Whitefish City Council Approves Final Budget with Additional Mills
A divided city council picked up an additional 10 mills in response to concerns the city’s roughly 27 “carry-over” mills would be eliminated in the upcoming legislative session.
Kalispell City Council Strikes License Plate Camera Funding After Pushback
About 40 residents protested a proposed $70,000 LPR camera, leaving the question of how to improve parking enforcement downtown unanswered for the time being
Republicans Vote to Replace Rep. Llew Jones on the Ballot for State Senate in Response to Term Limit Dispute
The vote was spurred by a legal opinion on the state’s term limit law issued last week by Montana Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen that effectively blocked Jones from being eligible to run for the state Senate this election cycle
Great Basin Incident Team 7 to Transition Out of Skillet Fire
Starting Monday, the Great Basin Incident Management Team 7 will begin the transition process with the local Type 3 team as the fire’s containment reaches 75%
Haskill Basin Watershed Council Advocates for Stricter Protections in Whitefish City Water Plan
The water plan, which is set to go before the city council on Monday, will need adjustments in order to effectively protect Second and Third Creeks from dewatering brought on by the city, the group stated in a nearly 30-page report.
Floor Space: What You Can Buy for About $750,000
A guest-cabin retreat on nearly 3 acres in Kalispell; a secluded cabin bordering national forest in Coram; and a two-home property near Flathead Lake in Somers
Knudsen’s Term-limit Reset Races the Ballot-certification Clock
A request for a temporary restraining order to block the attorney general’s term limits opinion could determine whether two veteran Republican lawmakers remain on the November ballot
Flathead County Republicans Primed for New Leadership
With a county convention to elect new standard bearers in the local Republican Party set for Sept. 17, questions about how to conduct that convention remain
DEQ Completes Libby Creek Stabilization After December Flood Damage
The flooding washed out a portion of an asbestos-contaminated creek bank the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had remediated in August 2009
CARD Clinic Closes Doors Ahead of Scheduled Shutdown
Libby’s Center for Asbestos Related Disease shuttered Monday due to a delay in federal reimbursements.
Crews Make Progress on Skillet Fire as Smoke Clears and Weather Cools
The fire’s containment rose to 39% as air quality has “improved significantly statewide” over the past 24 hours.
Man Convicted in Evergreen Hit-and-Run Homicide Sentenced to 100 Years
A Flathead County jury in May convicted 49-year-old Jeffrey Scott Serio of deliberate homicide in the death of 67-year-old Raymond Maurice “Mory” Grigg
Developer Withdraws 97-slip Bigfork Bay Marina Application with Plans for Resubmittal
Polson-based developer Michael Maddy of Cougar Ridge Development cited a failure to complete a requested engineering report before a July deadline to the Flathead Conservation District
Family Remembers Rex Schowengerdt After Fatal Rockfall in Glacier National Park
The family has set up a fundraiser to help cover expenses tied to the accident and its aftermath, including medical bills, funeral costs, and other unexpected financial burdens
Flathead County Air Quality Alert Remains With Some Relief on the Horizon
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks restrictions also remain in effect in Lake County. Crews have made progress on the Skillet Fire, which was at 28% containment as of Tuesday morning.
