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Troy woman perishes in traffic accident
The woman, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.
Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission meeting Thursday
The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will be streamed live on the FWP website and YouTube. The public can participate in person. The commission will take public comment on agenda items for registered co…
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It will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 20.
DEQ asks for input on updating Montana Environmental Policy Act
Two more meetings are scheduled, including Oct. 18 at the Delta Hotel in Helena and Oct. 19 at a location in Missoula at a site yet to be determined. Each meeting will be held in person from 6-8 p.m., but people wi…
New proposals to bring grizzlies bears in the North Cascades
But the proposals to bring back grizzly bears to the North Cascades will also stir controversy.
City OKs street closure for Halloween trick-or-treat
Councilor Brian Zimmerman suggested moving the barricades up to Lincoln Boulevard, “to make it safer in conjunction with the trunk or treat” event.
Man accused in DUI homicide can appear on video
David Daniel Lefell, 68, is charged with two counts of felony vehicular homicide under the influence.
CWD sample collection workshops scheduled in Libby, Kalispell
The first workshop will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 in the parking lot of Libby Sports Center (204 W. Ninth St.).
Another Lincoln Co. grizzly euthanized
Both cubs will be going to ZooMontana, a zoological/botanical garden, accredited arboretum and educational facility in Billings.
FWP hosting meetings in Libby for conservation easements
These meetings encompass lands under the following easements: Lazy Creek, Lost Trail, Kootenai valleys, Kootenai forestlands, Swan Valley and Thompson-Fisher. …
Libby Saddle Club hosts season-ending O-Mok-See event
“We had riders as young as 6 and our oldest is Bob Jones, who’s 86,” Freese said.
Education advocates sue 56 counties over property tax dispute
The Montana Quality Education Coalition wants the Montana Supreme Court to force counties to collect the full state school funding equalization property tax.
Idaho elk hunter kills grizzly in self-defense
That area of eastern Idaho has been the nexus of grizzly- human conflicts in the state over the last several years.
Montana to apply for federal money for children’s meals for summer 2024
Schools see more hungry children this year
Libby High School Class of 1961 Reunion
Libby's graduating class of 1961 funded two $1,961 Teacher Appreciation Awards for two of Libby's current teachers.
Grizzly kills couple, dog in Banff; bear injures woman near Polebridge
The victim was on national forestland with her husband and dog when the bear emerged from thick brush and attacked her. Her husband deployed bear spray and the bear moved away from the victim.