Articles with the Tag: Lake County Sheriff Department
The Blue Bay 1 and 2 fires that broke out on Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal land on Thursday, Aug. 10, were dampened by rain, cooler weather and cloud cover on Sunday. Lightning is the suspected cause of the fires which are burning in the Mission Mountains east of Blue Bay. Brent Burland...
POLSON – South Lake County residents may have noticed fires burning east of Arlee, one of which may cause some Placid Lake residents to evacuate and another that burned a salvage yard. Kelly’s Auto Salvage, located southeast of town off U.S. 93, lost some 400 cars due to a fire cau...
POLSON – Two women were arrested after a high-speed chase late Wednesday, July 19. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop at 11:20 p.m. near St. Ignatius after a four-door Hyundai sedan was seen traveling erratically northbound on U.S. 93...
ST. IGNATIUS – Besides the climbing wall, another new event was at the Good Old Days celebration this year. A crowd watched as emergency responders from across Lake County gathered together to stage a mock rescue. Mission Valley Ambulance Auxiliary Vice President Jade Michel said emergency res...
News from CSKT Division of Fire RONAN – Tribal Forestry’s Division of Fire needs to warn reservation residents and visitors about the dangers of igniting fires in forested lands. The DOF has had a number of suspicious starts in the last couple weeks and would like the public to be on the loo...
POLSON – They finally got their man. The Lake County Attorney’s Office won a rape trial last week when a seven-man, five-woman jury voted unanimously to convict Vaughn James. James, 44, had defeated a rape charge at a June 12-14 trial when the jury split 10-2 in favor of conviction. That wa...
FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION — Tribal Forestry’s Division of Fire needs to warn reservation residents and visitors about the dangers of igniting fires in forested lands. Unattended campfires or other small starts may easily spread and spark much larger fires that could damage pristine lands and ca...
POLSON – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and other area law enforcement agencies are implementing a new procedure to better comply with a new victim’s rights law, although the law was put on hold on Friday. Marsy’s Law is a citizens’ initiative that was overwhelmingly ...
POLSON – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and other area law enforcement agencies are implementing a new procedure to better comply with a new victim’s rights law, although the law was put on hold on Friday. Marsy’s Law is a citizens’ initiative that was overwhelmingly ...
LAKESIDE — Some 32 people were transported via ambulance to hospitals across Flathead, Lake and Missoula counties on June 17 after a deck collapse at Glacier Camp near Lakeside, according to the Somers/Lakeside Fire Department. Six people injured were transported by air ambulance. Both A.L.E.R...
