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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...
Likes Glimm, Sprunger and Regier
Please support and vote for Republicans Courtenay Sprunger (Montana House), Matt Regier (Montana Senate) and Carl Glimm (Montana Senate) in the upcoming primary election. I want to thank these outstanding Republican Legislators for their good work on DEQ and Planning legislation. Their hard work cuts red tape in the DEQ and Planning process. Senator Carl Glimm, Representative Courtenay Sprunger and Speaker of the House Matt Regier were especially instrumental in this effort. Senator Glimm carried SB285 and SB327 and worked tirelessly on HB364. These great bills improved the DEQ review process, cutting red tape and at the same time protect the environment. Representative Sprunger on the House Local Government Committee put a tremendous amount effort into working with us in the house to get excellent bills over the finish line such as SB275 and SB382. Representative Sprunger is still working on DEQ legislation during the interim, which is very impressive. Speaker of the House Regier was instrumental in navigating these bills to completion. Please join me in supporting Sprunger, Regier and Glimm in the primary election. Jeff LarsenLakeside
Tourism meeting coming up in Columbia Falls
Western Montana’s Glacier Country, the official tourism marketing, management and stewardship organization for Western Montana, will be hosting a town hall meeting at Cedar Creek Lodge on Wednesday, May 8, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Glacier Country Destination Stewardship Plan and to gather resident input on challenges, opportunities and strategies for the community regarding visitors and tourism. The town hall is one of eight being held in each county in the Glacier Country region.“These gatherings are more than just meetings; they are a platform for dialogue, understanding and collective action,” said Racene...
Coalition working with EPA on an independent advisor for CFAC cleanup
Mayre Flowers of the Coalition for a Clean CFAC said it was encouraging to have a dialogue with the company, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality during two open houses and meetings last week.While not a formal public hearing, the event gave the public a chance to further weigh in on cleanup plans for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site.“We very much appreciated being able to ask questions during the open houses and night meetings,” Flowers said.The meetings were organized by the company, but both government agencies attended, along with contract experts.Still, the CCC...
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...
Vandals cause thousands in damage to club, academy
Vandals struck the Boys and Girls Club and the Ruis Wrestling Academy over the weekend, doing thousands of dollars in damage.They broke windows and cameras and stole weights from the weight room and as well as several fire extinguishers. They also sprayed about $75,000 of new wrestling mats with fire retardant, said Kyle Rosenbaum of Ruis Rentals.Rosenbaum said the vandalism happened sometime over the weekend. The building was secured on Friday.The biggest headache is cleaning up all the powder off the wrestling mats from the fire extinguishers. Vandals not only sprayed the mats, they also stole the extinguishers and stole...
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...
Levy makes sense
It’s easy to understand why people want to find a reason to vote no on the upcoming school levies. Everyone’s taxes are up, and everything is more expensive. So it can be tempting to believe it when people blame the rusted high school roof and the need for operations levies on “wasteful spending.” But as any home or car-owner knows, you can be 100% up-to-date on preventive maintenance, and sometimes stuff still breaks. Or you uncover one problem while trying to fix another. That’s what happened at the high school. As a result, we’re literally being asked whether we want...
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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