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Look What’s Law: Governor Signs Bill Reducing COVID-19 Liability, Rolls Back Mask Mandate Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed into law a major COVID-19 liability bill, which soared through the Montana Legislature during its first month. Senate Bill 65, sponsored by Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick, R-Great Falls, greatly reduces the extent to which businesses, healthcare professionals, and manufacturers of personal protective equipment are liable for harm related to COVID-19. The bill sets a higher bar for lawsuits, changing the standard from ... Full story
Casey Olson has been on a drill rig since 1991. Back then, Olson worked at a mineral exploration company, and though the work was “break-back,” learning the equipment wasn’t too difficult. Fast forward 30 years later, he’s now running Rabco Services as an independent well drilling contractor in Columbia Falls and Olson says the technology is rapidly outpacing the knowledge of new workers, which are hard enough to find as it is. “We’re trying to target younger guys, we take older guys -- we take whoever wants to come,” Olson said in a phone in... Full story
SEELEY LAKE - Partnership Health Center (PHC) collaborated with the Missoula County COVID-19 Vaccine Coordination Team to organize a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Seeley-Swan High School Monday, Feb. 8. Around 200 PHC patients in the Seeley-Swan area were able to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The second doses will be administered at the same location Sunday, Feb. 28. According to Eric Halverson, PHC public information officer, this clinic was exclusively for PHC... Full story
POTOMAC – After receiving a call that a doberman-pitbull cross named Angel was pregnant and would be shot unless someone took her, Paws Up Safe Home welcomed another cast-off. Within a week, she had six puppies. Even though the puppies all died, Angel was given a second chance at a new home. "She is the best dog," said Sherri Housley, Paws Up board member. "I've had her since she was 10 months old." After more than 20 years of caring for lost, abandoned and abused pets in the area as well as f...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan Search and Rescue were called out at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 to look for two snowmobilers from Arlee who got off the trail south of Fawn Peak and could not find a trail out. SSSAR worked through the night in difficult weather and terrain and rescued the snowmobilers and returned to the Westside Trailhead by 6 a.m. Sunday morning. According to Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ryan Dunster the man and woman were coming down the south side of Fawn Peak and headed back to the Westside Trailhead. The...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake Historian Ron Cox, representing the Seeley Lake Historical Society took the group of around a dozen people on a three-hour loop from Camp Paxson to Seeley Lake Campground, to the Maclean Cabin and through Girard Larch Grove. During the tour he talked about a range of historical topics including Hotel Point, early residents and logging history. Cox said part of the grant money from the Reimagining Rural Series went towards plowing the parking lot so attendees could...
SEELEY LAKE - In mid-December, Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Inc. was alerted to the presence of positive COVID-19 cases among its employees. In about a three-week period, the mill saw eight positive cases, a majority of which were office personnel or exposed to office personnel. This is the area with the most exposure to the general public. Pyramid’s Human Resources Director was notified of the first case Dec. 13. Controller Wendy Dalrymple said that in addition to the positive cases, five employees, three in the office and two in the mill, had to...
Alpine Artisans, Inc. representatives Kris Gullikson and Gene Schade presented checks to Seeley Lake Elementary and Swan Valley Elementary schools from the AAI Giving Tree for art supplies. The funds can be requested by teachers to purchase art supplies in their classrooms....
SEELEY LAKE - Resident Cheri Thompson found an explosive secret while she was digging through her family's relics. Amongst the familial treasures were a live Type 91 Japanese fragmentation grenade and an artillery fuze which came from her father's World War II memorabilia. She immediately turned over the items to Robert Parcell, Missoula County Sheriff's Office Sergeant and retired Marine Colonel, who brought it to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) in Missoula. Thompson's father Ivan Odom...
The season of Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and self-examination in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of the Lord at Easter. It is a period of 40 days — like the flood of Genesis, Moses’ sojourn at Mount Sinai, Elijah’s journey to Mount Horeb, Jonah’s call to Ninevah to repent and Jesus’ time of testing in the wilderness. (The Sundays in Lent are not counted in this counting of the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter, as every Lord’s Day is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.) For Catholics and many Pr...
SEELEY LAKE - Students in Seeley-Swan High School's Blackhawk Business Professionals of America (BPA) group placed high enough in the recent BPA Regional Conference to move on to the statewide competition March 14-16. The students who will move on are Freshman Conner Chadwick in Financial Math & Analysis, Junior Hannah Ayers in Entrepreneurship, and Sophomore Cora Stone in Interview Skills as well as Ethics & Professionalism. The school group was created earlier in the fall with SSHS Business...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan turned into a winter wonderland over the weekend. The Seeley Lake Ranger District officially reported 31 inches of snow from 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 – Monday morning around 10 a.m. By the end of the weekend, the North Fork Jocko Snotel Site added 33 inches of snow to the 62 inches on the ground. We asked our readers to share their snow and winter fun photos with us....
Neighborhood meeting for Commercial Major Subdivision GREENOUGH – IMEG, formerly Territorial Landworks, Inc., will be hosting a Neighborhood Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. to discussion a commercial major subdivision being proposed between Blanchard Creek and Camp Utmost. To join via phone call 1-309-644-4427, Conference id #312 387 613#. To join via computer call 406-532-0263 prior to the meeting and a Microsoft Teams meeting link will be emailed to you. For more information direct questions to Paul Forsting, paul.t.for...
