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ARLEE - Kenneth Roy Gordon, 50, of Nevada, Iowa passed away Monday, Jan. 10, of injuries sustained in a car accident. Ken was born Aug. 20, 1960, the son of Franklin and Beverly Zoe (Nelson) Gordon in Delta, Colo. Ken graduated from Arlee High School in 1978, and graduated from Montana State University ...
RONAN – Dennis “Cabe” Wayne Sessions, a member of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, passed away Saturday in Ronan. He is survived by his mother Lois Carlson of Ronan; father Bruce Sessions of Chico, Calif.; partner Mona Hayford of Post Creek; nephew Jay McElderry of Missoula; niece M&rsqu...
POLSON — Comfort Trellis Bolen, Sr., 32, was found not guilty of criminal endangerment and not guilty of partner family member assault. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a charge of threats and other improper influence in official and political matters (three verdicts of guilty, nine verd...
Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases Jan. 14-20: Jason Michael White , 24, pleaded not guilty to an amended offense of operating with alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent BAC or greater, first offense. He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 days in jail with all suspended. Whi...
Editor, Share the Spirit Holiday Assistance Program has been providing toys, clothes and Christmas gifts to Lake County children from needy families since 1998. We are fortunate enough to partner with Hellroaring Marine Contingent and the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program which helps us manage the daunt...
Editor, Accident tax is prohibited in Louisiana and 10 other states. We taxpayers of Montana should also insist on this law. The Polson Fire Department is putting an accident tax on everybody involved in their district. This is over and above the mil levy for the fire district. We taxpayers are not all...
Editor, Just a few observations after the visit of China's president, Hu Jintao. I observed a lot of finger pointing. Finger pointing is one of our favorite ways to try to deflect the causes of our problems onto someone else. Consider, for example, that right now the total investment by China in the U....
Editor, The Montana Green Party rejects and condemns capital punishment as a matter of conscience and principle. The death penalty fails to fulfill the American standards of justice in every logical, practical, and moral sense. It is evidently clear that capital punishment does not deter crime, as can b...
Editor, In a letter to the editor on Jan. 19, Bob McClellan made the following statements: “Three trillion here, three trillion there, pretty soon we’re talking real money. The Iraq mistake cost us that first three trillion and Afghanistan is probably exceeding that.” His figures are gr...
Editor, We recently had 12 of our M1 GARAND rifles replaced by the Department of Defense and the Army Donations Program for our Mission Valley Honor Guard. Because of added rules, regulations and security since the 9-11 disaster, shipping and receiving rifles through the mail is very complex. The Am...
