Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Swan Hill Bed and Breakfast bills itself as “the perfect blend of Southern hospitality and Northwestern comfort.” Innkeepers Kimberly and Donald Walker are the main reasons for both the southern hospitality and the Northwestern comfort. They moved to the Polson area from Housto...
POLSON — What’s not to love about a store that encourages a shopper to bring friendly dogs to the store, and posts goofy farm jokes on its website? Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply is this store. The store opened in Polson March 27 at 170 Heritage Lane, in the building previo...
POLSON — Things are looking up for Lucky and Barbara Donegan. About a year ago, on April 2, 2013, the Donegan’s house went up in flames, burning all their possessions and leaving them homeless. On April 2 of this year a crane arrived to set in place a modular home and a shed for the D...
POLSON — It’s election season, and the filing deadline has passed. The primary election on June 3 will decide some positions, such as the Lake County Sheriff’s race, because all four candidates are Republican. Donald Bell, Kim Leibenguth, Rick Schoening and Dan Yonkin are running f...
POLSON — A case of mistaken identity erupted into violence March 5 as Polson resident Desmond Mackay, 35, allegedly attacked his father-in-law and brother-in-law with a framing hammer, according to court documents. John Barrows, 67, the father-in-law, was critically injured, flown to Kalispell...
POLSON — At the March 4 meeting of the Polson Board of Adjustments, the trustees approved a variance for a proposed new hotel, the Red Lion Inn. Show Me Polson LLC, represented by Jackola Engineering, asked for a 50-foot maximum building height rather than the 30 feet designated by Polson Deve...
PABLO — It took years of discussion and even arbitration, but the purchase price of Kerr Dam has been set at $18,289,798, according to Ronald Trahan, tribal chairman for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. PPL Montana started out asking $49.4 million for the dam with the CSKT offering $14.7...
PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes filed suit in U.S. District Court, Missoula, on Feb. 27. The suit defendants are the United States Department of Interior Secretary Sarah “Sally” Jewell; United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Jocko Valley Irrigation District; Mi...
POLSON — Two men were injured in an alleged attack by Polson resident Desmond Mackay, 35, on March 5. Mackay allegedly assaulted the two men with a hammer at approximately 7:15 p.m. in the alley behind 509 Fourth Street. One of the victims, a 67-year-old man, was unresponsive when Polson Polic...
POLSON — In a short meeting on March 3, Polson City Commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 1054, designating April 1, 2014, as National Service Recognition Day. This is the second year for NSRD across the nation with 832 mayors across the United States participating last year. ...
