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The final outcome of the Holland Lake Lodge could still be years away, but Forest Service officials in Washington D.C have joined the process in deciding the future of the resort. Representatives from the nonprofit Save Holland Lake told members of the public at the Swan Valley Community Council on Aug. 15 that questions submitted by Save Holland and the public have been routed to the Forest Service national headquarters. With new development looming, the council also started the process of...
The Missoula County Sheriff's Office reserves three deputy jobs for the Seeley-Swan Valley, but since May just one officer lives in the area full-time, and sometimes there is no law enforcement on patrol. With the high price of housing, there's a chance that there will be no resident sheriff deputies in the future, although there will always be patrol cars in the area, according to Missoula County Sheriff Jeremiah Petersen. The sheriff's office hopes to hire a second Seeley Lake deputy from its...
A heavy-duty recumbent tricycle pedaled out of Ovando on Monday, Aug. 14. It was not to take a quick trip, as pedaler Greg Veal plans to make an 18-day, 820-mile trip to Bismarck, North Dakota, from Missoula. This is the second leg of his Lewis and Clark Trail bike ride to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer. He successfully made a trip from the West Coast to Missoula in 2022. Veal said he was an avid cyclist and jogger as a young man, but both of his knees required surgery in his...
For thousands of years, members of the Salish Tribe would cross the Mission Mountains into Lindbergh Lake - what they called Long Ridge Trail - and up Holland Creek to reach hunting grounds in the Bob Marshall and Rocky Mountain Front. The story weaved with countless others as the chair of cultural and language studies at Salish Kootenai College Tim Ryan connected with the past practices of Indigenous groups that lived across western Montana during the annual talk at the Upper Swan Valley...
Across western Montana, people are being squeezed out of their homes and communities by rising prices. Teaching positions go unfilled – and no one is applying to fill them because a $40k salary - the high end of starting teacher salaries in Montana, doesn’t afford a home, even if you’re lucky to find a house for sale in rural places like Seeley Lake. The 2023 Montana GOP had a super-majority and a $2.9 billion surplus, thanks to federal democratic policies. Armed with power and money, the Montana GOP imposed a permanent tax increase on resid...
Matt Rosendale is the kind of proven conservative Montana needs in the race for the U.S. Senate against Jon Tester. As a group of committed conservative leaders and citizen legislators representing Montana, we are committed to our principles and the individuals who elected us. We are uniting our voices to encourage Matt Rosendale to enter the Montana Senate race. Congress has been drifting from our Constitutional principles for too long, leaving grassroots conservatives and everyday Americans feeling overlooked. The current bureaucratic party...
Anyone driving Montana’s highways knows the risk of colliding with deer and other wildlife. Hardly a mile goes by without the gruesome reminders of hit animals, broken bumpers, or smashed headlights scattered on the shoulder. According to the Bozeman-based Western Transportation Institute, collisions with wildlife can be reduced by up to 85 percent with the installation of wildlife crossing infrastructure such as fencing and under and overpasses. Such installations have been effective in several western states, including Nevada and Wyoming, as...
8/13 9:36 a.m. Accident, No Injury 27XX Hwy 83, Seeley Lake 8/13 7:40 p.m. Trespassing 47XX Hwy 83, Condon 89/14 10:36 a.m. Theft 1XX Morrell Creek Drive, Seeley Lake 8/14 10:10 p.m. Suspicious activity 6XX Spruce Drive, Seeley Lake 8/14 10:45 p.m. Accident with Injury 20XX Hwy 83, Salmon Lake 8/16 10:03 p.m. Burglary 63XX Hwy 83, Condon 8/17 9:44 a.m. Assault 31XX Hwy 83, Seeley Lake 8/17 1:29 p.m. Fraud 64XX Hwy 83, Condon 8/17 8:41 p.m. Disturbance School Lane, Seeley Lake...
8/11/2023 Medical Boy Scout Road 8/13/2023 Fire illegal Burn Highway 83 8/14/2023 Accident injury Highway 83 8/14/2023 Fire alarm Double Arrow Road 8/15/2023 Fire Alarm School Lane 8/16/2023 Medical Highway 83...
Hannah Baron Spencer is a tall athletic woman with an engaging presence and winsome smile. She is a wife and the mother of lively twins living a homestead way of life on the Salmon River; she’s also a fly fishing and whitewater rafting guide, and an artist. The vibrant colors of her primitive woodblock prints capture visions of the life she lives. To take a look, go to www.hbsartworks.com. I met Hannah before her marriage and move to Salmon, when she was living in the Bitterroot Valley. She was equally at home wearing her broad-brimmed straw h...
I’ve spoken much on the importance of the local church, but I’ll keep harping on the topic. In this article and a few more to come, I want to focus on the armor of God. Specifically for this article, I’ll be focusing on the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit. Ephesians 6:16-17 reads: “Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” When Paul wrote thi...
Carol Ann Jacobsen, 77, of Helena, passed away Aug. 11, 2023 of natural causes. She was born May 9, 1946, in Missoula, to Harold and Hazel Jacobsen of Ovando. She lived with her family on the Ovando family ranch. She worked for her dad in the hayfield summers in between high school and university school years. Her dad used to proudly say that she was a better worker than any hired man he'd ever had. Carol Ann attended the one-room Warren Creek Grade School until the school consolidated with...
Margaret "Margo" Jane Reeve was born on Aug. 3rd, 1930, the long-awaited only-child, of David and Imogene Stutzman. Margo peacefully passed into her new life with Christ on March 31, 2023. She was 92. Graduating from Cal Berkeley with a major in history, she loved her life as an Alpha Chi and maintained those relationships throughout her life. She earned her teaching credential and started her career in elementary education; working hard in those early years to gain tenure. Margo taught in the...
A movement in the art world has begun to take hold. A collective of people are having the same idea around the state, region and nation: to get together in person and share the experience of making art. This has inspired Alpine Artisans to host Seeley Lake’s first-ever, multi-day, multi-media, multi-instructors event called “The Nature of Art Workshops” on Sept. 15-17 in Seeley Lake. Over a single weekend, artists and anyone with a creative spark can come and try something new! Organizer Kris Gullikson states, “I am inspired by the experie...
Twenty Years Ago Thursday, August 21, 2003 Dawson Community college honors Seeley Lake area students for academic achievement Glendive, Montana, DCCC registrar Lane Holte has released the names of students who made the Dean's List during the spring semester of 2003. Students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher are included in the Dean's List. Ryan Plum, son of John and Dianna Plum of Seeley Lake , Monte McNally, son of Donald and Barbara McNally of Ovando, Brendan Banning, son of...
Wild trout management is a cornerstone of fisheries management in Montana. Here in the Blackfoot, a primary focus of our river and stream management program is native, wild trout. The Blackfoot has a long history of habitat restoration with an emphasis on native bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout. Actions that benefit these species also improve habitat conditions for nonnative trout that represent an extremely popular and important component of sport fishing opportunity. Several key elements of our management portfolio in these popular...
