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.”
Cancer-stricken Libby boy bags big bull elk in Dillon area
The holiday season the past two years has been a solemn affair for the Haines family, but this year there were smiles all around as 11-year-old Zachary bagged …
Hunter pleads not guilty
Michael Wagner, the 48-year-old Libby man who critically wounded another man while hunting near Libby Creek Road, has pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three misde…
KNF considers district merger
The Kootenai National Forest is considering consolidating the Rexford and Fortine Ranger Districts and is seeking public input regarding that proposal.
Laverdure: Patrolling woodlands
Without fail, Libby Game Warden Tamie Laverdure begins her conversations with hunters one way.
Local hunter found safe
Judy Lundstrom will long remember Thanksgiving 2013, not for how it began but for how it ended.
Eagle Scout project restores pavilion on Asa Wood property
Another Boy Scout from Troop 1971 in Libby has completed his Eagle Scout community service project and another landmark has been restored.
Fish & Wildlife Service may look to trim trout production
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has issued a report outlining fiscal challenges for 70 federal fish hatcheries, including the one at Creston, although the age…
Roadkill permits to be available on Tuesday
Permits to salvage deer, elk, antelope or moose killed in vehicular collisions will be available online beginning Tuesday, according to the Montana Fish, Wildl…
Local veterinarian is concerned for pets in change to rodenticides
A Libby veterinarian is concerned about the impact a recent change in rat poison may have on pet owners.
Colorado man, 60, is stable after weekend hunting accident
Lincoln County Sheriff’s officials on Monday released the names of the two men involved in a hunting accident in the Libby Creek area Nov. 16 that left one man critically injured with a gunshot wound in his leg.
EPA wraps 2013 cleanup
The EPA’s 12th year of cleanups resulted in 101 newly cleaned properties in Libby and Troy. Originally planning to clean 80 properties, the agency exceeded its projection by 21 properties.
Pilgrim timber sale challenged by nature group
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, the organization that filed a lawsuit to halt the Pilgrim timber sale in the Kootenai National Forest, lists thousands of contributors. But a call to the organization’s Helena off…
Libby man who shot Colorado man pleads not guilty
Michael Wagner, the 48-year-old Libby man who critically wounded a Littleton, Colo., man while hunting near Libby Creek Road, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three misdemeanors in Lincoln County Justice Court.
Hunters report greater success
Things are picking up, hunters.
Friends of Scotchman Peaks to open office in downtown Libby
Next Wednesday, Nov. 20, will be a busy day for two new neighbors in downtown Libby, as the Montana Wilderness Association and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilde…