Articles Written By: Melea Burke
Election Day is less than two weeks away, but if you’re like many Americans, you may still be unsure who’ll get your vote on Nov. 2. While there are many ways to research candidates, the Internet is probably the most widely used method of gathering information, and for one nonprofit organization ...
MOEISE — The dust has settled after the annual bison roundup, but that’s about all that’s settled at the National Bison Range after a federal judge threw out a funding agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The Sept. 2...
ARLEE — An Arlee man died while driving on U.S. Highway 93 near Arlee Friday morning, according to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Eli Wolfe. Michael Harold Squeque Finley, 60, was traveling north around mile marker 14 on Hwy. 93 near Arlee when, according to Missoula County Sheriff’s Capt. Greg H...
CHARLO — The Charlo Vikings “focused on victory” last week, sporting purple and plenty of excitement going into the Lady Vikings’ homecoming volleyball game and the Vikings vs. Prospectors Friday night matchup. And their enthusiasm paid off as the girls swept Arlee in three sets Thurs...
POLSON — It’s no revelation to residents of the Flathead Reservation that the roads need improvement, and according to panelists at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian reservations across the country are facing similar or worse problems with their roads and bridges. ...
POLSON — A gray building across the street from Southshore Veterinary Service doesn’t look ominous, but its contents are causing quite a stir in the neighborhood. Marijuana is being grown as part of a medical marijuana operation in the building at 35647 South Hills Drive, according to La...
Jobs, the state budget, DUI laws and the Medical Marijuana Act are just some of the issues that Senate District 8 candidates Shannon Augare, D-Browning, and Rick Jennison, R-Ronan, say they’re prepared to face in the upcoming legislative session. Augare, the incumbent, said he’d work to make s...
For the first time since the creation of Montana’s House District 15 in the early 1990s, a Republican is on the ballot, and two candidates will face off Nov. 2 to see who will represent the district’s 6,000 voters. Joe Read, R-Ronan, and Frosty Calf Boss Ribs, D-Heart Butte, both said job crea...
POLSON — A decision by District Judge C.B. McNeil last Thursday will keep an initiative to cap interest rates on payday loans on the Nov. 2 ballot for all Montanans. Several opponents of the bill, including two business owners registered to vote in Lake County, challenged CI-164 on the grounds that ...
Lake County’s never seen anything like this. It’s been 16 years since three candidates competed in the sheriff’s race, Election Administrator Kathie Newgard said, and it’s the first time an Independent has been in the mix. Add to those facts several months of heated — even bitte...
