Here is the Ravalli County Sheriff Department’s blotter for the week of May 18-24.

In the next few days, about 1,700 Ravalli County landowners will receive notices that their property is either inside the boundaries of a proposed new floodplain map or very close to it.

STEVENSVILLE – They joined hands and gathered around the grave of Ravalli County’s namesake Wednesday at about noon.

Every year, Ravalli Electric Cooperative takes a special precaution with its power lines in the east and west forks of the Bitterroot when the potential for wildfires spike.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has given Ravalli County $64,400 for two conservation projects that will pay for research on elk survival and improve habitat. The Associated Press reports the elk foundation gave grants last week totaling $257,011 to improve elk habitat in 14 counties in the state.

Two adults and two children in Ravalli County tested positive for pertussis on Friday.

HAMILTON, Mont. -- In Ravalli County, there are now an even 50 pertussis cases. The state confirmed two more whooping cough cases in Ravalli County late Tuesday afternoon.

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The principal at Corvallis High School says the Ravalli County health department's decision to require students without current whooping cough vaccines to stay home until May 14 has been a logistical headache for his staff.

HAMILTON — Members of Ravalli County’s Democratic Central Committee made an unprecedented move Friday in the realm of county politics.

It's been a busy day for state lab workers testing for pertussis. The lab had 78 samples to test Monday.