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Swan Valley Connections, a natural resource conservation and education nonprofit based in Condon, has purchased a new office space. After 28 years in the Condon Work Ceter, staff members anticipate moving into their new location, named the "River House," early this spring. It is located about a mile south of their current location. In May 2024, staff at Swan Valley Connections were told the Northern Region of the Forest Service, based in Missoula, was considering conveyance, or a transfer of...
On Dec. 29, some members of the Seeley Lake community experienced an internet outage. Blackfoot, AT&T and T-Mobile services were affected. Verizon services were unaffected. The outage was limited and many businesses in town were able to operate normally. Missoula Electric Cooperative announced a planned outage in the Double Arrow area on Jan. 2, which was expected to impact members from Jan. 6 through Jan. 9 for one, one and a half hour time frame throughout the day. Once an area had an outage,...
Missoula County is now accepting Impact Grant applications and is continuing to accept Micro Grant applications to support community-driven projects that enhance the quality of life in rural areas of Missoula County. Individuals, nonprofit organizations, citizen groups, community councils, schools and special districts are encouraged to learn more and apply online at http://missoula.co/ruralgrant. The Rural Grant Program, which the Missoula County commissioners initiated in 2023, includes two unique funding opportunities: Micro Grants, with...
The 69th Legislative Assembly began its work on Jan. 6. There are a number of major, controversial measures which will be discussed, argued and voted on including: THE CONTINUATION OF MEDICAID EXPANSION The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, contained a provision which allowed states to expand Medicaid coverage to people who had limited or lacked health insurance coverage. Passage of the state law necessary to implement “expanded Medicaid coverage” contained a sunset clause which causes the program to expire in 2025. The 202...
It is that time of year, it being cold and dark and dreary, to amuse ourselves by making resolutions for the new year. My research shows that resolutions suffer a die-off of about 20% a month, so that at the end of the year approximately 1% of our good intentions will still be active. In the practice of medicine, in the presence of such awful results, we would do a “root cause analysis,” which is another way of saying “if we keep this up, we’ll all end up in jail.” Why do only 1% of resolutions make it to the finish line? To begin with, mos...
“The peace of Christ must control your hearts — a peace into which you were called in one body. And be thankful people.” (Colossians 3:15 CEB) For a while now I have been struck by the shallowness that often exists in some faith communities. It’s as if people do not trust one another enough to tell the truth about themselves, their struggles and vulnerabilities. It may be that rugged individualist mentality, that “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” ideology, haunting so many of us that we are afraid of appearing weak or less than human...
After winter break some teams experience a readjustment period, needing to get back into the mindset to win games after the holiday season. But for the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks, they were in it to win it and won all four games at both the junior varsity and varsity levels against the Superior Bobcats on Friday, Jan. 3. The night started with the junior varsity games - the Lady Blackhawks played a half game and the Blackhawks played a full game, and both teams won their games. Afterwards, the...
The January meeting of the Seeley Lake Community Council will be held at the Barn (2920 Highway 83) on Tuesday Jan. 14. Pizza will be served starting at 5:30, and the meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Planned speakers/topics are as follows: ● Commissioner Strohmaier — Missoula County updates ● Undersheriff Meeder (via Zoom) — Community safety concerns ● Shane Stack — Public Works Director, update on bridges ● Heidi West, Missoula County Rural Grant Program — Grant applications ● Cheri Thompson, Seeley Lake Sewer District — Updates ● Quinn Car...
With colder temperatures upon us, perhaps it’s time to swing by your local library and find a cozy book to enlighten the mind or warm the heart. Your local Seeley Lake Public Library has many new popular titles in both nonfiction and fiction for adults. Your local library also regularly swaps out DVDs, books on CD, large print, adult fiction and nonfiction titles, holiday reads and children’s books. We typically have a puzzle going in-house, which is another great winter activity, as well as free puzzles to take home, including plenty that are...
Thursday Jan. 4, 1990 New S.O.S. doctor begins five-day schedule Dr. Robert (Bob) Nelson, 51, of Great Falls began practicing full time in Seeley Lake at the S.O.S. Health Center this week. This S.O.S. Center had announced in December it had secured a new doctor for the facility after a long search following the retirement of Dr. Schreiber last May. Dr. Nelson has rented a place to live here and will be working on a tentative five-day schedule Monday afternoons through Friday mornings. His...
The rivers run low, flowing slow and cold in winter. It amazes me, every year, that so much life could abound, dormant beneath the seemingly still currents that I see in winter. Even the water that gurgles and trickles over the riffles seems to run slower — although in my mind I know that physically it doesn’t. There will be three, four, five times as much water running in the rivers in the spring when the trout are breaking the surface everywhere to feed on the myriad of bugs that like them now lie dormant, semi-comatose, and still except for...
Public Services • Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Mon, 7pm, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, www.aa-montana.org • Missoula County Treasurer: 2nd & 4th Thurs, 9:30am – 3:30pm, closed for lunch 11:30 – 12:30, Satellite Office, 3360 Highway 83N • Montana Veterans Affairs Division: 3rd Wed, 10am-2pm, Citizens Alliance Bank. 406-721-1288 for apt. • Potomac Food Bank: Second to last Sunday each month, 5-7pm, Potomac Greenough Comm. Center • Seeley Lake Caregiver Support Group: Third Tues, 1-2pm, via ZOOM. For log in info call Missoula Aging Service the Wednesd...
Local Government • Missoula County Commissioners Public Mtg, 2nd & 4th Thursdays, Courthouse Annex, Room 151, Missoula, 2pm. http://www.missoulacounty.us/government/administration/commissioners-office • Seeley Lake Community Council, 2nd Mon, 6pm, Seeley Lake Historical Museum & Visitors Center, 2920 Highway 83. For the agenda and virtual access visit the Facebook Page for Zoom link. http://www.missoulacounty.us/community/community-councils/seeley-lake-community-council • Swan Valley Community Council, 3rd Tues, 6pm, Swan Valley Commu...
Senior Menu For any area senior unable to afford the lunches, assistance may be available. Frozen meals are also available. Please call Ria Overholt with Missoula Aging Services at 406-728-7682 for information. The Mission Mountains Mercantile serves senior meals Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Please call 406-754-2387 by 6 p.m. the night before the meal to order. Visit the Mission Mountains Mercantile Facebook page for the menu. The Seeley Lake Senior Center (Sela Senci) provides congregate meals and delivers ‘meals on wheels’. Congregate mea...
