The last five high school state basketball tournaments will tip-off on Thursday, and a handful of Western Montana teams will be trying to bring home hardware.

He won it all, but he’s still hungry for more. Blue Devil sophomore Travis Davis won an individual Class A state wrestling championship in the 125 lb. weight class at the Montana state all-class wrestling tournament in Billings over the weekend.

If you want to watch some local youth boxers take to the ring this Saturday night, then the Hamilton Eagles Lodge is the place to be. Some extremely competitive, fast-paced boxing will be on display.

The owners of the Bitter Root Stock Farm have petitioned Hamilton for the annexation of 290 acres. The proposed annexation covers the southern end of the 650-acre parcel and is bounded roughly by Fairgrounds Road, Old Corvallis Road and Eastside Highway.

A special tax increment financing district designation could be employed to encourage improvements along Old Corvallis Road in Hamilton. The district is now supported by two entities along the road - Ravalli County Economic Development Authority and the Council on Aging.

Though Butte might be the destination of choice for many Montana revelers on St. Patrick’s Day, the Bitterroot Valley has its own wealth of Irish culture which organizers at the Daly Mansion are hoping to explore and share come next Wednesday.

To doubters of a college mission for the Bitterroot Valley, Victoria Clark needs only to describe the desire she sees in the people who visit her Hamilton office.

Wednesday's Sports Transactions

Rosters for the 2010 Southwest Montana High School Basketball Classic have been selected.

He won it all, but he’s still hungry for more. Blue Devil sophomore Travis Davis won an individual Class A state wrestling championship in the 125 lb. weight class at the Montana state all-class wrestling tournament in Billings over the weekend.

If you want to watch some local youth boxers take to the ring this Saturday night, then the Hamilton Eagles Lodge is the place to be. Some extremely competitive, fast-paced boxing will be on display.

The national lab in Hamilton continues its rise to the top of the list of “Best Places” for post-doctoral research, according to The Scientist magazine.

The owners of the Bitter Root Stock Farm have petitioned Hamilton for the annexation of 290 acres. The proposed annexation covers the southern end of the 650-acre parcel and is bounded roughly by Fairgrounds Road, Old Corvallis Road and Eastside Highway.

A special tax increment financing district designation could be employed to encourage improvements along Old Corvallis Road in Hamilton. The district is now supported by two entities along the road - Ravalli County Economic Development Authority and the Council on Aging.

Though Butte might be the destination of choice for many Montana revelers on St. Patrick’s Day, the Bitterroot Valley has its own wealth of Irish culture which organizers at the Daly Mansion are hoping to explore and share come next Wednesday.

Rosters for the 2010 Southwest Montana High School Basketball Classic have been selected.

Rosters for the 2010 Southwest Montana High School Basketball Classic have been selected.

HAMILTON, Mt. - Two Roswell men will spend the next six months behind bars in Montana after a judge sentenced them Wednesday for abusing horses on a pack trip in the Bitterroot Valley in 2008.

Although Montana does have large-scale delivery providers, currently there are no smaller trucking services that deliver time-sensitive goods, said a room full of food buyers and producers Monday during Local Foods Commerce Day at the University of Montana .

The national lab in Hamilton continues its rise to the top of the list of “Best Places” for post-doctoral research, according to The Scientist magazine.