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Libby High School Educational Trust awards four scholarships
Anyone wanting more information or wishing to donate to the trust may contact any of the trustees.
Upper Yaak Fire Service hosting Labor Day weekend rummage sale
For those wishing to donate items for the sale, two drop-off dates are scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 17, 8 a.m. to noon and Saturday, Aug. 24, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. …
Officials make changes to northwest Montana Stage I fire restrictions
Fire danger remains high to very high because of the potential for wildfire threat, especially following recent lightning events.
Judge sides with FWP in elk management lawsuit
Elk populations, public hunting access form key pieces of initial rulings in lawsuit.
Community briefs
The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive Thursday, Aug. 15, in Libby.
Gianforte, FWP say grizzly translocations shows Montana ready for delisting
On Friday, Gianforte and Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon – both Republicans – announced their administrations had successfully translocated two subadult grizzly bears from remote areas of the Middle Fork Flathead River to…
Montana State summer program gives Yaak teacher new ideas
Alderete said she, herself, is always trying to learn.
Washington man pleads guilty to drug possession
A Washington man accused of illegal drug possession after he thought he suffering from an overdose...
Libby man jailed on accusations of assaulting girlfriend
According to a probable cause statement...
Sheriff’s Office blotter
A deputy warned a group of people about having a camp fire during...
WILD ART-Guns and Hoses
Members of the Guns and Hoses softball teams played for...
Trump and Sheehy train attacks on Tester in Bozeman
The rally was Trump’s sixth in Montana since 2016, the most of any American president.
State officials say wolf population strong despite increased harvest
Both trends indicate a moderate decline in wolf numbers FWP biologists expect to be illustrated in the 2024 wolf report that will come out during the summer of…
Northwest Montana conservation easement up for approval at Aug. 16 meeting
The first phase includes forestlands in the Salish and Cabinet mountains between Kalispell and Libby.
Montana’s plan to curb opioid overdoses includes vending machines
Drawing on a pool of behavioral health funds set aside by lawmakers in 2023, health officials within Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration have proposed installing two dozen naloxone...
Sex assault case dismissed against Libby man
In the motion for dismissal, Boris wrote that the alleged victim...