Articles with the Tag: Lake County
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...
Hawaii resident Janna Hoehn is intent on remembering and honoring those who lost their lives in the Vietnam conflict and she’s on mission to put a photograph to every face on the names etched into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. So far she’s found photographs of seven of...
RONAN — Lake County Democrats are hosting a fundraiser at the North Crow Clubhouse on Thursday, June 11, beginning with a silent auction at 5:30 p.m. followed by a spaghetti dinner. The dinner cost is $25 per adult. Proceeds will help support 2016 election activities, including office rental. We are...
Mission Valley 3 on 3 organizes summertime basketball tournaments throughout Lake County and Bigfork. The 20th annual 3-on-3 match at the Arlee Celebration will be held on July 3. Registration is due by June 29. The 5th annual Bigfork Jamboree will be held on July 11. Registration is due June 30. T...
POLSON — An older fleet of trucks and pickups requiring more and more maintenance as they age prompted Lake County Commissioners to put a two-year Lake County Road levy on the June mail-in ballot. The newest vehicles in the county’s current stable of workhorses are three 2006 Internationals an...
POLSON — Lake County commissioners and Lake County Civil Attorney Mark Russell continue hammering out language for a court-ordered levy to provide another courtroom for the 20th Judicial District. Before he retired, District Judge C.B. McNeil signed a court order requiring the second courtroom be pr...
