State and county officials tour property
Potential Park Has Support, Needs Funding
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LAKESIDE – Allen Himsl has the community support to turn his family’s 62 acres on Flathead Lake into a state park.
Now he needs the funding.
State lawmakers, county commissioners and officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have all expressed enthusiasm for the prospect of creating a state park on the Himsl property, located a few miles south of Lakeside at Deep Bay.
A Daily Taste of Top Stories
Thursday Buffet: School Funding Impasse, Farm Bill Fumble, Great-Great-Granny Racer
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Good morning; today is the anniversary of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. The fight over state education funding. In Whitefish, businesses are closing, opening and changing locations. Bill Clinton will return to Montana. Obama will campaign here while he begins his general election campaign. More than half the state's wheat fields are withering. A major mix-up has stalled the Farm Bill. And a 96-year-old great-great-grandmother races around the Indy 500 track.
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THE BEACON BLOG
Clinton Needs the Flathead if She Wants Montana
When the Beacon posted a short Web story noting that Kalispell mayor Pam Kennedy had endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president it quickly drew a plethora of opinions, which ranged from support to utter outrage. And while it is open to debate whether her endorsement matters, the city she represents certainly could – especially if Clinton wants to pull off a major upset in Montana’s upcoming primary.
[read more]Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports
Police Blotter: Drunken Destruction and Lovers’ Quarrel
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6:24 p.m. Someone drunkenly drove their vehicle through a fence and drove off.
9:27 p.m. A man and a woman got into a lovers' quarrel at an Evergreen bar. They then left the bar and took the fight across the street to an apartment complex. Deputies arrived shortly thereafter to break up the fight.
