Ravalli County

UPDATE - 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 7
KGVO News has received a report from the Montana Department of Justice regarding details of Friday night's fatal officer involved shooting.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of suspended Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey on Tuesday, February 18, is 'the first of many', according to Ms. Stamey's attorney, Robert Myers.

Ravalli County Attorney Bill Fulbright announced on Friday, February 14, that retired District Court Judge Nels Swandal will head the investigation into alleged corruption and wrongdoing in relation to charges coming out of the treasurer's office.

In a letter released late Friday afternoon, Ravalli County Attorney Bill Fulbright said he has engaged an outside accounting firm to conduct a thorough, independent audit of the county treasurer's office.

In the last ten days, the Ravalli County treasurer's office has gone through a maelstrom of controversy, with the suspension of treasurer Valerie Stamey, and her accusations of wrongdoing against county commissioners and other officials.

The west is back. That's the headline from University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research Director Patrick Barkey.

The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office reported on Friday, November 22, that there has been a significant spike in credit card fraud.

There were speeches, chants, banners and music Monday at a noontime rally by about 100 people protesting the Ravalli County commissioners' refusal of $50,000 in federal Title X funding.

Ravalli County has become the first county in Montana to turn down a Title X Family Planning Grant. When Title X became law in 1970, it was designed to prevent unwanted pregnancies and provide counseling and preventive health services. However, a majority of commissioners in Ravalli today, September…

Friday, July 26, the downtown Hamilton area transforms into a pedestrian's paradise with street sales, food vendors and music in Day One of Daly Days.
Daly Days is named for the Montana town's founder, Marcus Daly, who built the town and lived in the Daly Mansion (which is open for daily to…

Missoula businessman Jason Washington, convicted recently of federal drug crimes, has been ordered to appear in Ravalli County District Court to face more felony drug charges.

On August 12, 2012, three juveniles robbed the Town Pump convenience store in Florence at gunpoint. One of the three, William Lawrence Waldman, 16, entered a plea of guilty to charges of felony robbery and felony assault with a weapon on Wednesday afternoon in Ravalli County District Court.