Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
POLSON — Matthew Adam Darnell, 25, of Pablo, pleaded guilty on April 10 to ramming a car through Westland Seed to steal guns and attempting to steal firearms from two other establishments earlier this year. In a plea agreement Darnell pleaded guilty to felony burglary, ...
PABLO — The Flathead Basin Commission is in the process of rolling out new tools meant to keep invasive species at bay. At an April 9 meeting, commission members reviewed plans for new video public service announcements and the deployment of scent detection dogs trained to sniff out specific invasiv...
RONAN – Winning the state FFA championship in beef production is something Cheyanne Smith hopes will be a stepping stone on the way to raising cattle as an adult. The Ronan senior nabbed the top prize last month by completing a four-year long project that required her to document her work with...
RONAN — No one was injured in an April 14 explosion of a propane tank on Glacier Lily Road. Resident Dee Anderson said she heard the blast from two miles away at approximately 3:15 p.m. According to Ronan Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Clary, embers melted through a plastic wheelbarrow...
ST. IGNATIUS – When the “real world” arrives, it might hit hard. “It was like a slap in the face when you had to give 30 percent of your $500 to taxes,” junior Amanda Andres said as she worked through career day at St. Ignatius High School last week. The event ...
PABLO – Tribal officials say more stringent rules for receiving housing assistance, and pharmaceuticals have been put in place in the four months since the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council promised to aggressively combat substance abuse on the Flathead Reservation. At the April ...
LAKE COUNTY — Proliferation of technology has created a new medium for law enforcement to track and investigate criminals but also poses a whole new realm of cyber crime that is at times difficult to prosecute, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. Yonkin spoke at the March Partner...
PABLO – In 2014’s second quarterly meeting of tribal council, tribal members spoke out against the possibility of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes reimbursing Lake County government for revenue that will be lost once the tribes take control of Kerr Dam in September 2015. Thoug...
ST. IGNATIUS – Police Chief Jeffrey Ferguson will not be reimbursed for damages to his uniform caused by a March 10 dog attack. In a rare non-unanimous decision, the St. Ignatius Town Council voted to not pay for the damages because some councilmembers feared it would set precedent for other employees ...
ST. IGNATIUS – When the “real world” arrives, it might hit hard. “It was like a slap in the face when you had to give 30 percent of your $500 to taxes,” junior Amanda Andres said as she worked through career day at St. Ignatius High School last week. The event ...
