Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Heritage Museum seeks copies of old photos; readies for May 18 opening
The museum opens for the season at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18, with the annual “Opening Day Celebration.”
Bighorn sheep arrive in Kootenai from Wild Horse Island
An airborne bighorn sheep transplant operation was conducted at Big Arm State Park on Wednesday, with a goal of moving 60 sheep from Wild Horse Island.
2014 fishing licenses, game permits available
Montana’s new 2014 hunting and fishing year begins March 1. Licenses are now on sale statewide.
Libby Scatterguns trap and skeep scores
Reward offered in eagle shooting
BILLINGS — Federal wildlife officials are offering a $1,000 reward for information on the shooting of a golden eagle on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana.
KNF Supervisor Bradford's last day on job is Monday
Editor’s note: Kootenai National Forest Supervisor Paul Bradford, 58, will end his career with the U.S. Forest Service on Monday. Bradford fielded questions as…
Wagner pleads guilty to hunting accident
Michael Wagner, the 48-year-old Libby man who critically wounded a Littleton, Colo., man while hunting Nov. 16 near Libby Creek Road, pleaded guilty last Thursday in Libby Justice Court.
Ski slopes groomers make it right for all
The fourth time was a charm, and the secondhand machine coughed to life. Plumes of smoke billowed out of the Prinoth BR350, up into the sailor’s delight sunset…
Troop honors four Eagle Scouts
Assistant Scoutmaster Ron Thatcher of Boy Scout Troop 1971 reminded the unit’s latest Eagle Scouts of their responsibilities during their Court of Honor Saturd…
Catch of the day
Steve “The Fisherman” Rosling of Libby caught this nice male rainbow trout on last Thursday just below Libby Dam using a home-crafted plug. While Rosling did n…
The Cabinet Mountains
Yvonne Resch recently took this photograph of the Cabinet Mountains. If you've got a photo that captures images around Lincoln County that you want to share, s…
Turner Mountain now open daily until Jan. 5
Turner Mountain Ski Area is open, and sufficient snowfall couldn’t have come at a better time.
County to take over the ERS program beginning on Jan. 1
Lincoln County will assume responsibility beginning Jan. 1 for the Environmental Resource Specialists (ERS) program that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated in 2006 to support local property ow…
Water-rights filings are non-consumptive, deadline nears
Lincoln County residents have just six days remaining to file objections to the water-rights claims on three area streams.
Hayes: Wolves make for good business
When John Hayes started studying taxidermy he didn’t think it one day would be his livelihood.
Region 1 hunters take more deer
More hunters in the woods does not always mean an increase in hunting success, but that was the case in Region 1 for the recently completed deer and elk season.