In brief

Quilting open house March 14

The Kootenai Valley Quilt Guild is holding an open house from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14 at Christ Lutheran Church, 200 W. Larch in Libby.

Projects from the past year will be displayed and dessert will be served. For more information call Kayley Robertson at 293-1133.

KVCS receives new tablets

Kootenai Valley Christian School received a donation of 11 Surface tablets from Microsoft, a gift which was facilitated through Bill Clark of Camp Patriot. The tablets will be used in the new high school classrooms that will open at the school Aug. 31.

Commission meeting set for March 10

Montana’s Fish & Wildlife Commission will meet via video conference call March 10. The call, set to begin at 8:30 a.m., will be video streamed live at FWP Headquarters in Helena, 1420 E. Sixth Ave.; and at each FWP regional office.

Several final action items are on the commission’s agenda including two fishing access site lease renewals, Future Fisheries projects approvals, peregrine falcon falconry take, the Keep Cool Hills management biennial agreement, an agreement with Montana Radio Company to place and operate a tower on FWP land in Region 4, and establishing an HD 217 Elk B License, which was inadvertently omitted from original regulation proposal that came before the commission last month.

Items proposed for commission endorsement include a donated addition to Canyon Creek Wildlife Management Area, and four conservation easements.

Permit deadline March 15

The March 15 deer and elk permit application deadline has gained more importance to hunters in west-central Montana as a result of the new regulations for the 2016 hunting season.

This year, the Fish & Wildlife Commission reinstated antlerless elk permits in 13 of the 30 hunting districts in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 2, and the deadline to apply for these and other deer and elk permits is March 15.

These antlerless permits replace antlerless “B” licenses in many hunting districts. Unlike a B license, the permit does not allow hunters to harvest a second elk. 

Montana gas prices drop slightly

Average retail gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 0.5 cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.70 per gallon as of Sunday, Feb. 28, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 615 gas outlets in Montana. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.74 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. 

Including the change in gas prices in Montana during the past week, prices yesterday were 38.2 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 10.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 6.5 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 65.1 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.

FVCC nursing program application deadline April 29

Flathead Valley Community College is now accepting applications for fall entry into the Practical Nursing program. The deadline for application submissions is April 29 at 4 p.m.

Students who have completed or will be completing all of the required prerequisite courses this spring and have a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in those courses are eligible to apply for admission into the program. Admission criteria include: the applicant’s grade point average for required prerequisite courses, letters of reference, and a cover letter or an essay. Top applicants will be asked to participate in small group interviews as part of the initial selection process. Final acceptance into the program requires passing a background check, proof of required immunizations and proof of current personal health insurance. The college will admit up to 20 new students into the program on the Kalispell campus and up to eight new students into the Lincoln County Campus program.

Self-help legal services March 17

The representative from the Self Help Law Program will be at the Lincoln County Courthouse, second floor, in the law library on Thursday, March 17, 2016, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The representative sees residents by appointment only. Please call (406) 758-2496 to schedule an appointment to see the representative.