Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
PABLO — More than half of the housing units tested by Salish Kootenai Housing Authority in the past 18 months have had some sort of detectable methamphetamine contamination, creating skyrocketing cost burdens for the organization and highlighting a potential health hazard in the community. Exe...
POLSON — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact has been on everybody’s mind for years, but especially since the bill passed the Montana Senate the week of Feb. 28. The Compact was on the Polson City Commissioners agenda at their March 2 meeting. The agenda was a follow-up on...
POLSON — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation announce the availability of Hunting, Fishing and Recreation Regulations for the 2015-2016 license season. The new license season began March 1, 2015. “We anticipate great outdoor recreational opportu...
HELENA — Hours-long debate simmered in the state capitol last week, as senators passed a bill by 31-19 margin that would ratify the state’s portion of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact. The bill, SB 262, now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration....
ST. IGNATIUS – After the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact passed through the Montana Senate last week, lobbyists for the Flathead Joint Board of Control were optimistic that they could keep the bill from passing in the House of Representatives. The board, which represents ...
Competitive swimmer and coach Mark Johnston left Montana to swim in the first open-water winter swim sanctioned in America, and returned home a national champion. “I am really happy with how I did,” Johnston said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t done anything like thi...
A bipartisan coalition is much more likely to pass some form of Medicaid expansion to provide health coverage for approximately 70,000 uninsured Montanans in the ongoing legislative session than last session, Governor Steve Bullock said after a tour of St. Luke Community Hospital on Feb. 18. Bullock...
ARLEE — Environmental assessment is underway to determine if Arlee Headstart facilities present a danger to students, after an unused glass pipe was found in the laundry room of the building last week. According to Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Spokesperson Rob McDonald, low-levels o...
People from across the Flathead Reservation and the state packed themselves into the state Capitol last week to give testimony on a proposed bill that would approve the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact. The compact quantifies the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ water rig...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Joint Board of Control is ramping up its lobbying efforts in Helena to stop the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact pending before the state legislature. The board voted 7-2 and 7-3 to spend up to $22,000 to pay for lobbyist Gary Forrester and pu...
