Legals for February, 20 2026

NO. 31844 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on May 13, 2026, at 11:00 AM At the East Door of the Flathead County Justice Center, 920 South Main Street, Kalispell, MT 59901, the following described real property situated in Flathead County, State of Montana: The North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (N1/2NE1/4NW1/4) of Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana, described as follows: Tract 3 of Correction Certificate of Survey No. 9950. More commonly known as 22 Rocking Horse Rdg, Columbia Falls, MT 59912. 1CH291020 LLC, A Montana Limited Liability Company, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Fidelity National Title Company of Montana, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for FundLoans Capital dba Fund Loans Capital, Inc., beneficiary of the security instrument, its succes-sors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on October 14, 2024 (the “DOT”), and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Flathead County, State of Montana, on October 15, 2024, as Instrument No. 202400020856, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Angel Oak Mortgage Fund TRS Assignment Dated: August 21, 2025 Assignment Recorded: August 26, 2025 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 202500018360 Assignee: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, Not in its Individual Capacity But Soley as Owner Trustee for ERESI Capital Trust Assignment Dated: October 29, 2025 Assignment Recorded: November 5, 2025 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 202500023981 All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Flathead County, Montana. Jason J. Henderson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, State of Montana, on December 22, 2025 as Instrument No. 202500027264, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to the Grantor(s) failure to make monthly payments beginning April 1, 2025, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $1,326,493.41, interest in the sum of $91,530.30, and other amounts due and payable in the amount of $44,639.20 for a total amount owing of $1,462,662.91, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the prop-erty and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. 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 immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust 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 by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 30th day of December, 2025. Jason J. Henderson Substitute Trustee 38 2nd Avenue East Dickinson, ND 58601 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. MT23141 February 13, 20, 27, 2026 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31845 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on April 30, 2026, at 02:00 PM at the East door of the Flathead County Justice Center located at 920 South Main Street, Kalispell, MT 59901, the following described real property situated in Flathead County, State of Montana: Parcel 3 of Certificate of Survey No. 19762, part of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section 25, Township 30 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. More commonly known as 1 Jellison Ln, Columbia Falls, MT 59912. Nicholas James Ransier-Ross, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Flathead Premier Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for Bay Equity LLC, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on July 8, 2021, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Flathead County, State of Montana, on July 13, 2021 as Instrument No. 202100023459, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC dba OneTrust Home Loans Assignment Dated: January 15, 2025 Assignment Recorded: January 16, 2025 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 202500000834 All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Flathead County, Montana Jason J. Henderson is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Flathead County, State of Montana, on December 5, 2025 as Instrument No. 202500026182, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to the Grantor(s) failure to make monthly payments beginning June 1, 2024, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $364,904.85, interest in the sum of $16,724.80, escrow advances of $8,251.98, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $2,591.87 for a total amount owing of $392,473.50, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. 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 immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust 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 by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 22nd day of December, 2025. Jason J. Henderson Substitute Trustee 38 2nd Avenue East Dickinson, ND 58601 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. MT22773 February 13, 20, 27, 2026 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31848 TANKO LAW OFFICE LAURIE D. MARBURGER, ESQ. Montana Bar No. 5284 392 1st Avenue East North Kalispell, MT 59901 Tel: (406) 257-3711 Fax: (406) 257-3722 Email: [email protected]  Web: www.tankolaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY In Re: The Estate of: SCOTT K. STEWART, Deceased. Cause No.: P-15-2026-0000026-IT  Paul Sullivan District Court Judge NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Emilie Stewart, the Personal Representative, return receipt, to: c/o Tanko Law Office, 392 – 1st Avenue East North, Kalispell, Montana, 59901 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 12th day of January, 2026. /s/Emilie Stewart EMILIE STEWART, Personal Representative February 13, 20, 27, 2026 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31849 Montana 11th Judicial District Court Flathead County In the Matter of the Name Change of Ciara Angel Rose Shuck: Matthew Schimming, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-26-002 AMY EDDY Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Ciara Angel Rose Shuck to Ciara Angel Rose Schimming. The hearing will be on 03/10/26 at 8:30 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in: Flathead County. Date: January 9, 2026 Sara Smith Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Crystal Holzapfel Deputy Clerk of Court (SEAL) February 13, 20, 27 and March 6, 2026 MNAXLP __________________________

NO. 31850 PUBLIC NOTICE Murphy Wagar, PO Box 986, Marion, MT 59925 (406-253-2507), has applied to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for an Opencut Mine Permit. The proposed ME4 site totals 36.5 acres located in S27, T27N, R24W and is accessed from Highway 2. Up to 2,000,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel may be mined by December 2046. No permanent facilities are proposed. The application is available at the DEQ Opencut website by searching Permit #3777 or by contacting the applicant. February 13, 20, 2026 MNAXLP __________________________

