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Briefs for Feb. 15, 2017

Sign up for traffic school POLSON — Polson Spring Traffic Education 2017 will begin soon. Application Week is Feb. 16-23. Forms are at the Polson High School office. You must be at least 14 ½ years old to apply. Class size is limited to 30. Host exchange students LAKE COUNTY —...

District court judge dismisses Lake County’s lawsuit over property tax District court judge dismisses Lake County’s lawsuit over property tax

POLSON – A substitute district court judge recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by Lake County in an attempt to force the Montana Department of Revenue to send a property tax bill to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for the former Kerr Dam. Blair Jones, 22nd District Court judge in Columbus...

LCCDC to start leadership program LCCDC to start leadership program

POLSON – The Lake County Community Development Corp. has a lot of irons in the fire. The non-profit regional economic development organization’s Executive Director Gypsy Ray spoke about where the organization is and where it’s headed at last week’s Polson Chamber of Commerce lunche...

Proposed conservation forest topic at Friday’s meeting

POLSON — Jim Simpson, chairman of the Lake County Conservation District and retired forester, will be the featured speaker at the Friday, Feb. 10 meeting of the Lake County Pachyderm Club. He will describe the proposed establishment of a 60,000-acre Conservation Forest on U.S. Forest Service land in th...

Pitchfest Pitchfest

MISSOULA – Crowdfunded loans are the newest thing growing in Montana. “There are ways to make your dreams a reality,” according to Annie Heuscher, program director for the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition. On Thursday, Jan. 26, all three of the farms that presented at the nati...

Irrigation board votes to appeal judge’s energy decision Irrigation board votes to appeal judge’s energy decision

ST. IGNATIUS — The Flathead Joint Board of Control is seeking an appeal on a judge’s energy decision. Judge H. Peter Young stated in his decision that the FJBC failed to prove that the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have an obligation to continue to provide low-cost power for the irri...

Drugs seized from alleged distributors Drugs seized from alleged distributors

LAKE COUNTY ‑ Lake County law enforcement officers recently confiscated relatively large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in two separate, unrelated cases, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. On Sunday, Jan. 22, Mission Valley Drug Task Force and federal authorities arrested Michae...

Farmers, ranchers invited to join conference

MISSOULA — The 2017 Western Montana Grazing and Agriculture Conference, hosted by the Lake County Conservation District, will take place Feb. 9-10 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Missoula. Livestock and crop producers as well as natural resource professionals and educators from across Montana will converge ...

Local federal land management considered Local federal land management considered

RONAN – Public opinion is needed concerning an initiative to move 60,000 acres of federal forestland to state management. The land is located in timber sections of U.S. Forest Service managed land in Lake County. Flathead Lake is on the west side of the acreage, Swan Lake is on the east side of a la...

District court judge dismisses Lake County’s lawsuit over property tax

  POLSON – A substitute district court judge recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by Lake County in an attempt to force the Montana Department of Revenue to send a property tax bill to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for the former Kerr Dam.  Blair Jones, 22nd District Court j...


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