Articles with the Tag: Lake County
LAKE COUNTY – Bears are hungry this time of year, and a program through the Great Bear Foundation is working to reduce human and bear interaction caused by the supply of tasty domestic fruit. “Bears enter a period of hyperfacia where they eat a ton of calories before hibernation,” ...
A lack of rain caused more problems besides wildfires for Lake County and the Flathead Indian Reservation this summer, and the season isn’t over. According to the United States Drought Monitor, “below average” rates of rainfall created the drought. The monitor is used as ...
News from the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees honored for contributions to history, cultureNews from the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center. Four people from District 10, comprised of Flathead, Lake, Lincoln and Sa...
POLSON – A 35-unit affordable housing development was touted last week at a groundbreaking ceremony. The Polson Landing project is being developed by Housing Solutions of Missoula with the help of $6 million in tax credits from the Montana Board of Housing. Alex Burkhalter, founder of...
RONAN –The people running the Mission Mountain Country Visitor Center have figured out where all the cars were coming from on U.S. Highway 93 throughout the summer. “They come here from all over the world,” said Roland Sager, center employee. Travelers have stopped in to p...
RONAN –The people running the Mission Mountain Country Visitor Center have figured out where all the cars were coming from on U.S. Highway 93 throughout the summer. “They come here from all over the world,” said Roland Sager, center employee. Travelers have stopped in to p...
LAKE COUNTY – Eclipse viewing glasses sold out across Lake County during the weekend, but several venues provided free glasses and fun for the Monday, August 21, solar event including the Polson and Ronan libraries where people lined up to get a pair of glasses. According to the National Aeron...
POLSON – A reconstruction project at the Polson Airport is a go. The Polson City Commission approved a $737,355 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration at a special meeting on July 31. Also approved at that meeting was a $596,954 bid from Bjorn Johnson Construction of Missoula,...
A fire burning 17 miles southeast of Arlee in Missoula County had grown to nearly 4,000 acres as of Sunday night, Aug. 6. Kristen Allison, a public information officer with the California Interagency Incident Management Team No. 1 that set up at the Arlee Powwow Grounds on July 31, said 363 firefigh...
ST. IGNATIUS – During the St. Ignatius City Council meeting on Tuesday, Molly Owen was hired as the new city attorney. Owen will continue her position as Lake County Deputy Attorney along with the new position in St. Ignatius. It is common for county attorneys to fill positions within town governmen...
