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Quist, Powers will square off in primary
Two Democrats will square off in the June primary to represent House District 3. The District isn’t the one voters are used to, either. Rather than encompassing Columbia Falls and the Canyon, it now extends west to Whitefish and includes the neighborhoods in Whitefish and Columbia Falls north of the railroad tracks all the way to the Canada line, including the North Fork Community.The Canyon is now in House District 5 and Columbia Falls city proper along with most of Whitefish, is in House District 4.In the primary Debo Powers will square off against Guthrie Quist. When asked what separates...
Logan Health surgeon has roots in Columbia Falls
Former breast cancer patient Carol Church had almost given up hope on getting reconstructive surgery following her second battle with the disease. But it was by lucky coincidence that Logan Health had just hired Dr. Thomas Wright to specialize in plastic and reconstructive surgery, bringing top-of-the-line care to the area where he grew up.Wright began his tenure at Logan Health Medical Center in Kalispell in August of 2023. With an emphasis on breast reconstruction, Wright said he enjoys getting to know his patients and learning how to best solve their issues.Many of the surgeries he performs go to improve someone’s...
Learn the ways of the woods at Family Forestry Expo
The Family Forestry Expo is ongoing this week, with a host of students learning about the woods through the innovative program. This year the theme of “Forests-Landscapes of Many Uses.”Over 1,200 local fifth grade students from 28 schools, stretching from Eureka to the Flathead Valley, visited the Expo to learn about natural resource topics. The students visit stations that provide educational presentations about fisheries, aquatic/riparian systems, archaeology, wildlife, fire, backcountry ethics, plant identification and forest management. Eighteen classes will also tour either the F. H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Co. mill or a Weyerhaeuser mill; the remaining classes will have the...
Legals for May, 8 2024
NO. 1785 PUBLIC NOTICE Good Housing Partnership located at 106 E Babcock Street, Suite 1E, Bozeman, MT 59715 – 406.414.6500, a for-profit organization working with the Northwest Montana United Way, a non-profit organization, hereby notifies all interested persons of Columbia Falls, Flathead County, that we are planning to rehabilitate Columbia Villas which is an affordable multi-family rental housing complex on site located at 700 7th Street W, Columbia Falls, MT. This Project will consist of 36 units consisting of two bedrooms and three bedrooms for individuals and families. This project will be exempt from property taxes. An application will be submitted to...
Weather stymies Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road plowing efforts
Bad weather stymied Glacier National Park plowing efforts over the past week. Crews made it to the first pullout at Rim Rocks, but blowing and drifting snow stopped the plowing effort for a couple of days on both sides of the divide. Rim Rocks is about 0.8 of a mile from Logan Pass. On the east side crews are working in the Siyeh Bend area and will work toward No Stump next week. Crews will also be doing ditch work and other maintenance from Lake McDonald Lodge to Avalanche next week.The snow depths at Rim Rocks are about 20 feet and...
EPA says it would be tough to remove all of the waste at CFAC
The Environmental Protection Agency made its strongest case yet for a “waste in place” solution for the cleanup of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site during a public meeting last week.Many members of the Columbia Falls community have called for removing the waste and hauling it off to an approved landfill in Oregon by rail.But that comes with a cost estimated to be between $624 million and $1.4 billion. Cost was just one factor in the EPA’s analysis of that alternative, Matt Dorrington, project manager for the EPA told the capacity crowd.He said other larger factors came into play....
Yeats family places acreage east of river under easement
A key parcel of farmland just east of the Flathead River has been placed under a conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust.“I wanted to protect my land so it wouldn’t be subdivided,” landowner Luci Yeats said last week. “Kind of put my money where my mouth is.”Yeats and her late husband, Dave, planned on placing the land into an easement, as development pressure east of the river mounted. The land is farmland and woods on 76.5 acres. It often hosts an elk herd in the winter months.Four generations of the Loeffler and Rogers families have stewarded the land that...
The Blotter: Woman using cemetery outhouse for storage
April 22A Ninth Street business manager reported white supremacy posters being posted on their community bulletin board, camera footage was not able to aid in suspect identification. A vehicle was broken into and a wallet and backpack stolen from it on First Avenue. A noise disturbance was reported regarding the caller’s neighbors on Eighth Street. April 23A man reported he was receiving texts from an escort service and was sent graphic images of deceased individuals. A shoplifter was reported on Ninth Street. A woman was trespassed from the cemetery after the groundskeeper found her to be storing miscellaneous tools, suitcases, clothing and rocks in an old outhouse on the northwest corner of the property. April 24Bikes were reported stolen on First Avenue.
Student asks folks to support levies
As our community members know, the time to vote on levies for our school district has come.I am imploring you to vote yes.As a sophomore at the high school, I have no vote, but you do. There are three levies appearing on your ballots: one for our disintegrating roof and two for additional operating funding.Last fall, our roof was temporarily shored up as an emergency measure. We are nearing the end of the school year, and still we are operating under rusting beams and exposed wiring. Simply put, still we lack a safe place to go to school. We pride...
Quality of life taking a hit, 62% of Montanans say
Drought, urban sprawl, low snowpack — those are all some of the things that are seen as “serious to very serious” problems by Montanans, according to a new bipartisan poll of voters in the state.Montanans are also worried about their quality of life, with 62% of voters saying their area is worse than it was five years ago, while 31% say it’s the same and just 6% say its better.The survey inquired folks who had lived here at least five or more years. That dissatisfaction represented a 7% increase over two years ago.About 90% of the 500 voters surveyed by...
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