the Council passed a Resolution of Intent to Annex and passed on first reading an ordinance zoning the airport property, on the conditioned it is…
North Burnt Fork Creek restoration continues
By Michael Howell Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge (Friends of the Refuge) has donated $3,000 to Montana Trout Unlimited (Montana TU) to be used in an ongoing restoration project along North Burnt Fork Creek as it passes through the Ellison Cattle Company ranch north of Stevensville. Montana TU has devoted a…
Dog caught in trap at Florence Bridge Fishing Access site
By Michael Howell Last Monday, November 19, a Florence area resident was walking his dog at the Florence Bridge Fishing Access Site when his dog was caught in a leg-hold trap illegally set along the river bank. According to Region 2 Wildlife Manager Mike Thompson, the trap was anchored to an old concrete bridge…
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Name Change of Tamara Theresa Bilinovich, Tamara Theresa Bilinovich, Petitioner Cause No. DV-12-518/3 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Tamara Theresa Bilinovich to Tamara…
Sales/Auctions BLU-J ESTATE SALE RAVALLI FAIRGROUNDS Complete Estate & Consignments •Antiques, home decor, gifts Nov 28 – 5:30pm-8 Nov 29 – 9am-8 Nov 30-Dec 1 – 9am WORK FROM NO HOME -5:30 View at: www.bluejayestatesales.com Vendors wanted for the Christmas Gift Fair, Dec. 7th and 8th in downtown Stevensville. Arts, Crafts and Home Based Business…
Another government takeover
The federal government is in the process of closing down the nation’s natural resources and thereby our wealth. Here in Montana the primary current risk is water which may become managed and controlled by the federal government through administration of the upcoming CSKT WATER USE COMPACT soon to be voted on by the Montana state…
Response to Pollard
It is appropriate for me to respond to Earl Pollard’s recently posted letter in the Bitterroot Star! First, I am happy for Earl and all the entitlements he has earned over his 88 years. Congratulations to him! I too, have earned buy generic cialis online a lot buy cialis online of entitlements over my…
County recycling Ravalli Recycling is open Mondays from 3 to 6 p.m. or dusk, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon (Sat. only buying aluminum cans, scrap metals and car batteries). #1 and #2 plastics, cardboard (flattene buy cialis without prescription uk d and no wax), telephone books, magazines and tin cans are currently…
In gratitude for Florence library
By Ann Bethea (for) Florence Civic Club In 1980, when Steve and Sue Schertenleib first bought the market in downtown Florence (then called Economy IGA), there were two shelves of books which were informally borrowed and donated by grocery patrons. The Schertenleibs conducted a survey to assess the level of use and interest. The positive…
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