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(KLYQ Photo) (KLYQ Photo)

Levies Pass in School Elections (Updated)

School officials cheered the results of levy elections in the Bitterroot Valley Tuesday. These are unofficial results from the Ravalli County Election Office.

The Corvallis School District, faced with a budget shortfall, passed an operational levy with a vote of 673 in favor and 536 against.

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Golden Eagles Poisoned near Alberton

Two golden eagles are dead from poisoning in Bear Creek, which is off the Fish Creek drainage west of Alberton.

The Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks sent the remains to the Bozeman state lab, where the cause of death was determined to be poison.

The state and

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The Missoula winners on Fox and Friends. (Fox) The Missoula winners on Fox and Friends. (Fox)

UM Journalism Team Wins Fox News Award [VIDEO]

A documentary on wolves has earned two University of Montana Journalism students and their instructor $20,000 in this year’s “Fox News College Challenge.”

Alexandra Schwer and Kyle Schmauch appeared on Friday’s “Fox and Friends” program to receive their checks and explain their award-winning project

Bitterroot River at Bell Crossing this week. (KLYQ Photo) Bitterroot River at Bell Crossing this week. (KLYQ Photo)

Bitterroot River Nears Flood Stage

The river gauge south of Darby is now inching toward flood level, triggering a flood warning for the Bitterroot River in the south valley.

The warning has already gone out for the north end of Ravalli County, as the Bell Crossing measurements increased rapidly following the 80-degree temperatures over the weekend

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Deer are not so nervous in the spring. (KLYQ Photo) Deer are not so nervous in the spring. (KLYQ Photo)

Montana Hunters, Get Your Supertags!

Last year, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks sold almost 68,000 Supertag hunting chances for the hunting season.

Here’s what you can get – there are eight SuperTag licenses offered – for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, elk, deer, antelope, mountain lion and bison

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Como Lake (KLYQ Photo) Como Lake (KLYQ Photo)

Bitterroot’s Lake Como Boat Area Under Construction

Crews are busy around Lake Como, northwest of Darby.

 

As we’ve mentioned before, the beetle-killed trees are coming down in a harvest operation that continues around the campgrounds at the popular recreation area.

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Pinesdale Has Whooping Cough Outbreak

The Pines Academy elementary school in Pinesdale has closed for the week of April 9th, due to an outbreak of whooping cough in the Pinesdale area, northwest of Hamilton.

The Ravalli County Health Department has reported at least five people have tested positive for pertussis, and more cases are expected to be confirmed

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The park will look different, but the free concerts will be back! (KLYQ Photo) The park will look different, but the free concerts will be back! (KLYQ Photo)

Hamilton’s "Tuesday at 12″ Highlights Local Musicians

For over 20 years, summers have been extra special in Hamilton with the “Tuesday at 12″ free public concert series at Hamilton’s Legion Park. And the series is back for 2012.

Now, during those 20 years, the tall cottonwoods that provided great shade in the park have been chopped down as they reached old age and there was danger of falling limbs. The new design of the park ad

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A scene from last year's KLYQ Spring Fair. (KLYQ Photo) A scene from last year's KLYQ Spring Fair. (KLYQ Photo)

Bitterroot Spring Fair Blooms This Saturday

For over 20 years, the Spring Fair has brought together a wide variety of businesses in a professional trade show setting.

The charred area left by the Bear Trap Fire. (USFS Photo) The charred area left by the Bear Trap Fire. (USFS Photo)

Bear Trap Fire Indicates Dry Forests

The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and other agencies fought one of the first Montana forest fires of the year this weekend.

 

The 105-acre Bear Trap Fire at the confluence of the Madison River and Bear Trap Creek was started by an escaped campfire Saturday.

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