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL  For SOLID WASTE HAULER  Lincoln County Solid Waste & Recycling    Project Description and Scope of Services    Lincoln County may enter into a contract for hauling of solid waste from “greenbox” dumpster locations throughout Lincoln County.  All waste collected will be deposited in a licensed landfill during normal hours of operation.      Contractor shall schedule collection at each site at sufficient intervals to ensure no overflow.  Cleaning of sites (litter pick-up, collection of illegally dumped items, etc.) shall be the responsibility of the contractor.  Contractor shall be responsible for repairing any damages caused by their employees.    Contractor may bid on a single option, any combination of options, or all of the options listed on Exhibit A.    The existing greenbox dumpsters shall remain the property of Lincoln County.  Lincoln County shall be responsible for site maintenance to include fence repair, grading and snowplowing.  Any gatekeepers and/or site attendants sites will be contracted by Lincoln County.    Qualifications    The successful bidder will clearly present verifiable qualifications and experience with solid waste collection and transport.       The proposed Solid Waste Hauler shall provide the following minimum qualifications:    A minimum of three (3) years’ experience collecting and transporting solid waste;  Reliable collection equipment (front load compactor trucks);   One million dollars per occurrence with Lincoln County named as an additional insured.  Montana Public Service Commission approval to transport garbage and solid waste for service of greenbox locations run by Lincoln County.    Any proposal submitted in response to this RFP should include:    The firm’s legal name, address, and telephone number;  The principal(s) of the firm and their experience and qualifications;  The experience and qualifications of the staff to be assigned to the project;  A description of the firm’s prior experience, including similar projects and locations;  A description of the firm’s current work activities and how these would be coordinated with the project;     A plan of work and a schedule with committed hours and resources for the activities the firm proposes to be performed;     A description of the firm’s proposed rates for carrying out this project; and  The proposed term of the agreement. Proposals of less than a five (5) year term may not be considered.    Lincoln County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities therein, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of time not to exceed thirty (30) days and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible proposal(s) determined to be in the best interests of Lincoln County. Past performance and ability to deliver will be two of the criteria used in the bid award.    Questions should be directed to Kathi Hooper by phone at (406) 283-2440 or by emailing [email protected].     Sealed proposals must be received at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Lincoln County Courthouse, 512 California Avenue, Libby, MT 59923 no later than 5:00 p.m. MST on Friday, February 20, 2026. The envelope containing the sealed bid will be labeled “PROPOSAL FOR SOLID WASTE HAULING”.    Bids will be opened and read aloud at the public meeting of the County Commissioners at 10:30 a.m. MST on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, in the County Commissioners’ room, 512 California Avenue, Libby, MT.  Exhibit A    Lincoln County currently maintains 173 greenboxes at 21 locations. Ten of these locations are available to the public and eight are open on a limited schedule. Public locations are in bold below. The remaining 11 sites are at county buildings and for county-use only. County locations are currently collected weekly, with the exception of 2x/week at the Libby County Road Shop.    The Upper Yaak site is always open to the public, but due to limited use, collection is currently weekly in the winter and 2x/week in the summer. West Kootenai is also always open to the public with weekly collection in the winter and 3x/week in the summer.    Option 1 – Libby & Troy    1 can   Lincoln County Courthouse - weekly  1 can     Libby Rifle Range - weekly  1 can    Lincoln County Animal Shelter - weekly  1 can     Libby County Road Shop – 2x/week   2 cans  J. Neil’s Park - weekly  1 can    Kootenai Falls - weekly  8 cans  Fisher River – public site open Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday  23 cans  Libby Creek - public site open Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday    1 can  Troy County Road Shop - weekly  23 cans Troy City “Ballpark” - public site open Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday  14 cans Hecla - public site open Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday  14 cans Yaak Hill - public site open Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday  16 cans Upper Yaak – public site, always open    All collected waste must be deposited at the Libby Landfill.    Option 2 – Eureka    1 can    Eureka County Road Shop - weekly  2 cans  Lincoln County Fairgrounds - weekly  1 can    Law Enforcement Building - weekly  1 can     North Lincoln County Annex - weekly  15 cans  Glen Lake – public site open Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday  15 cans  Trego – public site open Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday  17 cans  Fortine – public site open Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday  15 cans  West Kootenai – public site, always open    Indicate in your proposal if collected waste will be deposited at the Eureka Landfill or Libby Landfill.  Option 3 – Recycling    Accept cardboard from the public and County-designated collection sites and transport to an approve recycling facility.    Indicate in your proposal whether other recyclable materials (such as aluminum cans) will be accepted in addition to cardboard, including any material-specific requirements or limitations.   PUBLISHED IN The Western News February 13 & 20, 2026. PUBLISHED IN The Daily Interlake February 16 & 18 & 20, 2026. PUBLISHED IN The Whitefish Pilot February 18 & 25, 2026. PUBLISHED IN The Hungry Horse News February 18 & 25, 2026. MNAXLP

NO. 31862 NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION OF INTENTION AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SEPARATION OF OFFICE OF FLATHEAD COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR FROM  OFFICE OF FLATHEAD COUNTY TREASURER The Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, hereby gives notice that it passed a Resolution of Intention (Resolution No. 1308B) on February 17, 2026, to consider the separation of the Office of Flathead County Public Administrator from the Office of Flathead County Treasurer. In accordance with that Resolution of Intent, the Board of Commissioners further gives notice that it will hold a public hearing to consider the separation of the Office of Flathead County Public Administrator from the Office of Flathead County Treasurer, on the 3rd day of March, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in the Commissioner’s Chambers, located on the third floor of the Old County Courthouse at 800 South Main in Kalispell, MT. At that public hearing, the Board of Commissioners will give the public an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed separation. Written comments may be sent to the Board of Com¬missioners, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana 59901, email [email protected], or telephone 406-758-5503 with questions. DATED this 17th day of February, 2026. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By /s/Brad W. Abell Brad W. Abell, Chairman February 20, 27, 2026 MNAXLP __________________________