Legals May 14, 2019

The Montana Department of Transportation is requesting bids for Supplying and Building Post and Truss Style Sand/Salt Storage Buildings at: Twin Bridges (MDT=313260-RO) Three Forks (MDT-313261-RP) Troy (MDT-313262-RP) These Invitation for Bids are available on the Montana Department of Administrations website at: Bids.mt.gov Contractors should check this website frequently. Addenda, and/or any other information relative to these bids will be posted to this website address. If you do not have access to this website, hard copies are available by contacting Richele Parkhurst at rparkhurst@mt.gov or (406) 657-0274 in Billings. The Montana Department of Transportation is an Affir¬mative Action Employer and encourages minorities and women to apply for this contract. MDT attempts to provide accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person participating in any service, program or activity of the Department. Alternative accessible formats of this information will be provided upon request. For further information call (406)444-9299; TTY 1 (800)335-7592; or through the Montana Relay at 711. Published In The Western News May 3, 10, 17, 2019. MNAXLP

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Experts expect drought conditions to worsen in northwest Montana

Tribal entities are implementing water use restrictions, and the rots of the drought lie in last winter's snowpack.

Legals October 19, 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

Legals September 7, 2018

Benjamin J. Mann, 33833674 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone: (801) 355-2886 Facsimile: (801) 328-9714 Ben@HWMLawFirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff File Number: 52336 MONTANA 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY Ditech Financial, LLC, Plaintiff, v. The Heirs and Devisees of Thomas J. Bamford, Brian Bamford, and Any person in possession, Defendants. SUMMONS Civil Number: DV-18-93 THE STATE OF MONTANA, TO THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF THOMAS J. BAMFORD: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the above entitled Court. A copy of same is served upon you. You must file your written answer with the above entitled Court and serve a copy upon the Plaintiff, or Plaintiff's attorney within thirty (30) days after the last day this Summons is published, exclusive of the last day of publication. FAILURE TO APPEAR AND ANSWER will allow judgment to be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is to repossess a manufactured home described as: 2000 LIBE, having Title number E560590 and VIN number 09L33775 located at 9206 Bull Lake Road, Troy, in the County of Lincoln, State of Montana. A $70.00 filing fee must accompany the answer at the time of filing. Published In The Western News August 24, 31, September 7, 2018 MNAXLP

Legals February 22, 2019

AFTER RECORDING, PLEASE RETURN TO: Hendrickson Law Firm, P.C. P.O. Box 2502 Billings, MT 59103-2502 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee's Sale on the 10th day of May, 2019, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., at the front door of the Lincoln County Courthouse, Libby, Montana, is the following property: Lot 71, Mariner's Haven Subdivision Phase I, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Lincoln County, Montana. Plat #7151 Jeffrey T. Brodowski and Andrea M. Broadowski, as Grantors, conveyed the above-described property to First American Title Co. Of Montana Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Interstate Bank as Beneficiary, under that certain trust deed dated September 11, 2015, and recorded September 18, 2015, under Document No. 259427*. The Trustee in the Trust Indenture was replaced by a Successor Trustee, namely, Mark E. Noennig, the undersigned. *Book 359 Page 561 The default in the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default this foreclosure is made, is the failure by the Grantor, or other person owing an obligation, or by their successors-in-interest, to pay the monthly installment of $736.10 due thereunder on the 11th day of June, 2018, which is applied to interest and to an escrow account if established for other obligations under the Trust Indenture, and to pay the amount of accrued interest each month thereafter, currently $5,086.30, including late charges which are $25.00 for all payments more than 10 days in arrears, renewal fees and accrued interest currently $1,000.00, attorney's fees and foreclosure costs, currently $1,671.00, advances for property protection, currently None, for a current total default of $7,757.72; together with accrued and accruing interest, late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney's fees and costs. There is presently owed on the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture the principal sum of $128,399.35 plus interest thereon at the rate of 7.2500% per annum from the 11th day of June, 2018, until paid, or $25.5039 per day, currently a total of $5,494.78, late charges, renewal fees, advances for property protection, and escrow shortages, currently $1,000.00, attorney's fees and costs, currently $1,671.00, for a current total indebtedness of $136,565.13; together with accruing late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney's fees and costs. The Beneficiary has elected to sell the above-described property to satisfy the aforementioned obligation and has instructed the undersigned Trustee to do so. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be by a Trustee's Deed, made "as is," without representations or warranties, express or implied, including warranties of title, possession or encumbrances. The purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The sale may be postponed up to 15 days for any reason by public proclamation at the scheduled sale. If there is a stay by bankruptcy or court order, the sale may be postponed up to 30 days at a time by public proclamation, for a total of no more than 120 days. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the Trustee's Sale, may pay to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the Trust Indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney's fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED this 27th day of November, 2018. MARK E. NOENNIG, Trustee P.O. Box 2502 208 North Broadway, Suite 324 Billings, Montana 59103-2502 STATE OF MONTANA ) : ss. County of Yellowstone ) On this 21st day of December, 2018, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared MARK E. NOENNIG, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written. DESIREE CALDWELL DESIREE CALDWELL Notary Public for the State Of Montana Residing at Billings, Montana My commission expires: 03/12/2019 Published In The Western News February 22, March 1, 8, 2019 MNAXLP

