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HELENA – The Montana Trails Coalition (MTC) highlights the current public land trail infrastructure needs and lack of current funding in their newly released Montana Trails in Crisis report. Along with identifying the shortfalls, the report provides recommendations for sustainable funding for public trails that will continue to maintain access, preserve Montanan’s outdoor way of life and the $7.1 billion outdoor recreation economy. MTC is a coalition of diverse user groups that support trail and outdoor recreation opportunities for all Mon...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake Sewer District attorney Jon Beal filed a motion Oct. 12 asking the court to dismiss the lawsuit against the District and Missoula County initiated by Don Larson. The motion to dismiss also asks the court to award attorney’s fees to the District. Larson and approximately 50 landowners and residents have sued claiming the District mishandled the protest process, failed to provide reliable financial information about the project including estimates for future phases, disenfranchised renters, failed to answer questions fro...
From Lincoln through Ovando, Seeley Lake and up the Swan Valley, Montana artisans displayed a wide variety of art works during Alpine Artisans' Tour of the Arts Oct. 13-14. Well over 100 visitors came from all over Montana and as far away as Tennessee, Minnesota and California. The tour entailed a lot of driving for those who chose to visit every location but nature itself became part of the artistry as trees displayed their fall yellows and golds while mountains, trees and hills added a...
SEELEY LAKE - Although temperatures barely reached 40 degrees Saturday, Oct. 13 for the Seeley Lake Chamber of Commerce Tamarack BrewFest, it didn't stop attendees from enjoying the brews, campfires and dancing to the live music by The Double Down Band and Beat Deaf on the shores of Seeley Lake at the Tamaracks Resort....
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Historical Society sponsored their first historical walking tour of downtown Seeley Lake Oct. 13. Attendees learned about the history of the area and many of the historical businesses that made Seeley Lake's downtown what it is today. Many stories were shared by tour guide Ron Cox and others who have been coming to Seeley Lake since the 1930s. Look for these stories in the upcoming weeks as a historical spotlight....
The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles were undefeated this year in the five-team small school Copper league heading into tournaments. After Clinton sent them to the loser bracket, they worked their way back into the Championship game where they beat Clinton twice to win the tournament. This is the first year they have won the tournament. "The players are awesome," said Head Coach Kristy Pohlman. Pohlman is back in the coaching seat after coaching in Potomac for the past couple of years. She coached...
I was very disappointed to read the comments of Mike Hopkins in our local newspaper. My previous impression of Mike was that he held himself to higher standards. His comments were disingenuous at best. This is misdirection at its worst and highly divisive. It’s highly appropriate to condemn extremism that causes damage to people or property, such as the damage and injury done by conservative marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia in August of 2017. But Mike is implying that first, all the harm is being done solely by Democrats. Secondly, he i...
The upcoming mid term elections are not about Trump; that is two years hence. In Montana, they are not about who is a Montanan or a newcomer or “the real thing.” They are simply about whether Schumer will dictate the activities of the Senate and Pelosi the House. They are whether the track records of the Republican House since 2010 and the Republican Senate since 2014 under Presidents from both parties have seen the country progress or whether the yet unknown agendas of Schumer and Pelosi will do better with Trump still in the White House. We h...
For nearly four years Missoula County Sheriff TJ McDermott has worked tirelessly to provide our community with a Sheriff’s Office that we can be proud of and trust. McDermott has led his staff to accomplish a lot in his first term. All of the expired and outdated safety equipment left by the previous administration has been updated to ensure the deputies and detention officers may do their jobs more safely. Going forward, this equipment has been properly included in the public safety budget. Working with the Commissioners, Sheriff McDermott i...
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” -Marcus Aurelius Life. It’s unexplained; the highs and lows, the ebb and flow of good and bad, the mixed bag of emotions inside of us. It’s just life. But one of the most difficult things to come to terms with is your fellow man’s input on your life. Their perception and thoughts of you impact you far more than you should ever allow. We live in a society that plays on and profits from our self-doubt. We are who we are,...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Ranger District has announced a Nov. 30 deadline for submitting 2018/2019 winter/spring Recreation Event Special Use Permit applications. Applications received past this deadline will not be accepted for review. A Recreation Event Special Use Permit is required for organizing any use or activity on National Forest System lands that meets either of the following criteria, regardless of whether the use or activity is intended to produce a profit: • Where an entry or participation fee is charged. Donations are c...
SEELEY LAKE - Appearing at Alpine Artisan's Open Book Club Saturday, Oct.19 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company is Montana mystery writer Christine Carbo. She will be reading from and discussing "A Sharp Solitude" her fourth book in her Glacier Mystery Series. There is no charge for this event and all are welcome. "A Sharp Solitude" is set in the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National Park and its environs. A journalist has been murdered and FBI investigator Ali Paige,...
SWAN VALLEY - The public is invited to the annual meeting of the Upper Swan Valley Historical Society at the Swan Valley Community Hall, Friday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. President Steve Lamar will reflect on 2018 activities, mentioning the “Oral History Review” and “Wildlife Encounters” First Friday events held earlier in the year, the Fourth of July Celebration at the Swan Valley Museum and Swan Valley Community Hall, and the “100 Years of Swan Valley Schools” event and school tours. Lamar will highlight the Hollopeter Family Tree, painted by...
