Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
ARLEE — An illegally dumped, tangled mess of unexploded blasting caps, forced the temporary closure of the North Valley Creek Container site on April 2. The first batch of caps were found by staff in a dumpster at the site on April 1, according to Lake County Solid Waste Manager Mark Nelson. T...
MISSION VALLEY – There is generally very little business owners can do to lower the cost of accepting credit and debit cards. The bulk of the charges are called interchange fees and are assessed on a per swipe basis by national mega-conglomerates that face little regulation from the U.S. government.&nb...
A Ronan family business has become a Mecca of sorts for ecoterrorists hoping to strike a blow against the fur industry. March 7 was the latest attack on the Fraser Fur Farm, located off Terrace Lake Road. On that night people who label themselves as “activists” entered the farm with intent to ...
Filing a tax return for the first time was like so many coming of age experiences that elders offer advice about: generally less scary than anticipated and not nearly as big of an accomplishment as I imagined it should have been once I was finished. A general wariness of the government’s annual coll...
RONAN — Chip-sealing of Canal Road will likely begin this summer, after Lake County Commissioners voted last week to create a rural improvement district to shoulder the estimated $79,200 cost of oil and administrative fees for the project. Proponents of the improvement project argue that it wi...
RONAN — Residents can expect to encounter new faces and cars patrolling Ronan streets in coming months. On March 24, the city council approved hiring two new officers and purchasing two police cars. It also considered revamping hiring policies for officers. The council accepted the resignation of Of...
The 35th annual Ronan Chamber of Commerce Ag Community Appreciation Banquet saw the celebration of long years of service by several key people. Potato farmers Roger and Kathy Starkel were honored as producers of the year. Community members sang “Happy Birthday” to farmer Bill Hocker, who...
LAKE COUNTY – Last week the Obama administration extended the deadline to mid-April for people not quite finished registering for healthcare under new law, but that won’t help an estimated 70,000 Montanans who find themselves without coverage because of the state legislature’s decision not ...
POLSON — Last week Desmond Mackay, 35, Polson, pleaded not guilty in district court to killing his father-in-law with a hammer. He pleaded guilty to one charge of deliberate homicide and an additional charge of felony assault with weapon in Lake County District Court. Mackay...
GREAT FALLS — Last week a former St. Ignatius resident was sentenced to 35 years, none suspended, in the Montana State Prison for child abuse. According to officials in Montana’s 8th District Court, Riley James Charlo Whitworth, 21, will also have to register as a violent offen...
