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With 1,200 miles of gravel and paved roads, Lake County has more roads to maintain than either of its neighboring counties – Missoula to the south and Flathead to the north – at a fraction of the budget. To help the county road department keep pace with maintenance needs, on May 13 the county commissioners approved a resolution of intention for an election on a county road maintenance levy. The vote paves the way for a public hearing June 3 followed by a second vote by the commissioners on whether to actually place the levy on November’s ballot. If approved by voters, the four-mill levy would be collected in two installments of two mills each beginning i...
With a 2-1 vote, the Lake County Commissioners gave a preliminary green light on May 18 to a controversial zoning amendment that would affect more than 4,000 acres within the Upper West Shore zoning district on Flathead Lake. In doing so, the commissioners voted against the recommendation made by the Lake Co...
News from the office of Senator Tester U.S. Senate — Thanks to funding secured in the American Rescue Plan, Montana is set to receive $10,012,392 in community grant funding to support mental health and substance use disorder services, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced. The Sub...
News from North Lake County Public Library POLSON — Join us Mondays at 9:15 a.m. for Mother Goose. Mother Goose is an interactive program for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. We move back to in-person Storytime starting Wednesday, June 9, at 10:15 a.m. Our Summer Readi...
News from University of MT, Western DILLON — The University of Montana Western named students to the 2021 spring semester Dean’s List. To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a minimum 3.33 grade point average. An asterisk after a na...
The 2021 Buck Young Scholarship winners and their college destinations are: Sam Fisher (FVCC); Michael Smith (BYU); Berkley Ellis (University of Montana); Megan Rost (Highline College); Taylor Collinge (University of Montana) and Madison Straub (Montana State University). The Buck Young Memorial Scholarship ...
ST. IGNATIUS — The lights of emergency vehicles could be seen flashing on the Mission Creek bridge in central St. Ignatius on Thursday, May 13, at about 10 p.m. after a wreck occurred with one vehicle totaled and the other missing. One bystander considered the water below the bridge and said &...
MONTANA — While the bill that establishes the framework of recreational cannabis in Montana is still waiting for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signature, the department that will implement the program is wasting no time getting ready. Officials at the Montana Department of Revenue are already p...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Unsecured garbage is irresistible to bears and quickly leads to bears frequenting homes and homesites, leading to conflicts. Due to human safety concerns, and the ability to prevent conflicts, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ wildlife managem...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte signed two bills to help address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons in Montana. “Montana faces a tragic trend of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, and we must bring all resources to bear in st...
