Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
PABLO – More than 40 written and verbal warnings were issued to people who blew past the watercraft checkpoint in Pablo last summer, and law enforcement officials say ignorance about what constitutes a “watercraft” likely played a part. “A lot of it, quite frankly, is people with k...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – The multi-jurisdictional checkerboard of private, public, and tribal lands creates challenges for catching violators of game laws on the Flathead Reservation, but cooperation between the agencies last year led to prosecution of several wrongdoers. “We have a great workin...
RONAN – For approximately three decades movie lovers have settled into the big, comfy chairs at the Entertainer Theater in Ronan, so when the facility underwent an upgrade in mid-February, management knew that finding something as close to the classic chairs was a must. The theater had its floors pa...
With blizzard warnings calling for 25-50 mph winds and 100 percent chance of snow, travel on back roads was treacherous throughout Lake County Friday and through the weekend. Even a state snowplow was seen stuck near Pablo. “This was one of the worst storms I’ve seen in 14 years with the Sheri...
FLATHEAD LAKE – After the conclusion of a years-long process of environmental assessment, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will begin netting efforts this spring to reduce the number of invasive lake trout in Flathead Lake, in hopes of promoting a rebound of the native and threatened bull tr...
LAKE COUNTY – High fur prices created a lucrative pull for trappers to take to the woods last year and more incentive to break the law. “We saw more steel out in the woods this year trapping than anyone has seen in recent times,” Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Captain Lee Anderson said....
RONAN – The Ronan City Council voted to take money from its storm water account to pay a settlement with PaveCo Contracting and Utilities of Kalispell last week. The $32,500 final payment was for work that was done a couple of years ago on a walking path project that begins near Les Schwab. Th...
LAKE COUNTY — Debit and credit cards offer convenience for customers, but local business owners say accepting the form of payment can gobble up profits. Every time a person swipes a card part of the purchase price that could filter back into the local economy instead is siphoned off to card co...
CHARLO — For more than 30 years, Clyde Olsen has spent his mornings and afternoons carting Charlo schoolchildren to and from school. Over the decades he’s built a relationship with his riders and the community. But when the Charlo district switched from having its bus service contracted...
CHARLO – Every elementary classroom in the Charlo school district will be able to complete a class project this year thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who pledged $2,450. Superintendent Thom Peck said the donor pledged to come to the school each Thursday for seven weeks, and write...
