Libby City Council members have approved a plan to repave 18 blocks of city streets, and while the project will address some of the worst streets in town, some are left wondering why it’s taken so long.
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Two Libby High School graduates who left Libby and excelled in their respected careers will be honored at 7 p.m. Monday during the Honor Society’s Induction Ceremony at Ralph Tate Gymnasium.
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It was a meeting of the most-known bear biologists in Northwest Montana, and the message was this: Grizzlies are making a comeback in the Cabinet-Yaak Ecosystem, but it could be better.
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As Treasure Mountain Casino, Restaurant and Lounge marks its 20th anniversary next week, Mike Munro, who co-owns the business with his wife, Dori, understands the connection of a successful business to the community.
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The release of the biological opinion for the Montanore Mine project by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service leaves only the Environmental Impact Statement and the Record of Decision remaining for permitting.
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Michael Wagner agreed in Justice Court on Tuesday to pay the $7,000 medical deductible as a result of the Nov. 16 accidental shooting of John Cleveland.
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Two candidates — an incumbent and another — have filed for the two expiring seats on the Libby School Board of Trustees. The filing deadline ended Thursday.
Registered voters in the Bull Lake Volunteer Fire District will vote for two-of-three candidates to fill expiring terms in what will be the first election in the district’s 25-year history.
Michael Wagner, the 48-year-old Libby man who shot and critically wounded another man on Nov. 16 near Libby Creek Road, will be in Lincoln County Justice Court on Tuesday for a restitution hearing.
A project as involved as the Flower Creek Dam often has cost overruns, however, City Council members on Thursday learned the cost of the project has increased $172,300 before actual construction begins.
Montana’s unemployment rate may have dropped one-tenth of a percentage point in January to 5.3 percent, but that’s no consolation to Lincoln County residents seeking work who are witnessing jobless rates at more than three times the state rate.
