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Fugitive from justice apparently drowns fleeing deputies up the North Fork of Flathead
A North Carolina fugitive from justice apparently drowned last week trying to swim away from law enforcement in the North Fork of the Flathead.Steven Jeffrey O’Shields was reported to be in the Kalispell/Evergreen areas on June 20. O’Shields had extraditable felony warrants for his arrest regarding various crimes, including burglary, theft of services, obstruction of law enforcement, and sexual battery against a child, all out of North Carolina, according to a release by the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office. On June 21, at approximately 7 p.m., the office received a report that O’Shields was at the Big Creek Campground on foot and...
Woman injured in fiery wreck on Glacier National Park's Going-to-the Sun Road
A car went off the Going-to-the-Sun Road Wednesday night about 5:40 p.m., struck a tree and caught on fire, Glacier National Park officials said.A 70-year-old male from Texas fell asleep and drove off the road on the Lake McDonald side while driving west. The car hit a tree and then started on fire. The driver and a 65-year-old female passenger were able to get out of the car on their own. Other motorists stopped to assist. The female passenger was sent by ambulance to Logan Health in Whitefish to determine extent of injuries. Their names were not released. The ALERT helicopter was...
Scientist unlocks mystery of nutrient surge in Lake McDonald
By CHRIS PETERSONHungry Horse NewsIn 2018 the water quality in Glacier National Park’s Lake McDonald had scientists concerned.The amount of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorous in the lake had zoomed up to levels unseen before.Lake McDonald is one of the first things people see when they enter the park and it’s pristine. Was Glacier’s most coveted lake suddenly becoming eutrophic? Eutrophic lakes are high in nutrients and are susceptible to algae blooms.In essence, they’re polluted.Armed with full grant funding from the Glacier National Park Conservancy, University of Montana doctoral student and limnologist Brooke Bannerman began investigating the lake. She took a...
Two Medicine Redux
Driver, why is this place we’re going to called Two Medicine? As a Glacier Park Lodge shuttle driver I am asked that question about once a day during the summer season, which means that over a summer I get it asked a minimum of 120 times. It is not an unreasonable question as the name Two Medicine is all over the east side of Glacier ... lakes, river, valley, a former ranger station, etc. In all honesty I wonder if a definite answer can be given for that question. According to “Place Names of Glacier National Park” there were two Blackfeet...
Claims Gianforte raised your taxes, gave himself a cut
By Ryan BusseGov. Greg Gianforte raised your property taxes. And he did it deliberately, in order to give the wealthy and corporations huge tax cuts. That’s a simple truth that our governor doesn’t want you to hear, but it’s important for all Montanans to understand as we decide whether Gianforte deserves a second term. Just last year, Gianforte and his supermajority in the Montana Legislature faced an important choice: Should they follow the recommendation from Gianforte’s own Department of Revenue, which suggested lowering the residential property tax rate from 1.35% to 0.94% in order to keep property taxes neutral — as previous...
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The Hungry Horse News has been in publication since 1946. It is the only weekly newspaper in Montana to win a Pulitzer Prize and has a reputation for fine photography of the Flathead Valley and Glacier National Park. It is housed in a log cabin in Columbia Falls. Visitors with story ideas are always welcome to stop by.
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