Legals March 1, 2019

AFTER RECORDING, PLEASE RETURN TO: Hendrickson Law Firm, P.C. P.O. Box 2502 Billings, MT 59103-2502 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee's Sale on the 10th day of May, 2019, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., at the front door of the Lincoln County Courthouse, Libby, Montana, is the following property: Lot 71, Mariner's Haven Subdivision Phase I, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Lincoln County, Montana. Plat #7151 Jeffrey T. Brodowski and Andrea M. Broadowski, as Grantors, conveyed the above-described property to First American Title Co. Of Montana Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Interstate Bank as Beneficiary, under that certain trust deed dated September 11, 2015, and recorded September 18, 2015, under Document No. 259427*. The Trustee in the Trust Indenture was replaced by a Successor Trustee, namely, Mark E. Noennig, the undersigned. *Book 359 Page 561 The default in the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default this foreclosure is made, is the failure by the Grantor, or other person owing an obligation, or by their successors-in-interest, to pay the monthly installment of $736.10 due thereunder on the 11th day of June, 2018, which is applied to interest and to an escrow account if established for other obligations under the Trust Indenture, and to pay the amount of accrued interest each month thereafter, currently $5,086.30, including late charges which are $25.00 for all payments more than 10 days in arrears, renewal fees and accrued interest currently $1,000.00, attorney's fees and foreclosure costs, currently $1,671.00, advances for property protection, currently None, for a current total default of $7,757.72; together with accrued and accruing interest, late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney's fees and costs. There is presently owed on the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture the principal sum of $128,399.35 plus interest thereon at the rate of 7.2500% per annum from the 11th day of June, 2018, until paid, or $25.5039 per day, currently a total of $5,494.78, late charges, renewal fees, advances for property protection, and escrow shortages, currently $1,000.00, attorney's fees and costs, currently $1,671.00, for a current total indebtedness of $136,565.13; together with accruing late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney's fees and costs. The Beneficiary has elected to sell the above-described property to satisfy the aforementioned obligation and has instructed the undersigned Trustee to do so. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be by a Trustee's Deed, made "as is," without representations or warranties, express or implied, including warranties of title, possession or encumbrances. The purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The sale may be postponed up to 15 days for any reason by public proclamation at the scheduled sale. If there is a stay by bankruptcy or court order, the sale may be postponed up to 30 days at a time by public proclamation, for a total of no more than 120 days. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the Trustee's Sale, may pay to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the Trust Indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney's fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED this 27th day of November, 2018. MARK E. NOENNIG, Trustee P.O. Box 2502 208 North Broadway, Suite 324 Billings, Montana 59103-2502 STATE OF MONTANA ) : ss. County of Yellowstone ) On this 21st day of December, 2018, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared MARK E. NOENNIG, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written. DESIREE CALDWELL DESIREE CALDWELL Notary Public for the State Of Montana Residing at Billings, Montana My commission expires: 03/12/2019 Published In The Western News February 22, March 1, 8, 2019 MNAXLP

Legals July 19, 2019

J. Tiffin Hall Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2109 Eureka, MT 59917 telephone: (406) 297-7026 facsimile: (406) 297-7027 Attorney for Plaintiff Office of the Presiding Patriarch Over Seer A Corp Sole & His Successors for Ecclesia Popular Assembly of St. Martin MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING PATRIARCH OVER SEER A CORP SOLE & HIS SUCCESSORS FOR ECCLESIA POPULAR ASSEMBLY OF ST. MARTIN, aka POPULAR ASSEMBLY OF ST. MARTIN, Plaintiff, v. JOHN DOES 1-5, 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 part thereof, adverse to Plaintiff's ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiff's title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent, Defendants. Cause No.DV-19-131 Judge Matthew J. Cuffe SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The above named Plaintiff has brought an action against Defendants, who may have an interest in property situated in Lincoln County, Montana, described as follows: Lots 19 and 20, Block 1 of Kootenai Vista, according to the map or plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Lincoln County, Montana. AND LOT 1, Block 5, of Wilderness Plateau, according to the map or plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Lincoln County, Montana. The purpose of this action is quiet title to the above-described real property. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this 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 Plaintiff's attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint to Quiet Title. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said court the11th day of July, 2019. By:____________________________ s/s Matthew J. Cuffe District Court Judge Published In The Western News July 19, 26 and August 2, 2019. MNAXLP

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Teddy Roosevelt impersonator highlights Heritage Museum opening Saturday

Teddy Roosevelt is returning to Montana, and it’s just in time for the season-opening day of the Heritage Museum.

Montana National Guard commanding officer visits Libby

By BRENT SHRUM Western News Editor

Thompson participates in GPS workshop

Dean Thompson, a teacher at Libby Elementary School and Libby High School Softball Coach, was among 12 Montana teachers statewide who were selected to participate in a workshop on GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) held on the Montana State University campus recently.

Montana Association of Counties wants ‘swift resolution’ on property tax question

At least three lawsuits already are asking the courts to clarify a statute that governs how much money counties must collect on behalf of the state for education equalization.

Montana reps address illegal immigration

Illegal migration has brought drugs, human trafficking, mules, cartels, terrorists on watch lists, and much more negative fallout.

Jack Ballard announces run for Montana's US House seat

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Democrat Jack Ballard announced Tuesday a run for the U.S. House, in the hopes of unseating Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale.

Judge sides with Montana in mining pollution case

A Montana judge has sided with state environmental regulators who are using a law that provides protection from repeat polluters against an Idaho-based mining company and its chief executive.

Montana high court election changes ruled unconstitutional

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Legislature's proposal to change the way Supreme Court justices are elected in Montana is unconstitutional and cannot appear on the November 2022 ballot, a state judge has ruled.

Legals for February, 24 2023

House joins Senate in endorsing Montana TikTok ban

Senate Bill 419, sponsored by Rep. Shelly Vance, R-Belgrade, would bar the platform’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, from allowing “the operation of tiktok by the company or users” inside Montana’s “territorial jurisdiction” as long as the platform is owned by a company based in China or another country designated a “foreign adversary” by the federal government.