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Free public Spring River Safety Workshop
Flathead Rivers Alliance (FRA) announces a free Spring River Safety Workshop for the public to kick-off the 2024 float season. Leading experts from North Valley Search & Rescue and Glacier Raft Company will help get you ready for the water.The workshop is Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 6 - 8 p.m. at Sacred Waters Brewing Company at 3250 U.S. Hwy 2 East. in Kalispell. Learn from leading experts about cold water immersion, safety gear, river condition forecasts and handling spring river conditions. Representatives will be on hand to walk you through proper gear, demonstrations and share river search and rescue...
At end of June, city will lose its ‘doughnut’
The doughnut will soon be no more. The Columbia Falls City Council recently learned that by the end of June, the city will no longer have extraterritorial planning jurisdiction in the county, commonly referred to as the “doughnut.”The doughnut was a contested subject last year when developers proposed large subdivisions east of the Flathead River. Some folks who lived outside the city limits saw it as unfair that the city had a say in the proposed developments, because they couldn’t vote for city officials.The jurisdiction, roughly a mile from the city limits, also extended north to Meadow Lake Resort, where...
Should city review government structure?
On the June primary ballot, Columbia Falls voters are being asked to decide if they want a government review to examine the structure of city government. The local government review is constitutionally required every 10 years as in Article XI, Section 9 of the 1972 Montana Constitution. The City Council was required to put the question before voters on whether they’d like a review. Election Day is June 4. This is an opportunity for citizens to review their city’s power and form of government and to make recommendations for changes to their structure of government. Cities that choose to participate will elect...
Legals for May, 22 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...
At Kiowa Junction, a new mercantile has opened
On Mother’s Day Kiowa Junction, the historic intersection of the Looking Glass Highway and Highway 89 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was something it hasn’t been in a very long time: It was busy.Busy with tourists looking to get a bite to eat and make a pit stop between sites in Glacier National Park. Busy with locals looking to have some fried chicken and a huckleberry bear claw for dessert.The new Kyiyo Mercantile had just opened and it was full as the line wound through the store, nearly to the door.The Kyiyo Mercantile (pronounced kee-iyou, it is the Blackfeet name...
Whitefish Community Foundation awards $120,000 grant for affordable housing
Whitefish Community Foundation recently awarded a $120,000 grant to the Northwest Montana Community Land Trust (NWMTCLT) for the acquisition of four affordable homes in Whitefish.NWMTCLT is a nonprofit organization with a mission of providing affordable homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families in the Flathead Valley and Northwest Montana. Under the land trust model, the land underneath the home is separated from the value of the home. The land is owned by NWMTCLT in perpetuity, thereby reducing the purchase price for current and future homebuyers."It's a one-time investment in permanent affordability," NWMTCLT Executive Director Kim Morisaki said.Earlier this year, NWMTCLT...
Memorial Day, other events on tap
Memorial Day eventsColumbia Falls Freedom Post 72 is holding its annual Veterans Day Walk to Honor our fallen heroes. They will walk from the Nite Owl parking lot to the Flathead River, to honor the buried at sea, and then back to our Memorial wall at Marantette Park. They meet at the Nite Owl parking lot at 10:30 a.m. start our walk at 11 a.m. Open to all that want to join them.The United Veterans of the Flathead Valley will have a ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Memorial Day and then will be at the Veterans Home Cemetery at 3 p.m.The Boy Scouts will have a flag retirement ceremony at the Veterans Home Monday starting at 8:30 p.m. Garage saleThe North Valley Senior Center is having a garage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 7-8. Folks are asked to donate their unwanted treasures. Free mealsFree, delicious hot meals are being served on May 30-31 at 6 p.m. in the basement of St. Richard’s Catholic Church. They are nondenominational and everyone is welcome. Bring friends and family and join them.
Likes Sheehy, Smith
Voting is our opportunity to keep our freedom and make sure our government is fiscally responsible. Our county and state balance their budgets, but the federal government is running on borrowed money. It would have been great if Sen. Jon Tester would have led an effort to stop the crazy spending rather than adding to it. Tim Sheehey is my choice. I endorse Tanner Smith for governor because he has enthusiasm and ideas on how to redo our property taxes so that people do not lose their homes or water rights out of the Flathead River. Randy Brodehl, who is...
Construction resumes on Perma bridge over Flathead River
The Montana Department of Transportation and Frontier West are resuming work on the bridge that carries Secondary Highway 382 over the Flathead River near Perma this week, weather and other factors permitting.Planned work for this construction season includes removing and replacing the pavement on the bridge approaches, upgrading guardrail, painting portions of the steel structure, installing advance warning rumble strips and signage, and applying final pavement markings. Traffic will be reduced to one lane over the bridge and controlled by temporary signals. A 10-foot width restriction will be in place during painting work. The river beneath the bridge will remain...
Looking Back: Fourteen-year-old Costain wins in Utah
A look back at past Pilot articles by Julie Engler50 Years AgoMay 23, 1974Children who live less than three miles from school would not receive school bus services during the 1974 school year. Faced with the problem of overcrowded school buses, the District 44 school board decided to strictly enforce the so-called “three-mile limit.” The state partially reimbursed the local district for transporting children who live three miles or more from school. Costs of bussing those who live closer than three miles was borne entirely by the local district.40 Years AgoMay 24, 1984With the conditions of the streets in Whitefish...
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