Double Arrow Ranch is proud to share a name that has a long history in the Seeley Lake area. Once called the Corbett Ranch, the land that makes up today’s residential community was part of a purchase in the late 1920’s by Jan Boissevain and George Weisel. They founded the Double Arrow Ranch as a guest ranch, with the first paying guests arriving in 1930. In the following decades, the ranch served as a working cattle ranch. In 1958, CB and Helen Rich purchased the property for their outfitting business. The subdivision of the ranch for res...
SEELEY LAKE – When a fighter dropped the fight against Mozi Gerber last minute, Hard Knocks Fight Promoter Jesse Uhde decided to give Seeley Lake's Michael Whitman the chance to box in the ring. Whitman threw on wraps and gloves, borrowed a cup and a mouthpiece said took to the ring for the first time May 6, 2017. Gerber was 26 years old, weighed 165 pounds and had 14 fights under his belt. Whitman was nine years his junior and weighed 125 pounds, although he told the fight organizers he was 1...
When someone suffering a mental health crisis arrived in the emergency room at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby, staff there often called Western Montana Mental Health Center, which would send a mental health professional to evaluate the case and determine a course of action. But that practice ended at the start of 2018, following the Missoula-based center's announcement that it would close its offices in Libby and Dillon. The reason: steep budget cuts made in Montana's special legislative...
POTOMAC - Jen Vogel is Potomac School's new special education teacher. Her dedication for teaching and working with students with special needs stems from a love of her students and their families. Vogel is originally from Florida and moved to Ohio to attend college. Vogel attended The University of Dayton and graduated in 2002 with a Masters in Theology and Bachelors in Religion. She then met her future husband Chris while working for a defense contractor. She and Chris married and then began t...
MISSOULA - The Montana Budget and Policy Center (MBPC) unveiled county-level rental housing affordability data through an innovative online interactive map. Research shows that there is no county in Montana where a minimum wage worker can afford a rental home at fair market rent. In Montana, 46 percent of all renters are cost burdened – paying more than 30 percent of their household income toward housing costs. “Affordability is a major obstacle to housing security and quality of life, and a growing number of Montanans are paying levels of ren...
I’ve known Lee Bridges for over 30 years, since back in the days when she rebuilt and restored antique motorcycles with her late husband, Partsfather. She’s always worked in the blue collar trades; from wrenching bikes, to building her own shop, to going to Vo-tech for machine shop and then for welding, before getting into the sheet metal trade. All the while Lee’s been working, she’s also been a public servant on the local fire department, Sewer Board and Community Council. She’s been on the East Missoula Sewer Board since it started i...
Absentee ballots are out! Its been a long campaign year and while my opponents’ staffers have now decided to send out attack ads lying about my record, I am still proud that our race for HD92 has for the most part been a really civil race. Campaigns are hard. People on both sides put their heart and soul into trying to get their candidate elected and sometimes they feel like attacking their opponent is the best way to elect their candidate. I am proud that throughout this campaign and the 2016 campaign, I have never put together a single a...
Candidates who run for Sheriff should be independent candidates, with no allegiance to any political party. Their allegiance should be to the law and their constituents. Only an independent Sheriff can be free from that allegiance. Travis Wafstet is running for Missoula County Sheriff, as an independent. He believes that the Sheriff should not be concerned with partisan support from either party because he does not believe that the Sheriff should be beholden to anyone. Travis Wafstet is an honest, hard working and intelligent deputy sheriff who...
I was surprised and shocked to read Mike Hopkins’ letter to the editor in the last issue. I know Mike as friendly with a sense of humor, not shrill and hysterical. I can only assume that somebody else wrote the letter and Mike signed it without reading it carefully. It is curious that the letter quotes extreme behavior by left-wing radicals in D.C., when the Republican Party and its adherents have plenty of extreme crazies of their own, even a Republican “mainstream” vice-presidential candidate encouraging the assassination of Congr...
For us it’s simple. Lee embodies the American spirit and what hard work and determination can accomplish over a life well lived. A woman of the trades, Lee is a proud retiree of SMART Local 103 and has had a long and proud career as a sheet metal worker. It doesn’t stop there though. Lee is also a businesswoman and runs her own business. This means that Lee understands what it means to be fiscally responsible and how to meet production deadlines without sacrificing quality. The MACLC is proud to endorse a Woman of the Trades, and we stand wit...
If you want to support our Montana students, here is an important decision and vote which only comes around every 10 years! When voting in November, you will have a choice to support the renewal of the 6-mill levy for Montana’s higher education system (LR 128). Access and affordability for all Montana students is central to the intent and purpose of the 6- mill levy and a positive vote strongly reaffirms your support of Montana’s public colleges and universities. There are two interesting facts that make this more important now than ever: Fac...
As a retired veteran with 42 years of service, I can appreciate the commitment of those legislators who genuinely recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the men and women that faithfully served our country during times of war...and peace. Service is service, regardless of what you did or where you served. Lee Bridges is one of those people that honors the fidelity of all veterans here in Montana. And, in particular, veterans that are struggling with healthcare issues, many of which are unique to the veteran’s experience. Exposure to chemical...
