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Editor, The City of Polson hired a consulting firm, Tishlerbise, to advise the process of developing an impact fee ordinance. State code requires that any governmental entity that intends to propose an impact fee ordinance or resolution shall establish an impact fee advisory committee. The impact fe...
Editor, It appears that the Ronan cross country team will begin the season in two weeks without an assistant coach hired due to politics. Following a successful 2011 season with the girls’ and boys’ cross country programs, I was not re-hired as head coach because I was attending monthly board ...
Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, July 18: Tiffany Cutfinger , 22, Pablo, had her 2010 deferred sentence for deceptive practices, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for seven years, four suspended. She will receive full credit for time served wh...
Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases July 13-19: Elisabeth Leann Moser , 46, pleaded not guilty to the amended offense of operating with alcohol concentration of .08 percent or greater blood alcohol concentration, first offense. She was found guilty, sentenced to 180 days in jai...
On March 1, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes implemented a new rule prohibiting non-tribal members from berry and mushroom picking. A tribal member may have non-member children and spouse accompany and assist with berry and mushroom picking, provided that the non-member children and spouse have th...
Editor, The Affordable Care Act is probably the least understood piece of legislation, yet the piece of legislation most people are so definite-in-deciding about one way or the other of anything put forth from our nations great bastion of political wit and wisdom in the history of this country. Read th...
Editor, I just wanted to give a big thank you to the organizers of the Praise On the Bay concert July 13 and 14. It was such a great line-up of performers, both local and famous. After the first night with Kutless, I didn’t think it could get better. But then we got Jars of Clay and Jeremy Camp the ...
Editor, Another water rights meeting was held last night where people vented their frustrations with the current state of the water rights negotiations. Too much secrecy, legally flawed, failure to honor individual property rights and too bureaucratic were some of the charges. Each of these criticisms has...
Editor, Treaty negotiations on the UN Arms Trade Treaty are slated to wrap up July 27 when President Obama signs the U.S. on as a participant. In May, Congressman Rehberg was successful in blocking funding to advocate for or agree to any provision of the treaty that would restrict the Second Amendment rig...
Editor, Here are some updates on the water rights issues. The Flathead Joint Board of Control has agreed to extend the comment period through Aug. 2 to give irrigators the opportunity to have input on the agreement currently negotiating with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe and the United Sta...
