Hands went up from all around the crowded conference room when Montana State Sen. Mike Cuffe, District 1, asked for, first those from Libby and Troy, and then those from Eureka to raise their hands to demonstrate how interested Lincoln County residents are in the outcome of negotiations, during a town hall held by the Columbia River Treaty negotiating team in Kalispell Wednesday. (Ben Kibbey/The Western News)
March 22, 2019
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'This is the farthest we've been' Town hall draws legislators, County residents by the carload
Lincoln County residents nearly filled the conference room at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell — joined by a smattering of other parties from around the Columbia River Basin and a retinue of Montana legislators — for a town hall meeting led by Jill Smail, the U.S. State Department chief negotiator for the Columbia River Treaty with Canada.