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Articles with the Tag: Polson Rural Fire District

Commission OKs low-income housing grant Commission OKs low-income housing grant

  POLSON — The Polson City Commission voted to write a letter of support for and send a representative to Helena to speak on behalf of Polson Landing, a low-income housing development.  Alex Burkhalter, who approached the commission about the building project, will submit his project to...

Rural fire districts appoints interim chief Rural fire districts appoints interim chief

POLSON — After a last-ditch effort to keep the Polson Fire Department and the Polson Rural Fire District as one organization, the Rural board held a special meeting on Sept. 23 and voted to recognize the interlocal agreement is no longer in effect and move on.  Chair R. Jack Clapp announced tha...

Polson city, rural fire departments split Polson city, rural fire departments split

POLSON — Rumblings among the membership, studies conducted to get to the bottom of the fire department’s unrest, resignations and hirings all stirred up with a busy fire season finally brought the implosion — the Polson Fire Department and the Polson Rural Fire District will be separate and...

Fire department struggles with politics

POLSON — Underlying turmoil has been plaguing the fire department, and it came to a head when several fire department officers signed a letter of no confidence in Fire Chief John Fairchild and gave it to Polson City Manager Mark Shrives in November of 2014. Shrives immediately did his own investigation...

Rural fireboard retains fire chief Rural fireboard retains fire chief

POLSON — With temperatures in the 90s, a ban on fireworks and worries about no moisture, fire is on everybody’s mind. The Polson Rural Fire District special meeting on July 1 was blazing, too, from the stifling temperature of the Fairgrounds Fire Station to the opinions of people attending. ...

Space junk possible explanation for Big Arm fire Space junk possible explanation for Big Arm fire

BIG ARM — Reports about space debris falling from a Chinese satellite’s rocket body over the Western United States fueled one man’s curiosity about a fire near Walking Horse Lane at 11 p.m. Saturday. A Big Arm resident and volunteer firefighter, Matt Sisler responded to the fire with 15 ...

Study shows public well served by fire department

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...

Water compact negotiators to speak

  News from Lake County Republican Women POLSON — Melissa Hornbein, attorney for the Reserve Water Compact Commission, and Ethan Mace, DNRC Surface Water Hydrologist with the Water Resources Division, Missoula, will provide information on the CSKT Water Compact at the Monday, Feb. 10 meeting...

Pachyderms to host Simpson

News from the Lake County Pachyderm Club POLSON — Jim Simpson, chairman of the Lake County Conservation District, will be the featured speaker at the Friday, Feb. 14 meeting of the Lake County Pachyderm Club. He will discuss and describe a major conservation initiative the LCCD has been studying ...

Rural Fire District looks at station sale Rural Fire District looks at station sale

POLSON — The Rural Fire Board held its monthly meeting on Dec. 8 at the Fairgrounds Fire Station, and one item on the agenda drew quite a crowd. That item was discussion about the possible sale of the Fairgrounds Station to Lake County Search and Rescue. LCSAR members attended and had an impromptu l...


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