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Editor, Montanans owe a huge thank-you to Congressman Denny Rehberg for fighting for our veterans and their memorial on Big Mountain. This is an issue that all of our elected officials should all be fighting for, but unfortunately, only Denny has been front-and-center. Montana veterans can take comfort ...
Editor, Over the past few days, there have been several articles in the weekly and daily papers reporting how Montana’s livestock producers are receiving record-high prices for their animals. That may be true, but there is another side of the story. We all know that costs keep going up. That is pa...
A recent Sunday Missoulian reported that our state budget surplus may hit $426 million by the middle of next year, thanks to better-than-expected collections from your income taxes, corporate fees, oil and gas production and insurance taxes. Some sources of state income may drop, but Montana looks to be comf...
MISSOULA — Robert J. Congdon pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, and 14 counts of money laundering in Federal Court on Feb. 22. Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch set sentencing for June 7. Congdon is currently released on special conditions and was listed as a former Polson resident. Congdon faces possi...
Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, Feb. 15: Dallas Andrews , 24, Polson, had his 2009 deferred sentence for burglary, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 10 years, eight suspended. Andrews will receive credit for time served while in custody. ...
Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases Feb. 10-16: Jaycen Lee Paul , 41, pleaded not guilty to reckless driving, first offense. He was found guilty, sentenced to 180 days in jail, 179 suspended, and fined $300 plus $35 in court costs. Cathy Elaine Jasso , 49, pleaded not guilt...
RONAN — Darlene Fay Engelking Moderie was born in Great Falls on Dec. 3, 1941, to Josephine and William Engelking, and went to be with our Lord on Feb. 10, 2012. She graduated from Great Falls High in 1959 and moved to Missoula to attend St. Patrick’s Nursing School. She met Robert Wayne Moderie ...
ST. IGNATIUS — Ronald P. Hansen Sr., 54, longtime resident of St. Ignatius (23 years in Mission Valley), passed away at a family home in Seeley Lake, on Feb. 9, 2012. Ron was the youngest of six children born on March 31, 1957 to Roy Sr. and Pauline Hansen in Olympia, Wash. When Ron was four, the fa...
RONAN — Sandra “Sandy” Kay Castor, 56, passed away on Feb. 7, at her home in the Mission Valley. Sandy was born Aug. 24, 1954 to Alvin Ernest Sloan and Marie Anne Gress. Sandy was raised and lived in the Mission Valley, went to high school at Mission High School in St. Ignatius, and continu...
Editor, To Peregine Frissell’s question, “Saddling the majority of young people with massive debt is no way to build an economy or a strong society – do I disagree?” I have this response: It’s a student’s choice to select education options that require heavy debt. Aggre...
