Good morning; on the Beacon today, a final decision on a tentative settlement between Flathead County and the developers of the North Shore Ranch Subdivision was put on hold until March 8 after the county commissioners heard two hours of public testimony against the terms of the agreement. There is an effort underway in Columbia Falls to resurrect a landmark from the 1960s and 1970s: A large arch spanning the south end of Nucleus Avenue. A member of Rep. Denny Rehberg’s staff, Dustin Frost, who suffered a severe head injury in a Flathead Lake boat crash last summer has resigned, Rehberg said Monday. Columbia Falls’ girls and boys basketball teams head to state on a high note after winning Divisionals, while crews are searching for mail that may have fallen out of a plane en route to Kalispell in our weekly index of what’s up, down and in between.
The governor is likely to get an earful this week from both lawmakers and the public as he considers budget cuts of about $40 million. The right to bear arms is back before the Supreme Court. This time the focus is on handgun bans in Chicago and one of its suburbs. A Missoula city councilwoman pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence per se, but she said she would continue to serve on the council. Two Air Force units responsible for the nuclear missiles warehoused in Montana failed inspections last month, military officials said Monday. Barry Webb, a beloved resident of Polson, died at his home last week, two months after being diagnosed with late-stage lymphoma. A 25-year-old Harvard graduate and freelance writer from Great Falls, Travis Kavulla, has become the second Republican and fourth person in the race for the Public Service Commission seat representing northern Montana.