Susan Speicher spent enough years as a school teacher and guidance counselor to know all about the challenges facing those working to educate young people.
Bitterrooters looking for a good way to stay in shape and appreciate the beauty of the winter landscape will get the opportunity to learn how to cross-country ski next month as the Bitterroot Cross-Country Ski Club holds their annual learn-to-ski day.
The summit of Mill Point makes an appearence through a break in the inversion in Hamilton Monday afternoon. With a high of around 15 degrees yesterday, many Bitterroot Valley residents stayed indoors to avoid the chilly climes. Forecasts call for a chance of snow starting Tuesday followed by more chances of snow through the end of the year.
Nine-year-olds Drew French (front left) and Tyler Black of western Idaho wait for a nibble while ice fishing with friends on Lake Como Tuesday afternoon. With the lake covered in over a foot of ice, many in the valley took advantage of some afternoon sunshine to get outdoors and enjoy the nicer weather. More of this story
The Corvallis Blue Devil boys basketball team had their hands full on Saturday night, but finally held on to beat a scrappy Class B Florence team 70-65.
The Florence Lady Falcons used a dominant first half to take down the Corvallis girls basketball team 37-33 on Saturday night at Florence. Head coach Bryan Neuman isn’t quite ready to crown his squad yet, however. All Sports Headlines
At Me & Mom in downtown Hamilton, you won’t find any X-Box 360s or the latest Grand Theft Auto video game. Owner Patti Martin has established a reputation as more of an educational toy store.
After more than 25 years of pounding nails and battling the weather in the construction business, Wanda Sumner decided to hang up her tool belt and get into the retail business. After doing some remodeling at Simply Elegant Bridal and Formal Wear in Hamilton for the previous owner, a thought struck her.
When a downturn in the economy started affecting Jeff Skelton’s wholesale custom furniture business, he knew that he’d have to do something different. All Business Headlines
When most wine retailers decide to begin selling a new label they make their choice from a catalog and haul pallets of the shipped wine off a flatbed truck and cart them into the store.
When Jim Wood, owner of the Bitterroot Grocery Emporium, at 518 N. First St. in Hamilton, decides to begin selling a new wine, he often pulls bottles of the wine from his personal cellar and puts them on the rack for sale. More of this story
A photo of four bighorns rams, paired off and butting heads simultaneously, graced my work computer screen-saver for over two years. I snapped the photo of these Spanish Peaks rams along the Gallatin River during late winter 2008. Our family moved to the Bitterroot a few months later.
Frigid temperatures failed to keep local powder hounds away from the slopes Thursday as Lost Trail Powder Mountain fired up their chairlifts for the beginning of the 2009/2010 ski season.
With nighttime temperatures set to dip below zero early next week, livestock and pet owners in the valley will need to take precautions to ensure the safety of their animals. All outdoors Headlines
YORK - Reluctant to waste a single match, he strikes it close to the paper-thin curls he whittled from a log. We gather around as the phosphorous tip sparks, then hisses, and the yellow flame takes to the wooden shavings.
Within minutes, a fire burns upon the blanket of dirt and snow. A pillar of smoke lifts upon the freezing air while the forest creaks under the weight of winter. More of this story
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