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Grizzly-human encounters picking up in Northwest Montana
he encounter occurred last Thursday on the trail which is located off of Callahan Creek Road.
Locals hear plans for old high school renovation
The tour, attended by nearly four dozen invitees on Jan. 31, was put on by some of the developers who are seeking to turn the brick structure into an apartment…
Climate changing: Research shows times for ‘prescribed burns’ in the West shifting
Southwest is losing as much as 30%, while northern states could see more burns in winter
Reflections
Our governor has a solid and broad based commission working on this. I look forward to wrapping up my final 2025 Session with a good and fair property tax.
Outdoors briefs
Participants will learn about winter birding, forest botany and animal tracking.
Voters likely to decide fate of three county library branches
The county commissioners unanimously approved on Jan. 31 a resolution to form a library district and have it placed on the ballot for the June 4 primary electi…
Protest notwithstanding, new county property tax bills are coming
Lincoln County property owners should see the new tax bill in their mail box at the end of March or early April.
Libby man accused of assaulting teen girlfriend
She said Eroh grabbed her hair and pushed her face into a pillow on the bed she was sitting on.
Possibility of CWD human crossover increases concerns
Animal disease scientists are alarmed about the rapid spread of CWD in deer. Recent research shows that the barrier to a spillover into humans is less formidab…
Montana’s governor selling us out to the highest bidder
For those who watch the policies Gianforte and his administration have embraced this comes as no surprise. If it can be sold to the highest bidder — from homes to state lands — it’s “for sale” under Gianforte.
Time to get the job done and secure our southern border
And it’s the type of mentality that my colleagues in Congress and President Biden urgently need to bring to the table to secure our border.
“Montana is an easy sell.” Part 2
Ochenski borrowed the title of his op-ed from a comment Gov. Greg Gianforte made at a Montana Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Helena on Jan. 11.
Troy man in custody following sentencing in DUI homicide
Terren Craig Winebark, 21, received a 6-year...
Libby man sentenced in Russian roulette death
Ball, as he said to an investigator following the shooting, believed he had unloaded his gun during the incident on Memorial Day weekend.
Libby’s Grosch a state champ in Speech and Debate
Cash Vaughn took fourth place in Informative Speaking and Baylie Ames claimed fourth in Original Oratory.
Upset continues over Snake River dam plan
The Snake River is the main tributary of the Columbia River and the four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dams that the Biden administration is looking to remove are capable of generating around 3,500 megawatts of ele…