SEELEY LAKE - Dave Evans has been a member of the Seeley Lake community for 47 years, first visiting in 1974 before fully settling down in 1988. After starting coaching in 1999, Evans spent more than 20 years training athletes and inspiring them to work hard and become successful people. He retired before this year’s Seeley-Swan High School basketball season. Evans coaching career began for the Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles in 1999 starting with basketball and football. This helped transition Evans into coaching at Seeley-Swan High School in 2...
HELENA – Nominations are open for the Office of Public Instruction’s 2022 Montana Teacher of the Year Program. Members of the public can fill out a simple form to nominate a teacher. Teachers can self-nominate by filling out an application. All current and actively teaching Montanans who are making a positive difference in the lives of students are encouraged to apply. If nominated, the OPI will reach out to the nominated teacher and ask them to fill out an application. “Montana teachers are remarkable in an average year, but in the past year...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan turned into a winter wonderland over the weekend. The Seeley Lake Ranger District officially reported 31 inches of snow from 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 – Monday morning around 10 a.m. By the end of the weekend, the North Fork Jocko Snotel Site added 33 inches of snow to the 62 inches on the ground. We asked our readers to share their snow and winter fun photos with us....
The bell rang once to signal members of the Montana House of Representatives to punch in their votes, and the result was a dead heat: 50 for “yes,” 50 for “no.” That was enough to kill House Bill 27, the first in a stream of bills working to address gaps in support for Montana students’ mental health. Sponsored by Rep. Moffie Funk, D-Helena, the bill would have permitted schools to implement “handle with care” programs -- allowing law enforcement to contact a child’s school and alert staff to handle the student with extra care because of a po...
Bills Aim to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs in Montana A House committee tabled a bill in the Montana Legislature that would have limited copays for insulin to $35 for a month’s supply after it drew support from families and healthcare providers who say the price of the drug has become otherwise unaffordable. Rep. Jessica Karjala, D-Billings, presented House Bill 222 to members of the House Human Services Committee on Monday, Feb. 1. “The bottom line is that the price of insulin with insurance has become prohibitive, and often, out of rea...
SEELEY LAKE – On Jan. 25, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued Opencut Mining Permit #2864 to Deer Creek Excavating, LLC for a 20-acre sand and gravel pit on 26.5 acres located approximately four miles east of Seeley Lake in Powell County. Owner of Deer Creek Excavating, LLC Gary Lewis looks forward to beginning operations at the Cottonwood Site this summer. “We are pleased that the permit has been approved and we look forward to serving the community of Seeley Lake with our own gravel products,” said Lewis and his w...
MISSOULA COUNTY - By the end of January, Missoula County shifted into the first tier for Phase 1b vaccine distribution. Tier one of Phase 1b includes county residents ages 70 and older, Native Americans and other people of color. Following these groups, appointments will be opened to younger individuals who meet other eligibility criteria under this Phase. Due to high demand and limited doses, Phase 1b appointments will open with a tiered approach as required by the Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD). Those without Internet access... Full story
SEELEY LAKE - The fate of a pair of bonds to fund Seeley Lake’s proposed sewer system is in the hands of the voters with ballots being mailed out Feb. 3. If the bonds pass in the Feb. 23 election, the Seeley Lake Sewer District can move forward to finish checking off the conditions of the funding package and put the proposed sewer project out to bid. However the water gets muddier when looking at the impacts of a “no” vote. The Pathfinder reached out to the Missoula City-County Health Department, Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ...
SEELEY LAKE - Alpine Artisans, Inc. (AAI) named Carla and Gene Schade as the recipients of their annual Arts Benefactor Award during their annual meeting which took place virtually Sunday, Jan. 24. Every year the AAI Board of Directors selects someone to receive the award based on contributions of outstanding merit to the local community. AAI Program Manager Jenny Rohrer said the Schades "have brought so much to the organization" both together and individually. "The overall thing is that Gene...
SEELEY LAKE – The community is invited to attend a History Snow Walk n’ Talk starting at Camp Paxson and Winterfest at Seeley Lake Elementary during the afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 6. The Seeley Lake Historical Society is hosting the Snow Walk from 1 – 4 p.m. The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting Winterfest activities from 3-6 p.m. The History Snow Walk n’ Talk will start at Camp Paxson, located along Boy Scout Road. Meet at the campfire for the start of snow tour at 1 p.m. The tour will include a walking loop from Camp Paxson to...
SEELEY LAKE - The next meeting of the Seeley Lake Community Council will be held this Monday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. The main topic will be COVID vaccinations. Cindy Farr, County Incident Commander - COVID-19 Response, will explain the current status of vaccinations in Missoula County, where to get information and how to sign up, the schedule of vaccination priority, the availability of vaccine, etc. It should be a very interesting and informative session, with an opportunity for citizens to ask all the questions they might have. Finally,...
MISSOULA – AARP will be offering free tax service at Southgate Mall, in the former location of Lane Bryant, between Hoagieville and Champs in the Dillard’s wing, on Mondays and Wednesdays. Appointments will be accepted between 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays by calling 406-531-2701. Please don’t call until Feb. 8th for the next block of appointments. For more information visit www.mttaxaide.org Also every Saturday beginning Feb. 6 through March 13 from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., the VITA Program will be offering free tax help to those... Full story
