Articles Written By: Melea Burke
PABLO — A recent U.S. District Court ruling reinstating gray wolves to the Endangered Species List means stockowners on the Flathead Reservation will no longer be allowed to harass or kill wolves that are harassing livestock. “We go back to the interim control plan that we had before (wolves w...
ST. IGNATIUS — A family vacation turned tragic Saturday evening when two boys drowned in an irrigation canal off St. Mary’s Lake Road east of St. Ignatius. Eight-year-old Dennis Beauchamp and his older brother Harry, 15, were on a family camping trip visiting friends on the Flathead Rese...
ST. IGNATIUS — A Lakeside man who fell more than 100 feet while hiking in the Mission Mountains Saturday must have been a “skilled faller,” as he sustained minimal injuries for the scope of the fall, Lake County Search and Rescue’s Christy Rhine said. Evan Kreps was transported by ...
Bonnie Tarses knew from the minute she first heard about the Dalai Lama’s planned visit to Arlee that she had to do something to help prepare for such a momentous occasion. “For some reason, it just resonated so strongly with me,” Tarses said of the phone call she received from a friend ...
RONAN — After a week of spotlighting sheep, goats, cattle and other farm animals at the Lake County Fair, the horses got their turn Saturday morning. The 4-H Horse Show, held at the fairgrounds in Ronan this year, featured around 20 local competitors. “It went really well,” 4-H horse sup...
RONAN — The Lake County Fair means plenty of hard work and good fun for 4-H participants, but for many, the fair is also synonymous with family. Most local 4-Hers have siblings, parents, aunts and uncles and even grandparents who were involved with 4-H as kids, and some are lucky enough to have olde...
ST. IGNATIUS — After a boil water order for St. Ignatius was downgraded to a health advisory, a few residents voiced concerns at the Aug. 3 city council meeting that they weren’t notified soon enough of the E. coli contamination in town water. Hope Ranel, a caregiver at Mill Pond Home assisted...
MISSOULA — Wolf hunts are out of the equation for Montana after U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled Aug. 5 that removing only Montana’s and Idaho’s gray wolves, and not Wyoming’s, from the Endangered Species List was illegal. Gray wolves in Montana and Idaho were delisted in Ap...
Saturday’s weather was perfect for a swim, and more than 70 people figured it was a good day for a mile-long swim across Polson Bay. At the eighth annual Water Daze event, dozens of swimmers donned wetsuits and neon caps for a swim from Salish Point to Boettcher Park, where they were greeted by an enth...
ST. IGNATIUS — With only three weeks to go before school starts Aug. 26, construction workers are putting the pedal to the metal to finish the St. Ignatius School’s new lunchroom, among other projects. Aug. 20 was the scheduled completion date for the elementary school renovation, including a ...
