Legals May 24, 2017

Notice of Public Hearing When: June 27, 2017, 7:00 PM Where: Grant County Public Works Conference Room, 124 Enterprise St., Ephrata, WA 98823 Purpose: The Grant County Conservation District (GCCD) Board of Supervisors shall take written and verbal comment on a proposed system of rates and charges to be implemented in the Conservation District service area. Written comments are accepted through July 5, 2017 by 4:30 PM and mailed or dropped off to GCCD, 1107 S Juniper Dr., Moses Lake, WA 98837. The proposed system and more information about the District services can be found by contacting Marie Lotz at the Grant County Conservation District at (509)765-9618, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Information is also available on the Grant County Conservation District web-site at www.columbiabasincds.org. #06007/79855 Pub: May 24, 2017 & June 12, 2017

Long road ahead for CBDL fight against depleting water levels

League introduces project administrator, new Web site

Email obtained by AP: 65 WHO staff have virus, 1 cluster

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The Associated Press shows, despite the agency's public assertions that there has been no transmission at the Geneva site.

Sizzling summers support sun-heat-loving ornamentals

Our HOT summer has taken me back in memory to the ’40s, when as a kid in Coeur d’Alene, I made the daily trek to City Beach and spent hours playing in the water and picking up a toasty tan while basking on the beach.

Forest Service plans dozens of maintenance projects in Montana

The projects include trail maintenance, road resurfacing and extensive repairs of visitor facilities.

Bigfork's past preserved via history website

Local histories can be easily forgotten. The artifacts themselves might be stowed away in attics, never to see the light of day, while stories go untold as generations pass on without being asked what life was like, way back when.

Bookmarking History National Register's role in preserving Kootenai County's past

Back in the 1890s and through the turn of a new century, hooligans, the criminally insane, gunslinging outlaws and other menacing desperados in North Idaho faced tough consequences when they were captured and hauled off to the county lockup.

City OK's downtown apartments; $3 million project

The Columbia Falls City Council Monday night approved an apartment complex on the former Davall Building site in downtown.

Airport plan may take up to two years

The opening meeting on planning the future of Kalispell City Airport began with an apology.

Probe details cause of blast

A broken gas-line connection caused by a Flathead Electric Cooperative backhoe operator was to blame for a May 6 natural-gas explosion in Columbia Falls that killed a man and destroyed a home, a NorthWestern Energy investigation has determined.

New website brings local history into the modern age

Local histories can be easily forgotten. The artifacts themselves might be stowed away in attics, never to see the light of day, while stories go untold as generations pass on without being asked what life was like, way back when.

BOCC again vacates Camp Bay Road

After a lengthy hearing, Bonner County commissioners again voted Monday to vacate a portion of Camp Bay Road in Sagle. The vote came after officials faced a crowded room of both supporters and critics of the Camp Bay Road vacation. After hearing additional information from the developer and hearing testimony from both sides, county commissioners unanimously voted to approve the motion to “vacate a portion of Camp Bay Road as shown on the submitted site plan … based upon the evidence submitted up to the time the Staff Report was prepared, and testimony received at this hearing.”

Petroleum asphalt remains in Yellowstone River, even after cleanup from train derailment

Almost half of the estimated 48,000 gallons (180,000 liters) of molten petroleum asphalt that spilled has not been recovered, officials said

Hatchery gets classroom grant

Flags tied to tree branches flap in the winter wind.

Legals for December, 30 2025

Bed bugs biting across U.S.

Misuse of pesticides compounds problem

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.

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Lori Jean Bain, 52

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Culinary superintendent gives advice to fair cooks

It's all in how the cookie crumbles

Diane Slobojan has been the Superintendent of the Home Culinary and Dairy Department at the Northwest Montana Fair for more years than she can precisely count.

Giving back - Your helping hand can make a difference

I do not know anyone who does not have sympathy for others in need… I guess age causes me to look around me even more often than I have in past years, or I get that uncomfortable feeling more often now in my stomach when I scrape that last bit of food I could not finish into the trash and I realize my empathy level is on the surface, perhaps I should not have been so busy when younger.