Eric A. Anderson  WILSON LAW FIRM  7174 Main Street  P.O. Box 3009  Bonners Ferry, ID 83805  Phone: (208) 267-1777  eric.anderson@bonnersferrylaw.com    IN THE MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,  LINCOLN COUNTY   In the Matter of the Estate of ALLEN L. COOPER, Deceased. Cause No. DP-25-16 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JERMIAH COOPER has been appointed Personal Representative of the estate of the above-named decedent.  All persons having claims against the decedent, or the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of the Notice to Creditors, or within thirty (30) days after the undersigned mailed or delivered a copy of this Notice to such person, whichever is later, or said claims will be forever barred.  Claims must be presented to Eric A. Anderson, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 3009, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805, and filed with the Clerk of Court.  DATED this 27th day of February 2025.   /s/  Eric A. Anderson              ERIC A. ANDERSON  Attorney for Personal Representative  PUBLISHED IN The Western News March 6, 13 & 11, 2025. MNAXLP

Public Notice    The Libby City Council will be holding a Public Hearing on Monday, April 7th, 2025, in the Council Chambers of City Hall during the 7:00 pm council meeting to consider allowing a barrel threading business at 1404 Louisiana Ave. The Council will hear comments from any concerned parties.       For further information on the actions to be taken or to submit comments, contact the City Administrator at 293-2731 x4102, city.admin@cityoflibby.com, or stop by City Hall at 952 E. Spruce St.       PUBLISHED IN The Western News March 18 & 28, 2025. MNAXLP

PUBLIC NOTICE    Notice of availability and public comment period on the Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) document for The Historic Hotel Libby in Libby, Montana.  The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment on a document analyzing several options for cleanup in the Historic Hotel Libby located at 302 California Avenue in Libby, Montana. The ABCA was prepared to address abatement of hazardous materials in The Historic Hotel Libby. Specific goals of the ABCA include cleaning up the property to allow for future redevelopment and renovation of the hotel exterior. Preparation of the ABCA involved collaboration between the Friends of Historic Hotel Libby, the Montana DEQ Brownfields Program, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program.  Cleanup alternatives identified in the ABCA include taking no abatement action, partial asbestos and lead-based paint abatement and full universal waste abatement, full abatement of asbestos, lead and universal wastes, and full abatement of asbestos and universal wastes, and partial lead abatement with some encapsulation of lead-based paint. DEQ is accepting public comments on the ABCA through March 31, 2025.    For more information or to review the ABCA and associated documents, visit DEQ’s website at: https://www.deq.mt.gov/News/publiccomment-folder/Brownfields-HotelLibby-03-31-2025     Comments may be submitted electronically or by mail to:  Colleen Owen  Brownfields Program  Department of Environmental Quality  655 Timber Wolf Parkway  Kalispell, MT 59901  (406) 755-8954 or Cowen@mt.gov    WMRD 484474  PUBLISHED IN The Western News March 18, 2025. MNAXLP

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE    To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on the 2nd day of June, 2025, at 1:30 o’clock p.m., at the north entrance of the Lincoln County Courthouse, 512 California Avenue, Libby, Montana, is the following property:    Lots 22 and 23, Block 2 Mahoney’s Suburban Addition, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder, Lincoln County, Montana.    Donald Soderquist and Michelle Soderquist, as joint tenants, as Grantors, conveyed the above-described property to Flying S Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS), as Nominee for CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture, dated June 28, 2023, and recorded June 29, 2023, under Document No. 306427, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Lincoln County, Montana. The beneficial interest in the Trust Indenture is currently held by Montana Board of Housing as a result of the most recent Assignment, recorded November 14, 2024,  under Instrument No. 313079, records of the Clerk and Recorder of Lincoln County, Montana. The Trustee in the Trust Indenture was replaced by a Successor Trustee, namely, Jeff A. Turner, the undersigned.    The default in the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default this foreclosure is made, is the failure by the Grantors, or other person owing an obligation, or by their successors-in-interest, to pay the monthly installments of $1,951.98, due thereunder on the 1st day of the months of December 1, 2023, through April 1, 2024, and to pay the monthly installments of $1,932.80, due thereunder on the 1st day of the months of May 1, 2024, through January 1, 2025, which is applied to principal and interest and to an escrow account if established for other obligations under the Trust Indenture, late charges which are 4.00% of all principal and interest more than 15 days in arrears, and late charges and escrow shortages currently $1,138.70, attorney’s fees and foreclosure costs, currently $2,027.00, advances for property protection and partial funds, currently none, for a current total default of $30,320.80; together with accruing late charges, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees and costs.    There is presently owed on the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture the principal sum of $264,702.87, plus interest thereon at the rate of 5.7500% per annum from the 1st day of November, 2023, until paid, or $41.6900 per day, currently a total of $18,306.20, late charges, advances for property protection, and escrow shortages, currently, $5,174.95, attorney’s fees and costs, currently $2,027.00, for a current total indebtedness of $290,211.02.  Other expenses to be charged against the sale proceeds include accruing late charges, escrow shortages, if any, attorney’s fees and costs, and expenses of foreclosure and sale.    The Beneficiary has elected to sell the above-described property to satisfy the aforementioned obligation and has instructed the undersigned Trustee to do so.  The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale.  The bid price must be paid in cash.  The conveyance will be by a Trustee’s Deed, made “as is,” without representations or warranties, express or implied, including warranties of title, possession or encumbrances. The purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.    The sale may be postponed up to 15 days for any reason by public proclamation at the scheduled sale.  If there is a stay by bankruptcy or court order, the sale may be postponed up to 30 days at a time by public proclamation, for a total of no more than 120 days. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, may pay to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the Trust Indenture and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default theretofore existing.    THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.     DATED this 13th day of January, 2025.     /s/ Jeff A. Turner   JEFF A. TURNER, Trustee  P.O. Box 2502  208 North Broadway, Suite 324  Billings, Montana 59103-2502    STATE OF MONTANA      )                           : ss.  County of Yellowstone    )    On this 13th day of January, 2025, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Jeff A. Turner, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as Trustee.    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written.    /s/ Amy J. Budge   Notary Public for the State of Montana  Residing at Laurel, Montana  My Commission Expires April 08, 2027  PUBLISHED IN The Western News Marcy 18, 25 & April 1, 2025. MNAXLP