February 18, 2020 at 9:24 am
The 2019 sampling for chronic wasting disease began April 1 and ceased near the end of January. Among other results the testing yielded Montana’s first detection of the disease in moose and elk. The...
February 18, 2020 at 9:22 am | Western News
Superintendent Craig Barringer told Libby District School Board members Feb. 10 that bringing a resource officer aboard would cost about $6 a year for a taxpayer with a home valued at $100,000. Tha...
February 18, 2020 at 9:21 am | Western News
The law roundup is compiled from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office incident log. It is not meant to serve as an exhaustive account. Feb. 6 5:14 p.m. Fish and game Authorities dispatched an inj...
February 18, 2020 at 9:17 am | Western News
When the time came to approve the requested retirement of Superintendent Craig Barringer, Libby District School Board Chair Ellen Johnston had to solicit action from her colleagues. “I need a motio...
February 18, 2020 at 9:11 am | Western News
The Lincoln County Health Board gave the owners of The Shed restaurant Feb. 12 until mid-April to find a way to operate its open-hearth fireplace without violating air quality ordinances. In a unan...
February 18, 2020 at 9:10 am | Western News
Robyn King hopes the visit to Libby later this month by the Governor’s Grizzly Bear Advisory Council will raise awareness of challenges facing the species in the Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem. King, execu...
February 14, 2020 at 10:49 am | Western News
A defining moment. That’s how Lincoln County Commissioner Mark Peck described the transition underway in Libby, Troy and Lincoln County as the state’s environmental agency assumes responsibilities f...
February 14, 2020 at 9:23 am | Western News
Reports of Asa Wood Elementary School’s sale have been greatly exaggerated. Superintendent Craig Barringer told members of the Libby School District Board on Feb. 10 that — despite rumors in the co...
February 14, 2020 at 9:22 am | Western News
The staff at the Heritage Museum hope to showcase Libby businesses in days gone past, and to do it properly they are asking the community for help. Exhibit organizers recently put out a call for do...
