Corvallis News

While the final numbers are still being tallied, Ravalli County voters said No to a $23.5 million bond for the Corvallis school system.

Editor's note: When the Gazette State Poll was conducted last month, those called were asked if they would be willing to discuss their opinions with a reporter later.

Even cowboys do a little 'mothering up' on occasion. Celebrate Mother's Day a day early cowboy-style with the Motherin' Up Gathering of Poets and Pickers May 10 in White Sulphur Springs. via Great Falls Tribune

Authorities in Ravalli County are looking for whoever is responsible for damaging 16 mailboxes in the Corvallis Area. via KPAX

As Nevada's budget woes deepen, hope dims for education programs Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is expected to announce additional budget cuts early next week, but state school officials expect with the budget deficit ... via Headwaters News

A Mass for Karen Lynn Taggart, 49, of Corvallis, Mont., will be at 11 a.m. March 30 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 5133 Walnut Road SE, Buckeye Lake. via The Advocate

Reconstruction planned for the Eastside Highway south of Corvallis could make way for only more growth, but the Department of Transportation wants to hear from the public. via KPAX

“That's about half the students.”

A club with just 13 students doesn't sound like much, until you consider the size of the school. via Great Falls Tribune

“We've heard from the CPCs that they expect that attendance to the meetings will pick up now that we're at the point that we're starting to draw the maps”

It's about time for the rubber to hit the road in the countywide zoning process now under way in Ravalli County. via Missoulian

A group called Tools 4-School Montana is helping the working poor and low-income families stay warm through the chilly winter. via KPAX

“It was a case that was very time-consuming. Some of the animals were in terribly poor condition. There were a lot of issues with it.”

Editor's note: Over the past two weeks, the Missoulian has updated readers on stories that found their way onto our pages during 2007. via Missoulian

Prosecutors say a Corvallis man took a game animal in every unlawful way he could. via Montana's News Station

“It's a lot harder to do comedy intentionally than I thought.”

Montana's Western District Congressman Pat Williams voted with the majority to support a measure that would institute uniform closing times for presidential elections. via Missoulian

“It's one of the newer wrinkles in the dairy industry's manure management”

Ray Dreo, Kevin Pack and Dan Huls, from left, assemble some of the pieces of the stairway being erected next to the twin methane-producing tanks on Huls' dairy near Corvallis on Thursday. via Missoulian

Almost a year ago, Ravalli County residents voted to dig deep into their pocketbooks to preserve some of the last remaining open lands in the Bitterroot Valley. via Missoulian

“We used to have caps that snapped into place”

The season of the Bitterroot Mac is back. On this sunny Sunday afternoon, thousands of Bitterroot McIntosh apples are slowly bobbing their way toward a narrow conveyor belt jutting out from edge of the ... via Missoulian

“I have enjoyed working for Lee”

John VanStrydonck, publisher of the Missoulian and a vice president of Lee Enterprises, announced Monday that he is retiring at the end of October after 26 years with the company. via Missoulian

To help ensure Missoula teachers can stay focused on their students, Jack Sturgis has traded his own classroom for an office. via Missoulian

Carol Smothers has joined Physical Therapy On the Move P.C., a mobile physical therapy service owned by Larry R. Plant, as an office assistant. via Missoulian