Valerie Stamey

In Missoula federal court this week, a judge ruled that former Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey’s $20 million lawsuit against county commissioners, a local newspaper and others had no merit and dismissed the action.

The off-again, on-again case against former Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey is on again, after county officials asked a judge to find the elusive woman in default for not answering a summons regarding nearly $150,000 in fines she owes.

Ravalli County officials have been searching for more than a year for former County Treasurer Valerie Stamey, who disappeared back in 2014, while deputies were attempting to bring her a court summons.

In a lawsuit by former Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey filed against a Ravalli County newspaper, the Bitterroot Star, she referenced an interview on KGVO Radio that occurred in 2014.

Ravalli County officials will consider hiring a professional process server to find disgraced former county treasurer Valerie Stamey so she can be officially served with a lawsuit.

The Montana Supreme Court ruled this week that Missoula County Public Schools mustrelease some employment records about the former Ravalli County Treasurer.

Former Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey has apparently disappeared after a series of investigations and lawsuits over mismanagement in the treasurer’s office.

When a Helena accounting firm finished its examination of the Ravalli County treasurer's office earlier this year, it found over $951,000 in cash and checks that now-suspended treasurer Valerie Stamey hadn't deposited into county accounts.

Listing over two dozen findings based on an investigative audit, the Ravalli County Commissioners voted to ask for Treasurer Valerie Stamey's immediate resignation.

On Tuesday, Ravalli County Attorney Bill Fulbright released the final examination of the county treasurer's office, specifically for the upcoming county commissioner's meeting on Friday, June 20.