Articles with the Tag: Lake County
LAKE COUNTY — The National Weather Service’s heat advisory issued for Saturday and Sunday warned those living in Western Montana to be prepared for some of the hottest weather ever recorded in the month of June, and they were right. Across the state on Sunday, Helena set an all-time reco...
LAKE COUNTY — Providing unlimited access to clean, fresh water for cattle becomes even more critical with increasing temperatures. Water requirements for cattle double between 50 degrees and 94 degrees, according to the Montana Stockgrowers Association website. They recommend a gallon of water per 1...
POLSON — Lake County Commissioners and emergency services officials met Monday morning to discuss the current fire hazard situation due to recent warm weather and lack of moisture. As of press time, commissioners were seriously considering a fireworks ban for the entire county. Whether t...
RONAN — Popping fireworks can be great fun, if done in an appropriate time and manner. Ronan Public Works Director Dan Miller posted a note at City Hall last week as a reminder that the Ronan City Council adopted new fireworks regulations last summer, that are currently in effect. Under the...
Lake County road levy passes POLSON — Unofficial results from the Lake County Election Office indicate the Lake County Road Levy passed with 2,561 voters mailing in ballots in favor of the two-year levy and 1,592 voters casting their ballots against the levy. About 35 percent of e...
A wild fire started on west Finley Point on the evening of June 21, but the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire jumped on it and continued efforts on Monday, with a helicopter dumping water on the flames, two fire trucks on site and firefighters working on the blaze. “The ...
POLSON — In a conference hearing on Tuesday, attorneys for the Flathead Joint Board of Control told Lake County District Court Judge James Manley that the board intends to file for an injunction to halt ongoing implementation of parts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact passed earlier...
POLSON — Unofficial results from the Lake County Election Office indicate the Lake County Road Levy passed with 2,561 voters mailing in ballots in favor of the two-year levy and 1,592 voters casting their ballots against the levy. About 35 percent of eligible voters returned ballots; the elect...
LAKE COUNTY — The roadways of Montana are dotted with small, steel white crosses that serve as a solemn reminder that travel can sometimes turn treacherous and deadly, but the group responsible for placing them there wants to make sure the markers themselves don’t turn into a road hazard. ...
RONAN — A Calgary, Alberta man remained behind bars in Lake County on Monday after a routine drug stop last week ended in one of the largest drug seizures in the county in recent memory. Miguel Douglas Miranda, 22, was being held on $1 million bond, after being pulled over by a Montana Highway...
