Friday, April 28
Jack Hett
Kenneth "Jack" Hett, 83, a retired Presbyterian minister, died April 16, 2006, at Bull Lake.
Giving back to Wings
Jerry Fisher is doing what he can to give something back to Wings Regional Cancer Support after receiving assistance from the organization during his own run-in with the disease.
City hears concerns about SID
By BRENT SHRUM Western News Reporter
Seven candidates seek three Libby trustee seats
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Nothing planned for Granite Creek land say new owners
By ROGER MORRIS Western News Publisher
Derrel Lee
Derrel Martin Lee Sr., 69, a former resident of Libby, died of heart failure on March 14, 2006, at his home in Yachats, Ore.
Wednesday, April 26
Helping hands impress Amtrak passengers stuck in Libby
To the Editor:
County mulls five more subdivisions
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
MIGRATING EAGLES
Libby school teacher and artist Todd Berget mounts his latest eagle sculpture -a pair of entangled bald eagles - on a pole in front of the Rivermist store. The steel and stainless steel sculpture is making a temporary stop at the California Avenue shop. It's destined for a buyer in Post Falls, Idaho.
Eureka man sentenced to 65 years
By BRENT SHRUM Western News Reporter
Changing landscape
The changing landscape of the West is both our strength and our weakness — especially now that those changes or fragmentation of the land uses is happening at a more rapid pace.
Daughter believes missing Troy man alive
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Friday, April 21
Derailment strands 200 passengers
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Majority of seized dogs euthanized
The majority of the 30 dogs seized by county authorities in Eureka earlier this month were euthanized Wednesday based on an evaluation of their socialization and adoptability.
George Williams Sr.
George Williams Sr., 67, of Libby, died Monday April 17, 2006, at Health Care Northwest in Kalispell.
Gang-style graffiti mars Libby buildings
A spate of gang-style graffiti vandalism has drawn the attention of the Libby Police Department.
TAG, EPA working toward complete ROD
By ROGER MORRIS Western News Publisher
Floretta Hartl
Floretta A. Hartl, 75, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at her home in Libby from natural causes.
Wednesday, April 19
Woman pleads guilty to assaulting officers
A 24-year-old Eureka-area woman pleaded guilty last week to three felony charges stemming from an incident last December that led to the wounding of her father in a shootout with a police officer.
Support of community builds something special
To the Editor:
Judith Spencer
Judith A. Jaynes Spencer, 62, of Libby died Friday, April 14, 2006, at her home in Libby from natural causes.
Bradford to replace Castaneda at KNF
Paul Bradford will be leaving Washington, D.C., for the place where his career got its start when he takes over as Kootenai National Forest supervisor to replace Bob Castaneda, who retires May 26.
Libby welcomes NY ambulance
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
EGG HUNT
Garrett Holcomb, 4, son of Jessica and Josh Holcomb of Libby, reaches for an egg during the Easter egg hunt at J. Neils Park on Saturday.
Friday, April 14
County considers economic development proposal
By BRENT SHRUM Western News Reporter
Waning hope
Last summer, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to end regulations requiring incumbent telecommunications carriers to share their DSL broadband connections with competitors.
Vernon Stone
Vernon Lewis Stone, 70, of Libby, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was surrounded by his loving companion, Nedra, and four children.
Grace seeks more medical trust detail
BRENT SHRUM Western News Reporter
Kory Uithof
Kory Uithof, 79, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at Cooney Rest Home in Helena.
Trustees to explore new school
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Wednesday, April 12
Hans Helvik
Hans Helvik, 79, of Libby died Sunday, March 19, 2006, at St. John's Lutheran Hospital from natural causes.
Burns visits with community groups
During the day Saturday, U.S.. Sen. Conrad Burns met with the mayors from Libby, Troy and Eureka about their individual and collective needs and then with groups with concerns about the EPA cleanup, broadband access, infrastructure improvements for the old mill site, a medical access network linking doctors and hospitals throughout northwest Montana, a medical trust for asbestos victims, and a group concerned about proposed spills from Libby Dam for the endangered white sturgeon.
Marjorie Higgins
Marjorie Ione Higgins, 83, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at her home in Troy.
So-called roadless lands on forest need return to multiple use
To the Editor:
Council, LRI plan downtown meeting
By BRENT SHRUM Western News Reporter
Simone Hamaoka
Simone Marie St. Onge Hamaoka, 66, of Troy, died Friday, April 7, 2006.
Troy students raise hair, money for Wings
Guidance counselor Kelly Palmer has a new hairstyle and Wings of Lincoln County is nearly $4,000 richer following Troy High School's second annual fundraiser for the cancer patient support organization.
We need some answers
U.S. Senator Conrad Burns met non-stop with Libby, Eureka and Troy residents for more than eight hours on Saturday in series of short meetings. He listened to each group outline their problem, he'd ask questions and the groups would offer their proposed solution.
Burns: Education, medicine hold keys to economy
By Roger Morris Western News Publisher
Letter writer was right; there is no justice in Lincoln County
To the Editor:
Co-op members need to write letters opposing BPA proposal
To the Editor:
Looming threat lies like a dragon just outside our doors
To the Editor:
Marcus Hathaway
Marcus LeRoy Hathaway, 67, died Thursday, April 6, 2006, at his home along Bull Lake Road near Troy.
Friday, April 7
LHS student touched by news of baby's death
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Berma Clemons
Berma Clemons, 89, of Libby died Monday, April 3, 2006, at St. John's Lutheran Hospital from natural causes.
Residents ask county to stop spill
By ROGER MORRIS Western News Publisher
Time to sue, again
Just under 11 years ago, then Gov. Marc Racicot sent a 60-day notice that the State of Montana intended to sue nearly a dozen federal agencies for violating the Endangered Species regarding the proposed management of Libby and Hungry Horse Dams under the biological opinion for endangered salmon in the Columbia River.
County seizes 30 dogs near Eureka
An assault complaint last week in Eureka led to the seizure by county authorities of nearly 30 dogs from a man barred by a court order from possessing them.
Raise could cost school jobs
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Wednesday, April 5
Visitor grateful after watching local emergency responders
Editor's Note: The following letter was sent to the Lincoln County Commissioners, the State Patrol, the Libby Volunteer Fire Department and Libby Police Department.
New air quality regs in effect
New air quality regulations restricting open outdoor burning are in effect for the Libby area.
James Sweepe
James W. Sweepe, 69, of Libby, died Friday evening, March 31, 2006, at a Kalispell hospital.
Public reaction leaves rescuer wondering about New Orleans
To the Editor:
Remarkable
It's remarkable that it's been 10 years already since those "At least our cows are sane" T-shirts began selling across the eastside of the state. Actually, the T-shirts were a marketing campaign to divert people's joking about the fact that suspected Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was arrested at his remote cabin near Lincoln.
New York ambulance company donates unit to Libby
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Film crew visits Troy Hot Club
By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter
Earl Burger
Earl R. Burger, 89, of Libby died Saturday, April 1, 2006, at St. John's Lutheran Hospital from natural causes.
