With blizzard warnings calling for 25-50 mph winds and 100 percent chance of snow, travel on back roads was treacherous throughout Lake County Friday and through the weekend. Even a state snowplow was seen stuck near Pablo. “This was one of the worst storms I’ve seen in 14 years with the Sheriff’s Office,” Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said. Deputies, emergency services, and Lake County Search and Rescue responded to several calls during the weekend as roadways drifted shut. “In some ways I think we had fewer problems as far as criminal activity, but as far as the weather there was some pretty severe drifting in some areas.” Montana Highway Patrol r...
A pet mini-Nubian goat, a rocking cow for a child to ride, fresh milk and cheese, gluten-free Mama’s Almond Blend Flour, garden seeds and many more items are all listed for sale on Montana Co-op’s website at www.montanacoop.com. For a one-time fee of $20, a person becomes a co-op member and an eq...
FLATHEAD LAKE – After the conclusion of a years-long process of environmental assessment, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will begin netting efforts this spring to reduce the number of invasive lake trout in Flathead Lake, in hopes of promoting a rebound of the native and threatened bull tr...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Wildlife Management Program POLSON — Tribal Wildlife Management Program initiated a research project to document seasonal elk movements and habitat use on the Flathead Indian Reservation in 2012, with the capture of 15 elk in the Ferry B...
POLSON — At a joint meeting of the Polson City Commissioners and the Polson Rural Fire District on Feb. 20, Lane Wintermute, Emergency Service Consulting International, hit the high points on a fire department agency evaluation. Wintermute said ESCI was engaged in the summer of 2013 by the PRF...
BIG ARM — Wildhorse Island is an incubator for bighorn sheep, and for the past four out of five years, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks have removed excess bighorn sheep to other areas in the state. Bruce Sterling, Montana wildlife biologist from Thompson Falls, said during an aerial wildlife s...
POLSON — When Reverend John Payne prays, he always includes prayers for “the least, the last, the lost and the lonely.” He says we’ve all been one of those at some time in our lives. Payne is the shepherd for the flock at Journey Be, housed in the Wander Inn, a transitional h...
LAKE COUNTY – High fur prices created a lucrative pull for trappers to take to the woods last year and more incentive to break the law. “We saw more steel out in the woods this year trapping than anyone has seen in recent times,” Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Captain Lee Anderson said....
POLSON — Lawrence Mays wakes up every morning at 2 a.m. and takes a look at the weather outside. If it’s snowing, he calls or texts the other members of his crew. “He’s the weatherman,” crew member Connie King said. Mays is the foreman of the Confederated Salish a...
POLSON — A three-vehicle wreck at the foot of Jette hill north of Polson closed traffic for an hour and a half on Feb. 25, but no one was seriously injured. At about 9:26 a.m. a male driver in a 1999 Subaru sedan, headed north on U.S. Highway 93, was waiting to make a left-hand turn onto Partridge T...
