Year in Review, Part 2

Steve Lauer, then assistant fire chief, supervises training exercises at a controlled house fire March 27. Firefighters with the Libby Volunteer Fire Department elected Lauer fire chief April 1. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)

Jeremiah Kendall, 40, at a scheduled pretrial conference in Lincoln County District Court on Jan. 25. (Paul Sievers/The Western News)

Cabinet View Golf Club house pictured April 7. Libby City Council rejected the Cabinet View Golf Club’s debt forgiveness proposal April 5, moving to negotiate better terms of repayment of an outstanding $1.54 million loan. (Derrick Perkins/ The Western News)

Protestors demand the removal of Lincoln County Health Board members Jan Ivers and Jim Seifert on May 5, 2021. Ivers and Seifert promoted pandemic restrictions when in place, backed the county's health officer and, more recently, supported the vaccine rollout. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)

Cory Farmer of the U.S. Forest Service informs residents on the Knotty Pine Project at the Three Rivers Ranger District on May 6. Forest Service officials had to call off a previous public meeting on the project after a small group of residents repeatedly interrupted presenters. The gathering held last week, set up in an "open house" format, was more cordial. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)

Lincoln County Commissioner Mark Peck (D-1) speaks with Gov. Greg Gianforte about plans to build a wood processing plant near Libby on May 21. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)

A couple of dozen people attended a Pride month potluck at Firemans Park in Libby over the weekend. Organizer Beckie Guerra hopes to make it an annual event. (Derrick Perkins/The Western News)