Column: Working together to put folks back to work in the woods

Everywhere I go in Montana, folks want to know what I’m doing in the U.S. Senate to create jobs and to boost Montana’s industries and small businesses. Our economy is the No. 1 issue on people’s minds right now. It’s the No. 1 issue on my mind, too.

Montana's coal opportunity could be held up by the federal government

Letter to the Editor,

Groups say wolf hunting, trapping regs are unlawful

WildEarth Guardians and Project Coyote sued the State of Montana, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, and the Fish and Wildlife Commission because the state’s extreme anti-wolf hunting and trapping policies violate the law.

Libby medical marijuana provider, lawmaker oppose proposed regulations

Medical marijuana providers and patients in Montana say proposed regulatory actions would place considerable cost and time burdens on them.

Here come the Model T Fords: Montana 500 rolls in two weeks

Libby will host its first ever Montana 500 Model T tour starting June 15 and running until the award ceremonies on June 18.  

UM study quantifies wildfires' impact on Montana tourism

The impact of the 2017 wildfire season on Montana’s visitor economy was even worse than one tourism official expected.

Lawmakers float pay-to-play ideas for Montana’s outdoors

This would encourage a pay-to-play approach at a time when Montana is already struggling to maintain public access as wealth pours into the state and open space is developed.

State bid to lower Kootenai flows fails

A proposal from the State of Montana to lower Kootenai River flows by 2,000 cubic-feet per second through the end of September was rejected by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries.

The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

A Congressional hearing was held last week that caught the attention and angst of many folks in the West. The subject under discussion was a bill introduced by East Coast members of the U. S. House of Representatives that locks up over 23 million acres of land in five western states, including seven million in Montana.

More newspaper pages available through Montana Historical Society project

Montana newspapers from all the NDNP projects, totaling more than 400,000 pages, are available on the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America website www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/.

Legals for January, 5 2024

Our threatened outdoors

Elsewhere, PERC called for “selling off millions of acres of (public) grazing lands.” The underlying agenda—commercializing and reserving wildlife for the benefit of the wealthy—should be obvious.

Beware Republican deregulation

It was the biggest economic disaster in the history of Montana.

Sen. Daines, it's time to move on

By the time you will have a chnace to read this letter, the rains will have have arrived, bringing relief to Western Montana from record-breaking dryness, fires, and smoke.

“Fred Whiteside is one of Montana's authentic, unsung heroes.”

Thus observed Great Falls Tribune reporter and columnist Frank Adams in 1980, a year after a plaque was installed in an obscure capitol hallway, the only monument in recognition of Whiteside who was perhaps Montana’s most courageous statesman.

Legals March 10, 2020

RUSSELL S. BARNES Attorney for Plaintiff 503 California Ave. Libby, MT 5992 MATTHEW J. CUFFE DISTRICT JUDGE THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN IN THE MATTER OF LINCOLN COUNTY SHELTERED WORKSHOP Plaintiff, -vs- THE PROPANE COMPANY, A MONTANA CORPORATION, and all other persons, unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the Complaint, or any thereof adverse to Plaintiffs' title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent, including any claim or possible claim of dower, inchoate or accrued, Defendant. DV-19-218 S U M M O N S THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in the action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your Answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiffs' attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title to the land situated in Lincoln County, Montana, and described in the Complaint. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THIS COURT THIS 28th day of October, 2019. s/s Tricia Brooks CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT By s/s Kelsi Chambers Deputy Clerk Published In The Western News February 25, March 3, 10, 2020. MNAXLP

Senate Democrat's outlook for legislative session

The 66th Montana Legislative Session began Jan. 7, and based on the 3,101 bills that have been submitted so far, lawmakers will be working in overdrive. For Democrats, top priorities include keeping health care accessible for all Montanans, promoting good-paying jobs by investing in sustainable infrastructure and passing a viable budget that allows for an adequate rainy-day fund.

Legals October 26, 2018

NOTICE TO DEROZIER CREEK DRAINAGE WATER USERS RE: Motion to Amend Statement of Claim No. 76D-140701-00, pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-233(6) COMES NOW Claimant Jay Stoddard and submits this notice that a Motion to Amend State of Claim No. 76D 140701-00 has been filed with the Montana Water Court. PROPOSED AMENDMENT Claimant Jay Stoddard seeks to amend Claim No. 76D-140701-00, a stock claim, to include a pre-1973 instream reservoir as an additional point of diversion for this claim. The source for this water is Rich's Springs, located in Section 20, Township 37 North, Range 26 West, PMM, Lincoln County, Montana. This is not a new water right or a new appropriation or a change in use. OBJECTION DEADLINE Any response or objection to the proposed amendment must be filed within 45 days of the last publication of this notice, to the Montana Water Court, PO Box 1389, Bozeman, MT 59771 or watercourt@mt.gov. Should you file a response or objection, please include a reference to Claim No. 76D-140701-00. Please contact Cory. R. Gangle, Esq., attorney for Jay Stoddard, at Gangle Law Firm, PO Box 16356, Missoula, MT 59808, or by email at cgangle@ganglelaw.net with any questions regarding this notice. Published In The Western News October 12, 19, 26, 2018 MNAXLP

Montana joins feds in appealing grizzly ruling

Montana will join Wyoming, Idaho and the federal government in appealing a federal court ruling that put the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear population back on the Endangered Species List.

Water compact is best for all Montanans

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