Articles with the Tag: Helena
HELENA — Two Lake County residents were appointed to statewide councils last week by Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Chad Cottet of Polson has been appointed to the Economic Development Advisory Council. Cottet is the region representative for the Lake County Community Development Corporation and is...
The Montana Supreme Court handled the following Lake County criminal cases last week. A Bigfork man serving felony sentences filed an emergency appeal in the Montana Supreme Court. Michael Westmark , 65, claimed in his Sept. 5 filing that he has been denied release from the Montana S...
HELENA – In a 4-2 vote the interim State-Tribal Relations Committee for the Montana legislature passed a resolution in support of the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact on Sept. 10. Some members of the committee said passing the resolution is important because it ex...
By Matt Varilek, Small Business Association regional administrator HELENA – One of this region’s most expensive disasters unfolded the night of Sept. 9, 2013 when over 10 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period, devastating Boulder, Colo., and several other communities with flash floods,...
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court on Aug. 13 denied the appeal of a habitual drinking and driving offender from Lake County who claimed he was illegally sentenced. Dillard Cody Miller, 68, is currently serving a 10-year sentence in the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby for a felony con...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA – Last year nearly 98 percent of Montana students in grades 3-8 and grade 11 participated in the field test of the new, online Smarter Balanced Assessment aligned to the Montana Common Core Standards. A field test is a “t...
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court ruled Aug. 5 that an off-duty Ronan officer’s 2012 citizen’s arrest of a man in Missoula was legal. Martin Mulipa Iosefo appealed to the Supreme Court last year after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol. He was sentenced by...
News from Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch PABLO, MT – Secretary of State Linda McCulloch presented Ron Couture, CSKT enrolled tribal member and owner of Jitterbug Weed and Pest Control, with a Secretary of State’s “Certificate of Good Standing” during the ...
HELENA — The Mission Valley Mariners fought through nail-biting games before silencing the hometown Helena Reps in Sunday’s championship game to win 13th annual Cloninger Classic Legion A baseball tournament in Helena. Although the Reps started the first innings strong, the Mariners tied it up...
It was a fast and furious week for the controversial Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, State of Montana and United States water rights compact. Rep. Kathleen Williams, D-HD 65, Bozeman, took over House Bill 629 to implement the negotiated water contract when Rep. Dan Salomon, R-HD 12 ab...
