Friday, March 28
Signatures sought for letter of response in Grace settlement
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Troy Track team gets set for season
Troy will attend the Bonners Ferry Invitational this Saturday, kicking off their track season in Idaho.
Seven 'Little Guys' make Finals
The Libby Wrestling Club finished fourth in last weekend's state championship in Missoula and Arlee, with seven wrestling their way into the finals.
Track team turns out record amount of freshmen
Libby High School head coach for track, Ed Tabis, said a lot of kids came out for track this year, noting a high number of freshmen came out for the team.
Fred B. Metzger
Fred Benjamin Metzger, 89, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008. He was born July 8, 1918 in Brockton, Mont.
Troy and Libby Police Departments receive grants
The Troy Police Department received notice last week that it will be awarded a grant for enforcing underage drinking laws.
Fines levied against Troy Mine for last year's rockfall fatality
Federal regulators released the proposed dollar amounts for fines levied against Troy Mine due to safety violations. The fines total over $90,000 and were incurred after a series of inspections were made over a fatality that occurred there in July of last year.
Friday, March 21
Turner Mountain's Top to Dog Relay Race
The sixth annual Top to Dog Relay Race happens this Saturday at 2 p.m.
Odra Ody A. Mathis
Odra “Ody” Allen Mathis passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Kalispell on Sunday, March 16. Ody was born on March 29, 1930 in McHenry, Ky. and was the youngest of 10 children.
LHS tennis swings into action
Libby High School tennis coach Kyle Hannah began practice last week, with snow removal the top priority.
Sixth candidate enters race for commissioner
There will be many a republican to choose from in the Lincoln County Commissioner Dist. 1 election.
Moose on the loose in Kootenai Valley
Reports of moose around town - one even snagging a steak off a grill - have increased this year due to their rising numbers and this year's snowfall.
Libby Loggers baseball camp registration starts
The Libby Loggers will be offering an instructional kids baseball camp on Saturday, April 12.
Relocated rams hang on after hard winter
The loss of four bighorn sheep who were recently transported to the Kootenai Falls Wildlife Management area outside of Libby can be chocked up to bad timing, according to Bruce Sterling, a wildlife biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks out of Thompson Falls.
Margaret A. Denning
Margaret A. Denning, 81, of Libby died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the Libby Care Center from natural causes.
James W. Marshall
Jim Marshall, 58, of Billings, passed away unexpectedly from a head injury on March 17, 2008, at St. Vincent Healthcare.
Friday, March 14
A new face in longterm care
Although Libby Care Center Administrator David Sande Jr. wasn't looking for a new job, he liked the progressive style of the Libby Care Center.
Grace to pay $250 million for Libby asbestos contamination
What is being called the largest payment ever ordered under the federal Superfund program, W.R. Grace has agreed to pay $250 million to reimburse the federal government for the costs of investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination in Libby.
CARD surveys seek opinions on asbestos issues
Nearly 400 surveys have returned to the Center for Asbestos Related Disease following the mailing on Feb. 22 of 1,100 surveys to community households and 100 to CARD patients as part of The Voices of Libby Project.
Movement to save Libby's drive-in seeks more individuals
In 1958, when there were more than 5,000 drive-in theaters across the country, families piled into their cars and trucks to go to the movies.
Annis M. Nixon
Annis M. Nixon, 77, died Friday, March 7 at her home in Libby. Annis was born to Herman and Crystal (Ceasar) Blink in Milwaukee, Wis. on Sept. 14, 1930.
Thursday, March 13
William C. Carroll
William C. Carroll, 67, died Feb. 11, 2008 at St. John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby.
Cleo H. Caraway
Cleo Harriet Caraway, 91, died Saturday, March 8 at her home on Lake Creek Road near Troy. Born to Fannie Fredrickson Walker and Charles Edward Walker at Milton-Freewater, Ore. on July 4, 1916, Cleo was fond of telling any who would listen that she was born on the 4th of July outside in a tent because it was too hot to stay in the house.
