Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
ST. IGNATIUS — Three Flathead Joint Board of Control Commissioners — Boone Cole, Chair, Wayne Blevins and Jerry Laskody — gathered on Oct. 14 to talk to newspaper reporters about Resolution 2013 and what brought about the resolution. The FJBC, voting 6 to 5 with the chair abstainin...
PABLO — In 2009, John Carter, attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, wrote that the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission was established by the 1979 Legislature “to negotiate rather than litigate the federal reserved and aboriginal water rights of Indian tribes and ...
POLSON — Polson School Board meetings begin with time for public comments, and at the Oct. 14 meeting Marine veteran Sgt. Chuck Lewis, who served during the Vietnam era, spoke to trustees about welcoming veterans to the Polson schools. Lewis recently returned to the Mission Valley from a six-...
PABLO — A gathering of scholars, researchers and students from around the globe came to Pablo last week to share knowledge about the different methods of indigenous research. “The heart of my philosophy is caring, sharing, compassion and truth,” said Shawn Wilson, Ph.D. “As indigen...
POLSON — Polson Rural Fire District trustees are considering the proposed sale of Fairgrounds Station No. 4. “This board did not go looking to sell (the station),” Chair Jack Clapp said. “We were approached.” Lake County Search and Rescue has offered $289,000 to purc...
POLSON — At the Oct. 7 Polson City Commission meeting, commissioners tabled a resolution to set impact fees. They had lowered the impact fees earlier in the year in an attempt to stimulate growth and had planned to raise the fees again at this meeting. Commissioner Stephen Turner asked Mike Howke, P...
POLSON — From a sidehill, Skyline Drive started as a stagecoach road before turning into the luxe two-lane road complete with a walking/biking path and guardrails that it is today. Saturday, Oct. 12 dawned cold and gray, but that didn’t stop the ribbon cutting for the $12 million Skyline...
POLSON — Mary Frances Caselli and Ken Siler are seeking a four-year term as Ward 3 Polson City Commissioner. Mary Frances Caselli is self-employed, and she and her husband Gino have lived in the area for 10 years. Ken Siler has been a Polson resident since 1998. He retired from Ford Aerospace in ...
RONAN — “Water is a flammable substance in this valley, they told me,” said Bruce Lobel, grinning. Lobel, a retired Montana water court judge, was in Ronan Wednesday, Oct. 2, to present information on the water adjudication process. Lobel had been on the water court for 23 years and i...
POLSON — A little blonde girl losing her hair and a small boy with a big grin and a bald head were the reasons Polson Middle School cafeteria and part of the gym was wall to wall people on Oct. 5. Bella Allred and Bridger Stupack, both 4 years old, are cousins, and both have been diagnosed with canc...
