Articles with the Tag: Kerr Dam
Visit with Ronan Police Chief News from the Ronan Police Department RONAN — As part of the City of Ronan’s ongoing commitment to openness, responsiveness to the community and efforts to enhance citywide communication, the Ronan Police Department hosts a program called “Cof...
FLATHEAD LAKE — Representatives from Energy Keepers, Inc., NorthWestern Energy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs conferred on Oct. 27 regarding current and projected operation of the Seli’s? Ksanka Qlispe’ Project, fo...
POLSON – Rumors have a funny way of getting around, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have heard a few since they took over the formerly-named Kerr Dam, so they invited Montana state representatives, senators and committee members along with every major news source within 100 miles to the...
PABLO — When Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council Chairman Vernon Finley said, “Let’s name it after the owners of the dam — The Salish Kootenai Dam,” the crowd at the dam acquisition ceremony smiled and applauded. After 30 years of litigation and negotiation, the C...
Ever since the land was new, before Flathead Lake and the Flathead River had names, snow has been falling on the mountains, melting and finding its way down the timbered slopes, into small creeks and streams before flowing into the lake. The lake narrows into Flathead River, where five miles southwe...
PABLO — KSKC Public TV will be broadcasting the Kerr Project Acquisition Community Event on Sept. 5 from the Joe McDonald Gym on the SKC Campus in Pablo on channel 27.2. The station will also stream the events on the Internet. The link to the stream will be posted on the SKC website at www.skc.edu by F...
PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes invite the community to participate in an upcoming event to commemorate the tribal acquisition of the Kerr Hydroelectric Project on Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Joe McDonald Gymnasium at Salish Kootenai College. The tribal commu...
PABLO — With a short agenda to allow everybody to enjoy the Arlee Celebration, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes quarterly meeting got underway on July 3 with an honor song from the Brother drum group and a prayer by Kevin Howlett, head of tribal health. With 64 days to go unti...
ST. IGNATIUS – After hearing complaints from Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators about delivery problems and concerns about possible future increases in operations and maintenance assessment, Flathead Joint Board of Control irrigation commissioners said May 13 that one of their main objective...
Lipscomb to address Kerr Dam purchase POLSON — Brian Lipscomb, CEO, Energy Keepers, will talk about the Tribe’s purchase of Kerr Dam, the marketing of electricity, and how it may affect the tax base of Lake County and Polson School District at the Friday, May 22 Lake County Pachyderm...
