By Michael Howell One of the largest subdivision proposals in the valley to come forth in years, the Legacy Ranch subdivision is being considered by the Ravalli County Planning Board at a meeting scheduled for this evening, Wednesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. at Lone Rock School. This meeting is a continuation of the…
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Grantsdale Elementary closing its doors
By Michael Howell After functioning for 124 years, the Grantsdale Elementary School is set to close its doors at the end of this term. That was the decision made by the Hamilton School District Board of Trustees last month on a 5 to 2 vote. Hamilton School District Superintendent Tom Korst said that the…
Commissioners examine barriers on Mitchell Slough
By Michael Howell A couple of Ravalli County commissioners put on their wading outfits and walked down Mitchell Slough from Victor Crossing Road to Bell Crossing Road as part of the process in meeting a Portage Route request made by Andy Roubik last November. The river channel was declared to be a stream and…
Stevensville moving forward on codification
By Michael Howell At a marathon meeting last week the Stevensville Town Council passed on first reading a slate of 18 new ordinances. According to Council member Ron Klaphake, most of the ordinances were simply to bring town codes in line with current state, national and even international codes, such as building, fire, plumbing,…
Lone Rock community looks for building site for community center
By Michael Howell Members of the Lone Rock community interested in building a community center got the go ahead from the County Commissioners to pursue the possibility of leasing county parkland for the project. The initiative was hatched by a group of local senior citizens that has met regularly at the school and become…
Planning Board considers Legacy Ranch Subdivision
By Michael Howell Members of the Ravalli County Planning Board, along with several concerned members of the public, toured the site of the proposed Legacy Ranch Subdivision last week. The proposed subdivision site is located northeast of Stevensville off the Eastside Highway, between Porter Hill Road and Dry Gulch Road adjacent to the Lee…
Shortfall in MRL contract may cost taxpayers
By Michael Howell Last May, facing a possible shut down of the Bitterroot rail spur, Julie Foster, the director of the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, helped broker a deal between Montana Rail Link, several rail shippers in the Bitterroot and local county and municipal governments to keep the line open for a year….
Hamilton Farmers Market being squeezed
By Michael Howell The Hamilton Farmers Market is feeling the squeeze this summer as the City of Hamilton is closing down Second Street to accommodate the American Legion Park reconstruction project. The Farmers Market has grown over its 21-year history to occupy the 200 block of Bedford, the one half block of Third Street…
Hamilton eyes noxious weed management plan
By Michael Howell Kellieann Morris, Noxious Weed Coordinator for the Ravalli County Weed District, made a pitch to the Hamilton City Council at its last Committee of the Whole meeting for developing a noxious weed plan for dealing with noxious weeds within the city limits. Morris told the councilors that due to their aggressive…
County to deed park land to Darby
By Michael Howell In early February, the Ravalli County Commissioners agreed unanimously to transfer the title to the property known as Waincrest Park to the Town of Darby. The county received correspondence from the town expressing a desire to annex and gain title to the park located on Mill Street. Deputy County Attorney Howard…