Annis Nixon
Annis Nixon, 77, a longtime resident of Libby, died Friday, March 7 at her home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday at Christ Lutheran Church.
Libby Lofts finds home for bandshell
Libby Lofts is rounding the bend in the last few hurdles - moving its bandshell, preparing for asbestos abatement, and holding a meeting at 12 p.m. today for interested electrical contractors in the Libby Lofts building, at 111 E. Lincoln Blvd.
Thomas R. Parker
Thomas R. “Tom” Parker was born on Jan. 19, 1948 in Libby to parents, Robert and Marguerite Day Parker. He died on March 4, 2008 at his home in Hermiston, Ore. at the age of 60 years.
Siding with criminals rather than victims
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Charlotte W. Hogeland
Charlotte W. Hogeland was born on Nov. 28, 1918 in Pickersville, S.D. to parents, William and Charlotte Saam Picker. She died on March 4, 2008 at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, Ore. at the age of 89 years. Charlotte was raised and attended school in South Dakota before moving to Oregon in 1935.
It's time for the 'power of the people' to be enacted
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Alma S. Edwards
Alma Sederdahl Edwards, 81, died Thursday, March 6 at the Immanuel Lutheran Nursing Home in Kalispell. Alma had formerly resided in Libby for over 60 years. She was born in Hettinger, N.D. on Jan. 26, 1927 to Floyd and Agnes Sederdahl. The family spent the next years on the family homestead on the North Fork of the Grand River in Perkins County, S.D.
Kootenai Forest educational seminar tonight
The Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Coalition and the Society of American Foresters are teaming up to bring a forum to Lincoln County to hold a Kootenai Forest Educational seminar at 7 p.m. tonight in the Ponderosa Room at Libby City Hall.
Thursday, March 6
State of Montana confirms Montanore Projects operating permit
Mines Management, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Montanore Minerals Corporation (MMC), has received notification from the State of Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that it has confirmed Hard Rock Operating Permit 150 for the Montanore Project as an active permit. This permit was originally approved and issued in, and remained in force since, 1993.
Libby baseball and softball gearing up for spring
With spring right around the corner, Libby's softball and baseball teams are preparing to hit the field.
A response to the climate scare tactics
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Richard Countryman
Richard Countryman, 57, passed away surrounded by his family, at Sunnyside Hospital in Clackamas, Ore., on Feb. 21, 2008.
Robert B. Bornes Smith
Robert Bjorn Bornes (Rob) Smith, 32, of Missoula (formerly of Libby) died Friday, Feb. 29 in Missoula.
Turner gets crazy with annual event
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Bringing the tastes of 'down under' to Libby
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Negative effects of a gambling establishment
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Number of euthanized animals decreases
Thanks to a spay and neuter programs such as the one implemented by Kootenai Pets for Life in 2002, the number of intakes into area shelters and subsequent euthanized animals have dropped significantly.
The morality of a business venture
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Kootenai Klassic wrestling awards
- Photo by Erika Kirsch
Ready for the runoff
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Tuesday, March 4
Derek R. Refsland
Derek Robert Refsland was born on March 31, 1986, in Glenwood Springs, Colo., to Steve K. and Bobbie S. (Rice) Refsland; his death at age 21 occurred at Miramar Marine Barracks in San Diego County, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2008.
States take over federal immigration law enforcement duties
“He had had a nice, good, idle time all the while - plenty of company - and the fence had three coats of whitewash on it! If he hadn't run out of whitewash, he would have bankrupted every boy in the village.”
Baucus pursues funding for golf course cleanup
Sen. Max Baucus believes the vermiculite found at a Libby Elementary School last week is a perfect example of the need for Libby's asbestos exposure to be declared a public health emergency.
Hope, fear, property taxes and Montanans
In Helena, Democrats and Republicans are getting along nicely to mitigate the effects of the 2009 property tax reappraisal in a cooperative manner. The Revenue and Transportation Committee is entrusted with finding solutions for local businesses and homeowners to the property tax reappraisal. As one of the Legislators on this committee, I see folks rolling up sleeves to do the people's work with an open ear.
A response from Mines Management
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